Mama(e) in Translation

2 sons, 2 languages, 2 countries, 2 "worlds" (work/home), 2 PhDs. Where translation and "in-between-ness" have become a way of life. Now with 2 cats & 2 Universities!

Tuesday, August 31, 2010

No Longer Girl-Less

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My husband's family is no longer girl-less. This afternoon in Brazil, my sister-in-law broke the spell and gave birth to my niece, Baby...
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Monday, August 30, 2010

Immigration is Good for You, U.S.A. ...

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... too bad a large chunk of your population cannot see that. :-( I don't talk as much as I could, or perhaps should, about immigration....
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First Day & Starting with a Bang!

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The first day of teaching was nice and I still cannot believe that almost two weeks have passed and I haven't yet blogged my sons' f...
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Sunday, August 29, 2010

Working and Mothering, Take 2 (or Children & Universities)

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Tomorrow I go back to work for real. Wow. And it so turns out that on our first day of teaching, the boys have the day off from school. Same...
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Thursday, August 26, 2010

on facebook (annoying!) & twitter / links

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I think facebook is very, very annoying. I try to spend as little time as possible in there. I just do it so I can know what's going on ...
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Wednesday, August 25, 2010

Remembering the "Good Engine Noise"...

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Our two " crumbling Hondas " (no comments on that long post, I thought it was fun, but probably too wordy, as most of what I write...
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Monday, August 23, 2010

Am I really entering the "Twilight Zone"? Oh, yeah, no doubt about that!

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If I had written this post last week, it would have been titled "Entering the 'Twilight Zone' in Full Force," but I didn...
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Wednesday, August 18, 2010

I missed them, yes I did

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I'll have to write more about the first day of school tomorrow, but for now I'll just say that I missed my boys and, of course, they...
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Tuesday, August 17, 2010

Tomorrow my "baby" goes to school

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Both boys are going back to school tomorrow, after our tough "cyber-schooling" year (I couldn't blog much about it, but maybe ...
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Monday, August 16, 2010

Almost a Given

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The roller coaster ride continues. The second visit for K/ possible interview for me to the other university will be scheduled shortly (K go...
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Sunday, August 15, 2010

Dismissed!!

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K was late to pick up my parents from the airport on Friday because I had a court hearing at 9 am on the summons that I received as a "...

That wasn't it...

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Another boring, though quick, "meta-blogging"* post for you. After I "published" the previous post (I think it's so...
Saturday, August 14, 2010

Short Random Updates (with pools and trains and... Cancun?)

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My parents arrived safely from Brazil. I love the clothes my mom brought me, some new & some barely used by one of my best friends (who ...
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Friday, August 13, 2010

Lots to Write About...

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... but I'll post the different things in short, "Twitter-like" or facebook style, updates. Of course it's useless to blog...
Wednesday, August 11, 2010

Every Two Years, from Two Days to Two Weeks...

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... that's how often I see my brother. I often say this as a joke, but sadly, it's (generally) no joke. After my brother "took ...
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Wednesday, August 04, 2010

One is (way) Better than None! My Trip's Blogger Meet Up

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This post comes to you incredibly late, but better late than never... I had this plan, this dream, almost, of beginning and ending our road ...
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Sunday, August 01, 2010

The Missing Limb

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Note: Cat lovers, could you please answer the questions at the end? I need some help thinking through things. I was sitting at the dinner t...
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Saturday, July 31, 2010

Happy Birthday Vania!! or My Dearest Cousin Turns 50!

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I can hardly believe it, but today my dearest cousin in my mom's side of the family* turned 50 years old! That means that a year from no...
Wednesday, July 28, 2010

Send in The Clowns

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I've been a little sad lately. More disgruntled than sad. K is away (left this afternoon, will return Friday night). And while I hope e...
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Tuesday, July 27, 2010

2,210 Miles (3556 Km) Later

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We got back home on Sunday after I drove a total of 2,210 Miles (3556 Km). More trip stats: Days and nights away: 11 Time on the road: appro...
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I'm a Brazilian immigrant (used to say expatriate, have problems with this word now), living in the U.S. since 1996 with my husband and two sons (born in March 2002 and May 2004). I'm a mother, first and foremost, -- mamãe in my mother-tongue, hence the (e) of the blog title -- but after "ten years and two sons" I finally finished my Ph.D. in literature in 2008. After six years away from teaching (including a year home/cyber schooling my sons - 2009-10), I'm finally back in higher-education. I've been blogging here for eleven years, so welcome to my site and feel free to stay for a while and look around. Our lives are a roller coaster, never lacking in ups and downs! ;-)
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