Going well..

... here in brazil. i do not have a long time to blog, as my family has a rather slow computer and my brother and his friend just asked me to play uno. if nothing else i am learning the numbers well and the kids in my family are great for learning the language as they dont know too much english. which is good. my mother is pretty much fluent in english as are most of the adults i havemet so far. marolinha and marcos family-- the family i was orginally going to live with here, their whole family knows english but were so so so so kind when i was with them on saturday and sunday at their ranch- called Tubaca. soo beautiful. i ate great food with them and enjoyed my first day in brazil with so many great great cousins and siblings and i was overwelmed but in the best way. now i am here with lucieno and her family and i love them as well. i need to shower pretty soon, i stayed home from school today to sleep and i have been playing volleyball and had a snack with my brother and his friend. it is goingto be hard to blog here as the simplest task onthe computer is slow because of the internet connection. tomorrow i get to paly tennis at the club in town-- a country club of sorts and i am looking forward to that. i am all moved in as well. my town is gorgeous, with its own smaller replica of cristo redemptor- the christ statue in rio de janeiro. sao jose is very hilly, rocky roads and many trees and what not. it is gorgeous and very warm, and not as humid here as it is in sao paulo. tomorrow i start school and am anxious to meet some friends who live in sao jose. i must be playing uno now.
all my love, beijos (kisses)
Katie (they call me kay chay.. my name in portuguese... or one german called me kathy. haha my family in yak knows kathy is no bam. not okay.) <3