I am so happy

First of all, I want to give thanks for all the people in my life that have helped me to get far, I love you all. Now, I want to give special recognition to the faculty at the University of Florida for accepting me to go to Brazil, I have gained so much confidence in my abilities and I know that I will get a Ph.D and make it very far in my life. It's been such a blessing on my life to have you all around and I really appreciate you all and hope that my work will shine some good light on a lot of people. It's been so hard, to get to where I am but God has blessed me with great people and I love you all for being that blessing. I want to thank my friend for helping me stay happy and helping me to keep my head together because a strong mind is a balanced mind. So far Brazil has been great, I visited the Ibauqueira Park in São Paulo, which is big and beautiful and also gotten to take pictures, play frisbee and walk around. We ate some pizza at a pizza buffet. Today, we went to the to the Pride parade, where I was bored out of my mind because we stood at one spot, and some of my other friends and I got to go to a Brazilian mall where I ate brazilian cuisine (pretty much soul food) and go grocery shopping, I had a blast and hope for more fun times, these times would bring great memories.