Christmas/new year summary

quick update of what happened over break:

• went Christmas shopping 23/24
• went to Christmas service, went home and packed, flew out to sao paulo
• arrived in rio (2 hours late b/c of a medical emergency on the place from DFW to sao paulo)
• spent time on the beach (copacabana and barra), shopped, ate in rio
  
• flew home at 11:30PM on new year's eve and watched the beginning of the fireworks in sao paulo as we took off to go home
• spent time with family
• went to houston
  
• went to shelley and patrick's wedding (congrats mr. and mrs. chang!)
• flew back to champaign

so that was my break in a nutshell. now back to work!