Puta que pariu!

Oi, gente!

It's been a l-o-n-g time. This is because many things decided to work in concert to screw me over bigtime. I am not going to Brazil this semster as planned, due to bizarre bureaucratic doings at trhe university in Brazil. This ends up being okay in some respects, as I learned from the doctor just days before I would've been going that I have some serious blood sugar & kidney issues. They are not serious as in "life-threatening," at least not as yet. Still, I need to lose some of the junk in the trunk & otherwise check myself before I wreck myself. I am slowly making progress.

As a result of not going to Brazil, that means no income, which means I am not in Nashville but at home with the folks, who are watching for any side-effects of my meds (I am not on high dosages of meds like Glucophage or anything, but it's nice to have someone watching, just in case). I really need to get working on my dissertation, but somehow, I have been distracted. My super-cool advisor is understanding. He seems to prefer that I live & prosper, not just finish & get out of Vandy.

Well, that is my update. I hope all who might read this are well!

Tchauzinho!