Days 15 through 19 - misc work week stuff

Of course mostly working, eating, and sleeping during the week... the only part of those things that might be of interest to you, dear reader, would probably be the eating. So below is some food stuffs from the week.

The bummer for this week was I was supposed to fly home for a week on Friday... I decided on Thursday to postpone the trip until 10/17. I'm just starting to get a little momentum here, I feel like I would be losing traction if I left just now. So I know it was the right thing to do, but still no fun knowing I would have been home right now. Plus I'm going to miss my Julia's birthday party :(

I got this as a prize for answering some safety questions correctly. It tastes like Brasil's answer to the Twinkie, except chocolate in the middle. Tasty!

Went to lunch Weds with Jackie. We ate at a little padaria lunch spot. It was tasty... had some random fried pastries with various meats/cheeses inside them, and then some kind of cream pie.

Afore-mentioned random fried thingies

Friday night I got home from work about 8 (don't even get me started... it was a cluster) and just walked around my neighborhood to get something for dinner. I ended up getting a burger at a little corner joint that serves "snacks," beer, and convenience store type candies, drinks, etc. I took the burger home, but while I waited a 60-something Brazilian man that was clearly not on his first beer (yep, "that guy" is a world-wide phenomenon) kept trying to talk to me. I understood some stuff he said and responded, but most of it I had no clue and told him I didn't understand - after which he would repeat it again louder! It was hilarious. The girl cooking kept rolling her eyes at me... lord knows what he was saying. At least I wasn't bored while I waited. 

I had no idea what was going to be on the burger that I ordered since I didn't bother trying to translate the ingredients listed. It ended up being queso, lettuce, tomato, and those little fried potato thingies that come in a can. It was good, there wasn't much meat but the bread was tasty enough to make up for it. Please note the red packet - there's a third way to spell catsup/ketchup!