12 more hours til she comes!

DISCLAIMER: the spacebar doesn´t work very well on this computer and my thumb isn´t strong enough to keep track of it for the rest of this post.

So I didn´t give that presentation yesterday, instead I went with two of the interns: Carol and Leonardo ona whale watch tour. It rained a ton and was really really really windy and we ended up having to turn around and cancel the tour BUT I didn´t get sick!!!!!!!!!!! After that I learned how enter data that we record while on cruises (research expedition), the info includes: velocity of thewind,condition of the sea, latitude and longitude, number of sightings, if there was a photo-identification, and things like that. We enter it on a big database where all the informationis compiled. I also entered data pertainingthe whale watchtours and surveys the people filled out. Lastnight we went out to this really cute and fun place for dinner anddrinks, they had a live band and people were doingthe samba and itwas really fun to watch. The interns and Luciana do their best to try and translate everything for me but sometimes they justtalk and i amhaving lots of fun trying to figure out what they are saying. I am already learning lots of useful words in Port. including: Bosta (shit)!!!!!! (sorry parents), but really i am learning a lot of words and i hope to form sentences soon. I plan on having lessons withDanielle tocatch her up to speed.

Today I actually gave the whale watch presentation inEnglish and I did a purrrty good job. I was a little nervous because there were a lot more people thatunderstood English today than port. so i had a full house (there are a lot of french people here and thehostel is packed and they are making us move rooms back and forthand its kind of funny)...moving on we went to go on the WW tour but it was canceled dueto the weather. It has been raining a lot and very randomly so its kind of funny...carol has yet to go on a boat, i still fear for her.

I just got back fromwatching the documentary The Cove.I guess it wonan oscar, it is PHENOMENAL butvery heavy, everyone should watch it and it has givenme a lottothink about in terms of animals and scientific researchand things like thatin general. I am learning a lot and havingso much funandCANNOT wait for Danielleto come!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Oh, we may have thechance to go on a 5 day research cruise stopping in other parts of Brazil, dependingon the weather. OKi have to go, my thumb really hurts!!! LOVE AND MISS YOU ALL!!