R$160

Well, the dynamics of this morning were a little different than usual. I fell asleep waiting for us to leave the beach for São Jose, and finally at around 5 Ana woke me and the other kids up so we could get in the car. I truly don't know how I managed to get all my things and make it all the way to the car in one piece. Only 1/16 awake, I gathered my computer, backpack, iPod, and camera and trudged down to the car. I got into the back seat, as usual, and instantly fell asleep. What felt like about 5 minutes later, I woke up and we were at their apartment, back in São Jose. It was actually about a 1.5 hour drive, but still I didn't have much sleep in, so I walked upstairs with everybody and jumped into bed. Actually, it was probably more close to a jump/plop. I woke up for good around 1:00, as usual.

I had some shopping that I needed to do, so the whole family piled into the car and we drove to the nearest mall, Shopping Colinas. We ate some quick lunch and then split up. Ze, Auguste, and Victor headed off to play some games at the arcade, and me, Ana, and Marcelo went shopping. All in all, it was very successful! The only problem we ran into was that I was on the search for a hat, and I really wanted an Oakley brand hat, but it was 160 Reals! YIKES!!! I ran into Julia and Mileah at the mall and after getting bombarded by their hugs, we talked for a minute. It was nice to see someone I hadn't seen in a while, and also get some juicy news! Apparently Mileah got her dream of kissing a Brazilian boy, one of Julia's friends. I'll have to get all the details and tell you tomorrow, but just wanted to give you all the heads up!

After that, we headed to Quiririm for afternoon coffee. We enjoyed some delicious Brazilian coffee and bread, and headed off to the Taubaté shopping center to get all the groceries for the mini-camp. So much food is needed for 16 people for 2 and a half days! We had planned on going to the movie Twilight after shopping, but it took to long we didn't have time. I had the chance to go to the place that the mini-camp will be, and it is going to be fantastic! There is a swimming pool, and lots of room inside and out!

We put all the groceries away and I got a tour, and then we headed back to Quiririm. We enjoyed some dinner at Marcelo's parents' house and then we headed back to São Jose. We all headed to our rooms to pack, and hopefully we are all ready for the mini-camp!

I won't be able to post over the mini-camp, but I will after that, and I'll include everything we did!