A few stories from the past month and a half

Well folks, I know I haven't really written anything here, buuut, I figured not many people were following me, so this last post is more for me than anything, but here is a summary of everything. Ive spent the last month and a half in Salvador, and it has been amazing! I spent two weeks in the neighborhood Mussurunga with a girl Couchsurfer named Tiana. She was super sweet, and it was good for me because she didnt speak english so I got to practice my portuguese! Than after that I ended up in this house with 5 guys studying here to become Petroleum Engineers, one of the best jobs in Brazil. I celebrated Carnaval with them and it was CRAZY! Ive never seen so many people. It was also a little frightening at times, people getting beat up by cops, fights breaking out, people passed out on the ground. It was utter chaos but not always so scary, it was definitely mostly fun. It was hard work to party this hard for 6 days straight, and took its toll on my feet. One day the pain was so bad I decided to go to one of the hospital booths and I was hoping to get some aspirin or something, next thing I know they are telling me to roll over and they pull down my shorts and give me a shot in my butt, good news is it really helped my feet hurt less, bad news I have no idea what the heck it was they gave me and it hurt! I was also really lucky, I was able to sneak into a bunch of really expensive stuff for free, so of course thats a good thing. Since Carnaval, Ive been taking it easy for sure, Im still staying with the engineers, and they have been a godsend, I couldnt have asked for nicer people to get to spend my last month with, I am VERY lucky. However, since it is so comfortable here and they have a pool, I spend most of my days at the house, but hey Ive been travelling around for over five months, Im ready to just relax and live, so thats what Im doing, Im done playing tourist. Its hard to believe Im coming home so soon though, trying to get all the stuff ready, lists of everything I will need to buy and do when I get home, seeing as I only have 4 days before I have to head up to school, its going to be a hard transition for sure! There will be one last post after this, on my thoughts and feelings on this whole trip, so look forward to that!