the buyers of my home haven’t received their mortgage approval. therefore, we can’t close on the house. but they had closed on the sale of their condo. they had no place to live unless i agreed to let them move into the house and rent from me until they are approved. they have a really cute baby and two dachshunds. if i find out they rented the trio in order to persuade me i will be quite miffed.
instead of aiming east or south, i returned to winnetka to sign some papers related to the house and to visit the brazilian consulate. they have my passport. they have my visa application. they also have a jacket i was wearing when i visited the first time and i forgot to take it with me because it’s a hundred degrees outside and the midwest thinks it’s a tropical paradise.
i leave for brazil on the eleventh of july and will have two chaperones. it’s important to set up safeguards when you’re meeting an online friend for the first time. i never meet a new friend in their home. i never invite a new friend to mine — well, i guess the car is sort of different! and i often bring a chaperone.
the two chaperones are vincent peters and reggie gholston. vince and reggie were classmates at west point. vince is now a government contractor. reggie is in active service and is being deployed later this summer to afghanistan. he has served twice in iraq. watch out brazil–these two are quite handsome!
and as my facebook friends from brazil say, beijos! (kisses!)
arlynnpresser 
July 3rd, 2012 at 5:00 pm
Uh-oh! Look out, world!
July 3rd, 2012 at 5:31 pm
Sounds amazing! Love the bodyguards! 😀
Pink.
July 3rd, 2012 at 5:42 pm
the body guards are definitely worth it all and if i were just twenty years younger. . . okay, fifteen.
July 3rd, 2012 at 5:50 pm
Happy travels, Arlynn! Be safe! xoxo Julia
July 3rd, 2012 at 7:07 pm
Where are you going? I’ll give you a call, haven’t in some time. Peace
July 4th, 2012 at 10:47 am
It’s only matter … look at the palm of your hands now … can you see it ? So you born with with them that are what you HAVE ! See you soon ! LOVE U
July 4th, 2012 at 6:18 pm
I saw about this film/project a while ago and came over to check on it again. I also have agrophobia/panic attacks, for 10 years now. Its been so rough these last 7 years for me, I cant even describe!
Im from Brazil and would love if I could meet you. Im in Vitoria, in the state of Espirito Santo, right next to Rio de Janeiro. What cities are u planning to visit??
July 4th, 2012 at 11:02 pm
i will be in rio de janiero and sao paolo next week. are you able to be in either city? bestest, arlynn
July 5th, 2012 at 12:15 am
Unfortunately not 😦
But in case u want to visit another city, a calmer one…
this is Vitoria https://www.google.com.br/search?hl=pt-BR&q=vitoria+es&ie=UTF-8&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=li&biw=1366&bih=667&sei=YNz0T-y3FJKi8gTAu6zHBg
About 500km away from Rio!
Add me on facebook https://www.facebook.com/xTelha
I would love to chat with u, I admire ur courage, I wish I had the guts to do the same! ^^
Have a safe trip!!