Long Time No See

Marcelo and I were finally able to get together after trying and failing for the past couple weeks. Our schedules have not meshed well lately. This was even a short meeting because we both had lots to do but managed to squeeze in a quick meeting. Marcelo requested a tour of Milton Daniel since he'd never been in it and had heard it was really nice.

Upon first entering into the Great Hall I asked him what his first impressions were.

"It's like a hotel!"

I laughed and told him that the building had been nicknamed the "Milton Hilton" for that exact reason. I proceeded to give him a floor-by-floor tour of the entire building, highlighting unique features as we went. I showed him my only somewhat messy room, too. He was impressed. We hung out in the third floor lounge for a bit, talking and looking out the big glass windows at the people coming in and out of the building. It was amusing to see everyone battling the gigantic gusts of wind. You could tell that the girls who chose to wear dresses or skirts that day greatly regretted it.

It was hear that Marcelo informed me that he had applied and been accepted to TCU as a regularly enrolled, full-time international student! He would be returning in the fall and is probably going to study business. He also told me that the day before he received news that he got a scholarship of $25,000 a year! I was ecstatic for him. This whole semester he has been debating whether or not to apply to TCU or Hill College or some other university. Hill College has a rodeo a team and back in Brazil he is one of the best calf-ropers around. However, he finally decided that he liked TCU more and thought it was a better university (duh) and therefore was thrilled to receive his acceptance letter and financial aid package.

Unfortunately we had to end our meeting here as we both had to get somewhere. His only obstacle now is to find on-campus housing. That can be quite a challenge...