crap

Fuckityfuckfuck.

I should have taken it as a bad omen when I saw one of the English teachers feeding about 100 pigeons out of his bare hands in the middle of Centro today. Because that's just crazy.

But today was kind of crazy.

First, I noticed that the Metro is going up to a whopping R$2.60 next week (it's now R$2.40). That may not seem like much but I use the Metro twice a day, four to five times per week. It adds up.

Then, the kicker:
The Oil Company has canceled all classes for drivers. I had three of these, so my hours have now been cut in half, as has my monthly salary. Luckily, I'm getting a temporary class next week for another few weeks, but I'm still pretty screwed since I'm completely broke as it is.

And despite all my complaining, I feel bad for the drivers. I get the impression it's largely due to some of them skipping lots of classes and being irresponsible, so that the company now doesn't want to pay. Yeah, they're hard to teach (and I was supposed to get a new student this week classified as a "non-learner" oh dear god) but some of them are really sweet and really do want to learn.

Oy vey.

More Ilha Grande adventures coming up soon, as I am going to have some time on my hands this week.