RIO 2016!

I went to school today to the monthly meeting with the MS principal, the "Community Meeting", this time it was only 6 of us attending: Yuwei, Valeria, Amy,Nina,Penny and I. We talked about assessment strategies, parties, grading and volunteering. It was fun and helpful.
Yuwei, Amy and I then headed to the elementary section to help out in the "Ice cream social", where all the kids got their chocie of ice cream and toppings (so many to choose from, that they had to have several servings...). The kids were celebrating Children's day and had games,ice cream, treats, balloon figures, etc. to add to their fun.
The school will be closed next week because there's some kind of Brazilian celebration (I still have to find out what it is), but Fernando will be gone- again to Houston and Mexico- so kids, Larisa and I will visit other things in Rio.

Yuwei and I had lunch at school and talked about daily stuff. They'll be going to NY next week, so I can't make any plans with them.
I left school around 1:45 and asked the guard at the entrance if he knew anything about the Olympic games. "It's down to Madrid vs Rio, they'll give the final result briefly!"
So, I tuned in to the local news and they were narrating the events, step-by-step as I was rolling downhill from school. They finally gave the now well-known result and you could hear a loud roar, people were screaming, jumping, hugging, laughing, dancing! Everybody you saw was full of energy, with the thumbs endlessly up and the widest grin ever.
The radio people were out of control as well!
I drove as fast away as possible, since the school is fairly close to Copacabana, where the largest crowd had gathered since early that morning to celebrate. The street signs all said "Parabens, Rio!" [congratlations, Rio], flags were waved and the merry spirit spilled all over the city. It was magic!

Rio will be hosting the Olympic Games in 2016 and now I'm worried if they'll be ready in time- so many things to do, we'll be stuck in construction traffic from now on!