On staying in.

You would think that with the sun out and the beach only a few minutes away, I would constantly be by the coast, but it's actually surprising how much time I spend at home, inside. Part of it is the heat-- I can't bear to be out in the direct sunlight during the middle of the day-- but part of it is also the fact that in many ways, when you don't really have a sense of direction, it's very easy to become quite lazy and stay in. I'm figuring out very quickly that it's good to have things to do, all the time. But unlike college, where I was packed with activities from morning to night, I'm experiencing quite the opposite in Rio. I have (at times) too much time on my hands during the day, and I'm not quite sure what to do with it. I know all this will change very soon, as I begin my research and start my questionnaires next month (I hope). But until then, it's been a pretty slow couple months, this past December and January.

I'm off to find some time to kill--