Billionaire

Let’s see…

This week as I think I have said before is a vacation.  I have a friend spending time with us and she is a great person, an honest person and really fun.   We have been having such a good time…really doing nothing.  Last night we went to my favorite Espetinho place in town with one of my students.  He brought along some friends that he works with at the factory; we met some really cool people.  As one girl was leaving she ran into these 2 German guys who also worked with them but they make the big bucks.  We asked them to join us and they did, but for the first 10 minutes one of them made fun of our friend while the other sat with his back against the whole table.   Why even join us?  Maybe they were expecting 2 Single American girls but realized quickly that we were not on the market.  It was weird… finally they chatted as it is always interesting to meet other foreigners who come to Brasil. 

I wondered what they thought about their experience here.  The difference between them and me is that I came here to live without a reason; I just started over in another country.  Well I had a couple of reasons to come; however what I was expecting was so different that it felt like starting over.  I guess I could tell you now every instance where my heart was torn out, but for now it is better to let it go. 

So anyway, where was I…? Oh, The Germans, they came here for money (work) and set themselves up accordingly.  There is a big difference between the haves and have not’s here in Brasil.  This got me thinking about what I would do if we were to have a ton of money.  What would I spend it on?  I have been living on such a budget that it seems like it would create havoc in my simple little life, but something I would be willing to live with.  So, since I am reading the Secret; let me try to ponder it for a while. 

One thing is for sure if I had a lot of money; I would probably learn Portuguese a lot faster because I would definitely be getting out of the house more often and I might even take a Portuguese class.  I would travel South America too; this is something that I totally forgot about when I started to set up my life here.  I forgot how close I am to Peru, Paraguay, Argentina, Chile and Colombia….I would be fulfilling a dream actually it was never even a dream… it would be a fantasy.  I would be able to afford pancake syrup and would be able to eat different types of food outside of Espetinhos and Launches.  If I had more money I would have more time to myself as I would immediately put my kids in a great private afternoon school and then we would be able to go to different places…like the movies.    I would spend the mornings with I them and have the afternoon to myself to focus on some of the projects that I have had to tuck away and including my blog.  I would get massages and acupuncture, have spa days with Gabriela and get my hair professionally dyed and new clothes.  I am thinking for my wardrobe I would go with skirts, tops and dresses.  For Bernard I would buy him a Nintendo DS.  As for Rodrigo…I think our goals would be the same but the extra special things come in the form of making his life easier while he works because…I don’t think I would. Now I am thinking of that song “Billionaire” by Bruno Mars.  Funny, well that is what I would do with a ton of money in Brasil….I guess you could say I have thought about it some.