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!

Thursday, March 28, 2013

My Husband's Dream Car

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A TDI station wagon VW (this is a Jetta). Too expensive, though, in spite of the fact that it saves $ on fuel and goes much farther on a ful...
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Blue Poppy

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My son took these photos* at Longwood Gardens two weeks ago and I took maybe 100 more of this flower, one of my favorites ever. I hope to sh...

Alone

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I haven't felt alone like this, in a very long time. I feel so alone, it hurts. So I got in the car and burst into tears (and I don'...
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Wednesday, March 27, 2013

My drive to work this morning made me so sleepy/tired...

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... that I had to take a five minute nap before getting out of the car and walking to class! :( I still don't want to drink anything ...

My New Cross to Bear & New Dept. Chair

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Ever since I received that first email from the chosen candidate to the tenure track job (the young guy who is going to be my "supervis...
Tuesday, March 26, 2013

PSA: I Only Check Twitter Once a Week

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Those of you who read me here and whom I also follow on Twitter may have noticed that once in a while you get a bunch of replies from me for...
Monday, March 25, 2013

NOT FAIR!!! I want a snow day too!

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I'm pouting like a little kid this morning because my husband and kids have a snow day and I do NOT and I have to drive my 76 miles to g...
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Wednesday, March 20, 2013

Back Home Tonight!

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Any minute now K, the boys and his cousin (who is also a K) are going to be home. They were supposed to return tomorrow morning, but K left ...
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Tuesday, March 19, 2013

It's official, I'm a Megacommuter

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A few days ago, Rebecca Davis-O'Brien's piece " Me and My Megacommute " was posted in The New Yorker website, but I only ...

Home Alone...

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... on a beautiful, windy day. Sigh. I hope time will go by fast even though I'll be alone only for two days. Tomorrow I'll be awa...
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Saturday, March 16, 2013

Orchid in the Bathroom!

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Where else but Longwood would you find a lovely orchid in the bathroom? :)
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My Poor Boys! Or The Quick PA Trip Fiasco

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It was only after we drove several hours to reach the greater Philadelphia area and we got out of the car when we arri...
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Friday, March 15, 2013

31 minutes left...

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That's how many minutes my husband has to submit the grant he just spent a month and a crazed week working on. I think he must have sl...

Chico Bento e os Papas (& the Popes)

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Mauricio de Souza is the most famous comic book artist/writer and creator of Brazil. His comic books about Mônica, Cebolinha, Magali, Cascão...
Thursday, March 14, 2013

Control Freak

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The issue with the photos I blogged about earlier is definitely an issue of control. I'm a bit... ok, a lot, of a control-freak. I ...

I Don't Want My Photos to Be Hostage to Apple and Lousy iPhoto!

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I desperately need some feedback from former/current PC users who became or also are Mac users who like to look at their photos and organize...
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Wednesday, March 13, 2013

Habemus Papam

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With this simple sentence* from a friend on Facebook, I learned of the new pope, not even 10 minutes after white smoke poured out of the Sis...
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Tuesday, March 12, 2013

Thank you Anastasia... and Anjali

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Thank you  Anastasia! Just what I needed right now. It makes me feel a lot better. And I miss you, I miss you lots. It's good to know th...
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Rainy Days and Mondays...

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I know that there are people who really enjoy rainy days (lucky you!), but I'm not one of them. Some people get headaches and other yu...
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Blistering Blatant Blunder, Batman!

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Sigh... I guess the past 24h have been a learning experience. Almost 8.5 years of blogging (and turning 40, boo!!!....) have been working ...
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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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