Yesterday I left Bahia Flat for good! I was happy to be out of there for numerous reasons... but sad because I was moving away farther from Lily. :( I am going to miss that dog so much it isn't even funny. Today I'm going to eat lunch at her parent's restaurant. :)
Last night, after coming to the hostel, I decided to go on a little pre-shopping trip. Weird. I have no freakin' idea what size I wear here so I just tried to grab the larger looking pieces off of the rack. So, if this makes any sense-- a 46 fit me well, a 48 was too tight around the bust, and a 50 was too short for my torso and kind of snug around the bust. Then, a G fit me will, and a GG was too tight. I think that either the clothes are tagged incorrectly or Brazilian sizes are just whack. It's probably a combination of both. I did find one dress that I really, really liked. That caught me off guard because usually I do not like dresses very much... but this one was spectacular! I loved the material, the cut, the color... but I did not love the price. It was 99 reais, or about 50 USD. I probably won't get it unless it miraculously goes on sale in the next week. :'( What else? I was tempted to try on some shoes-- but eh, I don't really like how the shoes fit me here-- they are often times too narrow and too high for my tastes. Not to mention that the bottoms are frequently not slide-proof-- so if I were to ever wear them on a wet day I would most certainly fall flat on my arse. Too much trouble I think... I hope that when I get back to the states that I can take a trip or two to Marshall's, Ross, TJ Maxx, etc. For some reason I really feel like doing some shopping that is difficult-- I think after the weird shopping trip last night I really need some sort of victorious find-- something that fits well and is easy on the wallet. :)
In the midst of my shopping trip last night I had a temaki (hand roll) at this place called Gattai. I regretted it this morning. It did not agree with my stomach. :( That makes me sad because I really enjoyed it. I guess I should have known that I would have an adverse reaction to it-- while they were making my temaki I kept looking at the guy's hands... wondering if he had washed them before fondling my food. Probably not... people here are piggies. I'm surprised I haven't caught some sort of serious communicable disease.
On to more pleasant news-- there is a really HOT Nicaraguan guy in the hostel. Correction, there is a really SMART really HOT Nicaraguan guy in the hostel-- and he decided to join my table for breakfast. He's trying to learn Portuguese so I chatted with him in Portanol. It's nice to have some intelligent, good-looking company... especially after being bothered by a horny Turk.
Speaking of the Turk-- so my luck is so bad that I have managed to land a room in the hostel with four very messy boys-- one English, one Australian, and one Swiss dude. They are such porkers it's not even funny. Their clothes, underwear, toiletries, etc are scattered all over the room. I don't know how they operate with such a mess. It is pretty gross. I will probably take a picture once they all wake up and are out of the room... it is a sight to see! Luckily, they are nice dudes... so I don't really mind sharing a room with them. The Swiss guy is a little annoying because he has this thing for drinking water out of his plastic water bottle at all hours of the night. It makes a lot of noise when he squeezes it. He sleeps right underneath me too... so I feel his constant shifting. :( Sad. I hope he leaves soon bc I kind of want to take over his bed. I'm on the top bunk... but I'm kind of enjoying it. The fan is right next to me which means I stay cool all night long... and I kind of like the idea of being up high for once. I have no idea what that's all about... superiority complex, perhaps? It reminds me of something my friend Andy once told me about her dog Pumpkin. Andy has a queen sized loft bed that is probably 4-5 ft off of the ground. Pumpkin doesn't really like other dogs and is really territorial about her momma's (Andy's) apartment. Andy says that when she is dog sitting for someone else that she usually puts Pumpkin on the bed... somehow being above the other dogs makes her feel better and she is calm. I think I understand Pumpkin...
And, finally, I had a really weird dream. I know why I had it-- I'm frustrated with people's inability to do simple tasks here-- count, for one. I had this dream that my 5th grade teacher (who I did not really like at all) was one of my high school English teachers. She kept making us do really stupid, easy stuff and so I told her that she sucked (repeatedly) as being an Extended Learning Program/Gift and Talented teacher. I kept saying this over and over and I think I was the only one in the class who had a problem with her teaching style... everyone else thought the stuff she did was fun. Interesting how my frustrations manifest themselves in dreamland, no?
Ok, time to take a nap in the hammock before REALLY starting my day-- one of the benefits of being in the hostel!
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