Que os Diabos! What the heck!

One of my favorite movies to watch is “The Wedding Date” with Debra Messing and Dermut Mulroney. The movie is about a woman, Debra Messing, who needs a date to her sister’s wedding in England because her ex-fiance is the best man at   the wedding and she wants to make him jealous. So, to solve her date dilemma she decides to hire a guy to be her date     for the wedding and all the other festivities that went along with it in England. Lately I have been having one scene from      that movie playing over and over in my head. The scene happens in Debra’s bedroom after they arrive in England for the wedding and goes a little something like this:


Debra: I’m Sorry, I’m just a little nervous. I never thought anything like this could happen to me.


Dermut: This happened to you?


Debra: It happened in the sense that I picked up the phone, tracked you down, flew you over here and gave you money.


Except the version in my head goes a little more like:


Me: I can’t believe this is happening to me! I can’t believe I will be in Portugal in the next couple weeks!


You: Happen to you???


Me: Well....happened in the sense that I applied to a mission agency, flew to Colorado for training and orientation, wrote     tons of people support letters, and raised the full support needed. 


Although, the scenes are pretty different and have different motives behind them I can’t stop catching myself thinking, “I      can’t believe this is happening to me!” I have been wanting to work in Portugal for so long that now that it is a short couple weeks away I can’t believe it is happening. I believe that I am in some form of shock!


After raising my last little bit of support last Sunday I felt a huge weight lifted off of my shoulders. I feel like my summer         vacation has finally started. I feel like I could do anything now....except learn the language before I leave.


I wish the language could come to me faster but I keep finding my self trying to pronounce the Portuguese words with        Spanish pronunciation, which is the major difference between the two languages. To help myself learn the language I       have bought books, downloaded apps on my itouch, bought Portuguese music, and have downloaded free podcasts.


So the apps that I downloaded were all basically free and from one of them I have learned how to flirt.....now I can say,        “Estaria disposta a aprender Portugues para ficar a conhecerte” (I’d be willing to learn Portuguese to get to know you) or my favorite, “O teu sotaque e muito atraente....O que e que achas do meu?” ( Your accent is very attractive....What do you   think of mine?).


The podcast that I downloaded is actually a really good podcast but the guy teaching it I swear has like a Scottish accent  which just makes the whole thing weird.


So, now I am cramming Portuguese into my brain for something that I just can’t believe is happening to me!


Peace out!

P.S. sorry if the layout is kind of funky this time....the website was not cooperating with me!