The day off...

It is Saturday and for most of us, a day of rest. Ana has the day off today as she does every week and so I will take this day as well to prepare for the Flea Market tomorrow and the Train tour on Monday.

I've been to the dentist twice now. One more appointment to go next week.. but we have been trying to take advantage of already being out and seeing the sights. We went to see the Opera House a couple of days ago after the dentist and I was so amazed at how beautiful it was. The design was incredible and the waterfall nearby made it so peaceful. It is tucked away in this vast city and as soon as you step onto the steel grate bridge, you step into a whole other place.

I have seen my share of beauty in my life and yet it seems like each time, things are more and more beautiful.

We've decided to skip the Botanical Gardens and hopefully see it in pictures others have taken. We have other things we want to accomplish while we're here and I want to make sure I am not over doing it with my incision. It has been redder than usual the past couple of days and I have woken up more sore.

I can feel I am losing weight. I can see it in my face and my hips are starting to feel out of joint somewhat.. I know that happens with weight loss sometimes. It is amazing though because before I got here, my feet hurt daily, my knees were sore constantly and then suddenly here they all stopped hurting. Amazing.

So we spent most of yesterday in the hotel. We waited for our laundry to be delivered and then at about 4pm we decided to go shopping.

It is kind of weird because there seems to be a little bit of posessiveness with Ana. We all love her and want her time and she manages to juggle us all but it is kind of funny.. you see that look you get when someone hears Ana is taking you out somewhere and then it is confirmed when she takes them the exact same place the next day ;)

We went to a Brasil souvenir store and I spent a lot of time and money getting souvenirs and gifts for everyone including myself and poor Ana was stuck outside waiting for us while we watched the cashier hand write each item on the receipt and gift wrap them and bubble wrap them. It was so time consuming and while the service was outstanding, we did make Ana late for picking up the next group. Well part of that was traffic too. Rush hour here is so dense and reminds me of the drive to work in the morning ;)

After the Brasil store we had Ana bring us to WalMart where we wanted to pick up some personal products and juice. She told us about a new shampoo/conditioner called Chocolate. It smelled so good we both bought 2 sets. I also picked up some Brasilian coffee and chocolate to bring home.

So it was a great afternoon and we didn't get back to the hotel until after 7. Alecia ran the purchases up to the room and I went and got us a table at the restaurant downstairs. I had 1/2 an Omelete. It was good but a bit dry. I wouldn't recommend that without some sort of sauce.

Tomorrow we are attending the Flea Market which is supposed to be HUGE and packed with people. I will be keeping a keen eye out for some unique things I can bring back and I will be taking as many pictures as I can! I hope the weather is good for us!

Although Alecia and I planned to go together just to two of us, I think everyone is going so I am sure we will end up seeing eachother there.

And tonight, I believe Catherine wants to go for BBQ and so that could end up being the plan. So even if I don't get to enjoy BBQ yet another time, I will probably go to watch and soak up the atmosphere.