But baby it's cold outside.....

Old man Winter hit us hard and heavy this weekend. This morning, at 6:20AM, when I discovered standing outside the office door that I had left my badge at home, it was less than 10 degrees. Now really!!!! This is Virginia. We're on the sunny side of the Mason-Dixon line. It's supposed to be warm. This is the sunny South. GGrrrrrrrr.....

In spite of the cold, I had a decent weekend. Saturday I received in the mail my formal offer letter, reassigning me to the new Field Operation Unit. I will be titled Administrative Coordinator and it will be basically the same duties I have been doing as Project Coordinator. The new unit is not assigned to any specific contract. We work for Corporate and will gather the data that is needed for weekly and monthly reports, etc.

On Saturday I did some laundry and cleaned the whole upstairs. (Oh I just love housework) On Sunday I went to early church, did some grocery shopping and managed to squeeze in a nice long nap, covered by my favorite furry friends. (All 3 of them jockeying to see who could get closest to my neck) Not being a sports nut, I didn't watch the Super Bowl and wasn't elated or sad over the winner/loser.

I had a conversation with my friend David about why I was so in love with Brazil. He asked if I could tell him when it was I was so captivated by the country. I related that when I was in about the 5th grade, we received Weekly Readers and National Geographic pamphlets and I saw the picture of Christ the Redeemer, standing with His arms outstreched overlooking the bay and I think at that moment I said to myself I wanted to see it, up close and personal.

With that being said David told me he thought I needed to go to Brazil. And I think I agree with him. I did some surfing and I found a few tours that looked good. One started in Argentina and ended up in Rio and then there was another starting out in Rio, going to Iguazzu Falls, a ride on the Amazon and then ending up in Sao Paulo. I think the most expensive part of the trip will be the airfare to and from the US. Everything else looks reasonable. If and when I decide I'll have my dear friend Lynn look into it. (She is the one who put the cruise together for me and got me a couple of hundred bucks off the internet price) I think it can be done for about $5K. To me, it would be worth it. At least I'd get it out of my system.

I'm thinking and praying on it.

Better oil up the Rosetta Stone and start studying. LOL

God bless you all.