Catching up

I just realized that i have not written in a few days because I have been rather pressed for time lately. I am unbelievably tired right now. I went to a get-together/game night last night. Some friends from church invited my family and I over to their house. We ate dinner there, and then spent the next 7 hours playing different board games. I'm not exaggerating. We left their house at about 2:30 a.m. I went to bed sometime after 3. If I went back to bed right now, there is no doubt in my mind that I could easily fall asleep again. However, I will feel like I have wasted the day if I do that. I've got some studying to do for school. I also need to study/practice my Portuguese today. I can read and write it fairly well, but I have to improve my listening skills. They pretty much suck. After all, I really don't hear Portuguese spoken too often. Listening to any kind of spoken Portuguese helps. Songs, television show clips, church services, etc. I've found that youtube is a great source for this. Also, my friend told me that the University of Tennessee is having a Brasilian film series, and she asked me if I wanted to go on the 17th. My response: Oh my gosh! Definitely! I've never heard of the movie they are showing, but it is in Portuguese. (With subtitles, of course.) I'm super excited about it. That was a long explanation for why I can't go back to sleep. Nice. Anyway, I am going out for dinner tonight. A friend from Brasil is in the states for a work-study program, and he works at a restaurant. So, I'm going there tonight. I'm looking forward to it. He is also going to church with me Sunday night. Should be fun. Well, I'm off to study Laboratory Diagnostics/Portuguese. Tenha um bom dia! Até logo!