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Well its happened again folks. My jeans no longer fit. Oops. To be fair I am innocent. What would you do living in a city of endless gastronomic experiences? It is overwhelming actually because there are not enough meals in a life time to enjoy all the possibilities here. So what is the solution? Eat six meals a day. Duh. Oh, and stop at every corner bakery that you see.

So you want updates? How about a list of all the things that complete my days.

1. Waking up every morning and eating a delicious papaya for breakfast. (obviously the first one is related to food)
2. The sign in the restaurant below my apartment that says "We do not see serve beer before 10am".
3. The early morning sun hitting my face as I step out of my apartment to go to work. Even in a concrete jungle where mother nature lacks, you still get the warmth of the sun.
3. The beagle-wiener-dog mix I see  on my walk to the bus stop for work. She always has her pink coat on so she stays warm. I think her and my dog Dwight would be a really cute couple. Yes this is what I think about.
4. The smell of Coxinhas being made in the bakery for the day's customers. Watch the pronunciation people: Cosheenyas is how the word sounds. Dad, again, I can only imagine your butchering of this word. This delicacy is a fried doughy ball filled with garlic, chicken or meat, and spices. More on this in  a bit.
5. The sleepy twin boys that snuggle up to their mom as they wait for the school bus. One is always being held while the other latches on to his moms legs. Do they switch off every day who gets to be carried?
6. The fresh juice smoothie I get every morning at the juice stand next to the bus stop. There is a counter filled with sliced maracujá, mango, goiaba, star fruit, watermelon, pineapple and I just point to all the different slivers I want thrown into the blender. It it a coincidence that the stand is called Suco Princesinha (Little Princess Juices)? Pretty sure it is just meant to be.
7. The chipper money collector on the bus who always makes my morning start on a good note.
                "Bom dia, mosa tudo bem?"
                "Tudo e você?"
                 "Tudo. Bom trabalho, Linda". It is that simple
8. My morning cup of tea with milk and honey that I sip while reading up on the day's news and enjoying the peace and quiet in the office before the market opens.
9. Getting the daily delivery menus sent to my work email with lunch options for the day. I like to copy and paste the descriptions into google images so I know exactly what I am ordering.
11. Speaking three different languages everyday at work. Sometimes all at once. Talk about a brain twister! There are some points when it is only after the conversation has ended that I register what language it was in.
12. Having the delivery man tell me my lunch has arrived.
13. My Internship. Here I am, two and a half months in at Deutsche Bank and I can surely say that it has been one of the most frustrating, rewarding, challenging and intense experiences of my life. Everyday at work I have this image in my head of me dribbling down the field with the soccer ball. I am running, running, my arms pumping but I have no idea where I am going. I am running so fast that I barely have control of the ball but somehow it still stays at my feet. Sometimes I lose the ball and run into a wall. Then I get it back and just keep running, faster and faster. Occasionally I score a goal. But no one cheers because there is no time to cheer. Have to get back on defense now. And then I get the ball back and I think okay I got it this time, I am going to score again. I start running and running so fast. Speedy quick. But my legs move faster then my brain, I lose composure and then bam, I have lost the ball. Got to get it back.
14. The view of São Paulo from our fourteenth floor gigantic glass windows. It really is a sight. Concrete for miles.
15. My walk from the bus stop to university after work. After sitting down all day walking is the best feeling.
16. My trainer Fabio at the gym. He knows how much I love the bakery next door. So needless to say there is no slacking aloud.
17. Going to the bakery next to my university before class. I have becomes friends with the two ladies behind the counter. So much so that they make sure to have fresh shrimp Coxinhas ready for me at 8:30pm when I tend to make my daily visits. I am about half way through trying one of everything in the display cases. Every day they recommend a new sweet. My favorite so far: Maracujá Mouse. I think it is adorable how my two bakery lady friends smirk as they hand my treat everyday. Its as if they know I am going to blow up like a balloon but are totally fine with it. It's Fabio against the Bakery Gals. I am just caught in the middle. Well actually my middle is caught in the middle.
18. My International Finance professor. He is the most adorable older man in the world and not to mention brilliant. I learn the most from him and he really makes a point to include me in the class. It was also fun when we talked about the Bretton Woods Conference because I got to be like thats home!! He was very excited.
19. The taxi drivers I meet every night who bring me home from school. It is always exciting to see where the conversation is going to go. Food, politics, fashion, night life, economics, my love life, caipirinhas, Brazilian tongue twisters, their families, my safety. These 15 minute chats three nights a week are some of the most insightful conversations I have had while living here in São Paulo.
20. Watching the Brazilian Soap Opera Salve Jeorge with my roommate Domi every night after we get home from work. This telenovela really puts Grey's Anatomy and Gossip Girl to shame.
21. Spending Saturday's feasting with friends. Normally it can take up to two hours to get your table since the whole city decides to go out to eat for lunch on Saturdays. Is this a problem? No! Why? Because you just order round after round of caipirinhas to drink on the street while you wait! What does this mean? Well by the time 5:00 rolls around and you are getting seated for lunch you are a long ways away from sobriety and very close to ordering one of everything on the menu!
22. Spending Sunday's walking to the different parks and museums here in São Paulo with friends.
23. Exploring the different outdoor markets/food fairs every weekend. Every Sunday there is an incredible outdoor market with fruits, vegetables  meat, spices. A lot like the one I wrote about before but much bigger. I like to go for a run on the bridge above it and then stop at the market to do my week's grocery shopping on the way home. THEN, there is a another food market in the plaza a block from my house with all sorts of delicacies from around the whole country and the world. I normally go here for breakfast on Saturday and Sunday's and buy shrimp tempura, bacalao fritters oh and coconut cake. Yes, this is my version of a farmers breakfast.
24. Going out every Friday and Saturday night. Yes, I am completely sleep deprived but I cannot give up my two nights at the baladas dancing funky just go catch up on some sleep eye.
25. Crawling into bed at night after the whirlwind of events that make up every day here and being so excited to wake up the next morning for more endless adventure.

It is winding down here folks. Can you believe I only have a month a half left? I am determined to keep you up to date on my last excursions here. We started this experience together and we will end it the same way. I miss you all very much and think about you constantly. Thanks for reading!

Beijosssss