My boxes arrived, gypsy life is on hold

I am exhausted. I went running in the morning with my black belt friend; this usually kills my day but today I survived. If running in the morning did not kill me, unpacking my boxes from Brazil did.

The boxes with books and CDs are easy to deal with as they are stacks of regularly shaped objects to place on shelves. Unpacking cups is the best: a big box with a few objects that find easily a place on some shelf in the kitchen. Now, boxes with clothes are a pain...take, arrange, plan where to place,... I wonder how do those with many, but many more clothes do it? Yes, I have a few people in mind...

Do you hide in your own luggage small things to surprise yourself later? I do. I had two nice surprises: a pan I bought in Sao Paulo to make "pudim" after Marcia's recipe, and some "Sonho de Valsa", the white ones, delicious chocolate candies from Brazil. It almost felt like Christmas!