Capoeira

A little taste of Brazil

Cumbuco Beach

Today we went for a cruise on our buggy to Combuco Beach. It was about a half an hour drive. Pretty nice beach, too windy though right now to be relaxing on the beach. Sand everywhere.......but there were a lot of kite surfers out! Overall, a good day......lots of sun :)

Buggy Fun!

Look at what we rented for 2 days!

POO!

Lost in the round to qualify....BOO! had a tough draw, played Brazil. 18-21 and 18-21. Now I guess, time to play tourist. I promise i'll post pictures!

qualifier

We play at 8 am tomorrow against Mexico, and if we win that we play Agatha/Shalynn (Brazil). Tough matches, we gotta play our okoles off!

Fortaleza, Brasil

Made it here safe...got here about 1:30pm....went straight to our hotel....ate lunch....practiced....walked around in the markets...ate some dinner...played some cards....going to bed.

Tomorrow-....eat breakfast....train in the morning....eat lunch....hang out, shop etc.....train in the afternoon....some din din...maybe go back to the markets.....play more cards...explore more.....nighty night.

Almost there

So we are in San Paulo, Brasil. Our flight from Dallas to here, took longer than expected and we missed our connecting flight to Fortaleza. So they put us up in a Marriot hotel, free lunch, free dinner and free breaky tomorrow. Our flight leaves at 9:30 in the morning and suppose to get in at about 12:30pm.
On the downside- On our 10 hour flight here, of course, we were sitting in the section where neither our reading lights worked or the audio worked. I know, awesome 10 hours!!
Upside- Saw Justin (From "Justin and Kelly" and American Idol) in LAX and saw Danny Glover in the San Paulo airport.
oh!!and......we still have our luggage!

Leaving On a Jet Plane

Leaving for Forteleza, Brazil tomorrow. Tournament starts Tuesday. I heard it's really, really, really, hot.

Sisterly Love

Those of you who don't know, I have a younger sister. Her name is Hedder. She is also a volleyball player, a phenomenal one! We played in a CBVA tounament together yesterday. Our very FIRST time playing with each other in a tournament! We had a blast, and took third!

September 10

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAD!!!! Hope you had fun!

Right back to work!

I got back on Sunday, and i e-mail the school where I was subbing before I left for my "world tour". I e-mail them just to let them know that i'm in for a good 2 1/2 weeks and I will be willing and able to help them out if they need me. So Monday I check my e-mail and find this long letter from the principal, saying that their language arts teacher is having issues, and doesn't know if she will show on Tuesday, for staff meeting, and Wednesday is the FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL. So the principal asks me to show up on Tuesday just in case she doesn't show. So of course, I show up on Tuesday and she doesn't show, mind you the next day, is the first day of school for the kids. So all day, i am trying to set up the classroom, and trying to figure out, what the hell i do if this teacher doesn't show......AND, to top this off, the social studies teacher is MIA. The Principal tried calling her and other teachers tried calling her but no answer! So somewhere in the middle of the day, one of the teachers gets her address and goes to her house to see if she is there, and checks if everything is okay. Of course, she is not there........So the principal tells me that I could be subbing for social studies also! Awesome! In the midst of trying to set the classroom up, and coming up with a lesson plan, until they get the situation figured out, i might be teaching social studies also!........so by the end of the day, one of the teachers get a call from the social studies teacher, and come to find out, she got assaulted the night before and was hospitalized the whole day! SCARY!!
She ended up coming in at the end of day to get the classroom ready.....i can't even imagine that!
So the first day of school, went by pretty smooth, no books for the kids because the teacher did not order her books, so I had to wing it a little till we get books. Principal told me that, she would like me to sub till they can find a new teacher...which is fine, because i really feel bad for the kids, but having books and a better lesson plan would be great!!
First week is done, and Tuesday is "Back to School Night".
...yes.....i am a professional volleyball player.

home!

Home sweet home!.....for a good 2 weeks. YAY!!! Happy Labor Day!