(Desperate) Housewifes Club

I receive an email in my inbox that left me wondering what to do. It was an invitation to a make-up class along with some other friends.

Do I need make up that bad? I am not someone who put a lot of make-up, but I have to admit that here most Brazilian girls take more attention to their image than me. Should I make an effort to integrate better??

Furthermore, am I the type of girl that does this kind of activities? Should I not be writing some more intelligent things instead? Am I the kind of expat wife that does not know what to do with my time? Usually I have always been able to occupy myself with very interesting activities - whether it is yoga, writing, volunteering, and work as well. Here, so far I have been busy with out installation, and with the kids. To be an expat wife often means leaving behind work, and spend time reasjusting to a new environment. In Brasilia because of the administrative nature of the city, it is often more difficult to find a job that corresponds to one's skills and competences. I am not yet hopeless, but I can see that the process will be a tedious one. I was just reading about this here. For my friends abroad, living in Brazil sounds like a superb experience - and I am sure it will be - but the settling in is a tedious process. And some women, after several relocations, simply give up on finding for themselves something meaningful to do other than caring for their loved ones. The process is lengthly and discouraging at times, and the sheer prospect of a departure leaves one to wonder the validity of such efforts. So like many, should I contemplate finding myself activities to entertain myself and stop worrying about it all? Yet so new here, I cannot pretend that this decision should be taken now. Should I allow myself to pamper myself a bit? And to have a good time with my girlfriends? I gave-in, and tagged along. 

And it was fun. I had to leave before the end of the session to pick up the kids in school, and despite feeling sick that morning, the result on my face was very impressive: I looked healthy! Ah!

Carol, our teacher, is one of these young very maked-up girl. Later we learned that she is in fact our age, looking 10 years younger than her age. Like what, it works.