"LIFE" in Salvador...Pt. 7

Wow, it's Sunday, and actually today is the beginning of a new week. However, for us theater heads, it's the beginning of our weekend. So a lot has been cooking. I got a lil stressed out early in the week(I'm totally fine) when I began to think of all the great things that are happening. So many things that I want to do, and want to accomplish. However, I must take things one task at a time, and put some stuff off for later. It's ok...it'll get it done eventually. We must remember to not overload ourselves with too many projects. IT'LL GET DONE EVENTUALLY...OK!!!
So keep me in your thoughts, prayers, your journals, your meditations, your......you get the point.... James(my roommate/bestfriend/business partner), and I are becoming young entrepreneurs. We are in the process of investing in another piece of property....Yes!!! It's exciting and very scary. Damn!!! We are growing up ya'll!!! So send some good energy out while we go through this process. I will definitely update you on the process through the blog. I'm also getting a cabaret/showcase together with my former voice teacher and a dear friend of mine. I have also branched out into developing an independent online marketing business. More details to follow. Please check back because I would love your support. Thanks again for reading my blog. There's still more to hear about my time in Salvador, so please read.
Oh......to everyone....Photos are coming soon...for real. And to my friends at CCS in Salvador, I have a surprise coming your way. Check your mailboxes soon.

Journal Entry 2/19/06

My 1st weekend was spent at Morro De Sao Paulo. It's a tiny island about a 2 hour boat ride and a 20 minute flight from Salvador. The island is extremely gorgeous. We ended up choosing a beachside hotel. It felt so lovely to wake up overlooking the ocean. "V" and I shared a room and the girls shared a room. I slept out on the balcony in the hammock. I slept so well. I woke up to the sunshine, the calm waters, and the sounds of people loading in the stock for the day(food, fruit, and water). It was paradise. I wanted to treat my weekend like a vacation and I did. On Saturday "V", "K", and I took a boat tour around the island. It was so cool. Oh did I mention...there are no cars allowed on the island. Everyone travels by boat. Well we had to walk about 50 feet out into the ocean to board our little tour boat. That was cool as well. The water remained really shallow for a while. Our first stop was free swimming and snorkeling a little further out in the ocean. We actually forgot to purchase the snorkels, and when I was asked if we needed them I said no. Only because I thought he meant binoculars. I was like, "No...who needs binoculars(I didn't say that out loud).." He was actually talking about goggles. The second stop was the mud bath. How fun was that! There was this mountain that trickled with mud. And yeah, that's what we bathed with. It's suppose to be extremely exfoliating and packed with natural minerals and vitamins. We would scrape mud from off the mountain, mix it with water, an d then bathe. After it dried, we took a 10 minute dip in the ocean, washing away the residue. Next stop was to place our lunch order. I ordered the Moqueca Camarao. We were then off to the sand dune. The dune was literally in the middle of the ocean. It was an extremely tiny island and the water only came up to my calf. I played a little capoeira with "T"(I cool guy I met on the boat tour) on the sanded area of the dune. Next stop, another tiny island. It was beautiful and completely deserted. The sand was cotton soft and pearly white. We collected and dollars...star like sea shells...in Brasil they call them estrelas nomorado. I collected like 20. Last stop...lunch...FINALLY! It was actually more like dinner...considering the time. The food was delicious and I just enjoyed eating while being 2 feet from the ocean. After I ate I began to speak with the tour guide. He was a very attractive Brasilian brotha. Well he didn't speak a bit of English, but you know I had to pull out my bag of tricks. The conversation was cool. He was a nice guy. I wish there was more time just to talk, and I wish my Portuguese was a lil stronger, but it's getting there....Fluent in 3 years. Finally we docked. I had a great day, but I needed a nap. And boy was I 2 shades darker......I love it!!!! It was nice just laying out on the stern of the boat in the sun. Who did I think I was?!!!? I'm Living!!! Sunday was a quiet day. I got a massage, purchased some t-shirts, had lunch, and headed to the boat for Salvador. Now, the boat ride back was not cute! It was very very very bumpy. Monica got sick and then I got sick and we looked around and it seemed like the entire boat had vomit bags. It was actually funny, painful, and miserable but AMUSING!!! Katie, who didn't feel a thing, took good care of us. However, she was laughing her a$$ off!!! I was told that all the vomiting, on the return trip, was normal. The ride back is the worse! I may have to fly back next time.

"Stop Thinking about the what if's....Just take a Chance"