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, October 01, 2015

Sent (Application/ Tenure Package)

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I'm still stressed out about some of the other items in my endless to-do list , but submitting the application is no longer one of the...
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Tuesday, September 29, 2015

Best (Relatively Useless) News Ever!

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In our family we are all addicted to the internet. OK, some one of us actually uses it mostly for work and the others use it mostly for fun ...
Friday, September 25, 2015

Overscheduling

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Continuing in the spirit of the previous middle-of-the-night post, other things are bugging me as well.  The main one is the fact that on No...

Tired and Stressed out/ Dreaded (but VERY IMPORTANT) To-Do List

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I should be grading, or sleeping, but I'm blogging instead... After all, I haven't blogged in three weeks, and it's not for a ...
Wednesday, September 09, 2015

Big News? A More Stable "Work in the Margins" Job?

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Sigh... I apologize for sighing too much in the blog. It seems my life can be summed up in a series of sighs. "Will I ever have a ...
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Monday, August 31, 2015

Last and First

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Today was definitely the last time I purchased something for my 13 year old at Crazy 8. :-(  Their largest size is 14 and he'll soon out...

Blue, I'd Missed You!

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Thursday, August 27, 2015

UH! Merica (Regina Spektor)

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Maybe it's a fitting day to share this song by super genius Regina Spektor. :-( (Note for years from now: another shooting today)

First Day

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My first day went well, it's just hard to get used to the "mega commute" all over again! :-( Good thing that last Monday and...
Tuesday, August 25, 2015

Last Day... (and Memories of First Days Past)

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... technically I have one more free day, Thursday, but today is the last day before I enter the classroom and begin teaching again for 15 w...
Sunday, August 23, 2015

Alphabet Browser Search Fun

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Wow, memes are so last decade, but I still wanted to do this one, inspired by Geeky Mom . It's a fun time killer that you get by typing ...
Friday, August 21, 2015

Brazilian Movie to be Released in 2016 - O Grande Circo Místico

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(this post is a note to myself more than anything) O Grande Circo Místico movie is based on a ballet and its music (with lyrics, so it...
Thursday, August 20, 2015

First & Last!

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This was our first "stone fruit" purchase of the season from our local farm and also the last, since today was their last day open...
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Wednesday, August 19, 2015

Blurry Back to School

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The past eight years are a blur... I can hardly believe I have an 8th grader and a 6th grader. I'm certainly not celebrating it....
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Tuesday, August 18, 2015

Back to Real Life

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I realized in the past few days that one of the big reasons why I love traveling and extensive travels suit me really well is that I'm q...
Wednesday, August 12, 2015

Alpine dream come true

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We didn't know if we were really going to be able to see the famous trio of mountains  Jungfrau, Munch & Eiger, but we did! Here are...
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The Eve of Going Home...

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... the European leg of our "Epic Family Trip" was perfect. Seriously. It only rained twice, which didn't interfere too much w...
Friday, August 07, 2015

Lovely

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(this is a sequel to the previous post ) Hotel ("Motel") And breakfast

One more week 'till we get home

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The reality that our epic family trip is almost over is beginning to sink in. I'm getting emails that require me to respond to schedule ...
Sunday, August 02, 2015

Up in the Alps: the 400 versus the 200 View

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In the past two days we spent nearly the equivalent of what it would cost to go to two theme parks for a day (or a couple of days in one par...
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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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