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, July 28, 2015

Goodbye Israel

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The trip is over and it was amazing! I Hope to be able to post about it when I get home, but I don't know if it's going to happen. ...
Tuesday, July 21, 2015

Epic Family Trip: Some Cell Phone Photos

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No words needed for this & next ones, right? Sinai sunrise Hotel in Sinai (cold pool) ...
Monday, July 20, 2015

Epic Family Trip Notes

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There is no way I can articulate everything that we've been experiencing in this trip in a well-written, coherent manner (particularly a...
Saturday, July 18, 2015

A Room with a View

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I w as stunned when I woke up and opened the hotel room curtain in Giza (close to Cairo, Egypt): I never, ever expected to see the pyra...
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Sunday, July 12, 2015

Airport Blogging/ Out of It

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Quickly blogging at the airport before our flight to Frankfurt and from there to Cairo. We're excited, but exhausted because we just...
Friday, July 10, 2015

3rd Day of 37

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Good morning all the way from San Antonio, TX! Third day of the trip, second night in a hotel. I'm thinking that nearly 30 nights in d...
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Wednesday, July 08, 2015

The Great Adventure

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We're about to literally embark on our greatest adventure since the South Africa trip back in 2012, thanks to my mother-in-law's tra...
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Tuesday, July 07, 2015

44

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I had a fantastic birthday, probably the best in a long, long time! I hope next year will be even better because I think I'll be with my...
Thursday, July 02, 2015

Made by Me! Pretty "Naked Cake" & Fruit Arrangements

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Note: only photos from my phone for now (unedited, unfiltered!). I'll edit the post & write more later. I couldn't stop taking p...
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Getting Anxious (Pre-Travel Stress is the Worst!)

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I  started packing for our epic six-weeks long trip last week, but I've been planning what to take and shopping for shoes (light walking...
Monday, June 29, 2015

Too Much to Say (or Not)

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These past two weeks were intense. The main reason I haven't blogged about the horrible terrorist attack and hate crime that took place ...
Tuesday, June 16, 2015

Goldilocks

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I just made an interesting mistake! ;-) Sigh... I didn't give the best instructions to the hairdresser, so, instead of two tones of hig...
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Wednesday, June 10, 2015

Writing Retreat

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I've been at a writing retreat since yesterday and it's been great. I'm reading more than writing, because I'm working on a ...
Thursday, June 04, 2015

Mockingbird/ Mockingjay

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Well, it didn't work out very well to watch the Mockinjay Part I movie almost back to back with To Kill a Mockingbird (the movie with G...
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Good Question!

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Thanks for your question , What Now? Obviously there could still be something, but I have a sneaking suspicion that in this particular case...
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Nothing... & Benign

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Two short posts in one, to save time. ;-) Nothing is what I heard from my job application. I hope they'll at least send a rejection l...
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Tuesday, June 02, 2015

Chilly Swim Practice

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61 F (16 C) is a little chilly for swim practice, but the boys said the water wasn't cold & did ok!  And the coach put both together...
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Monday, June 01, 2015

The Last Salary

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Every end of May/beginning of June I get paid my last salary from U#2 and then I have to wait until the end of September for the next one. ...
Sunday, May 31, 2015

Eleven!

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My "baby" turned eleven yesterday! He is a joy and makes our lives and our family complete. We had some of his friends for lun...
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Friday, May 29, 2015

Last Days of School Are Sad! :-(

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As my sons get older and closer to important milestones in life I get more & more emotional about them. I was thinking today, as I walke...
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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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