Brazil-Culture Shock?

I've been back in Brazil now for 7 weeks and I think I'm experiencing culture shock. I don't like much of anything. Oh, I still think the place where we're staying is beautiful (lots of trees, birds, etc.), but I'm pretty tired of everything else. Especially the food. I don't normally get tired of eating the same food, but beans and rice twice a day has started getting to me. No, it's not just beans and rice, but it is twice a day. In addition there is usually salad (though sometimes that's just lettuce), "farofa" (I think it's made with dry cornmeal, and seems to have some veggies or meat in it at times), the meat of the day (could be chicken franks, or soy-meat, or actual beef, or overly-fried eggs). And often there is another vegetable s well. But no dessert (we've had dessert once in 7 weeks), drinks cost extra, and that's it. Oh, once a week we have what for us looks like an enchilade. Here in Brazil it's a "pancake". (So it's really a meat filled crepe, and they're actually pretty good.)
And I won't even go into the communication issues! At least not today (I don't speak Portuguese, remember, so communicating is very often frustrating). But today that may all begin to change-I start giving English lessons to our SJS students today, so maybe we'll all be communicating with each other a bit better by the time I leave (and yes, I'm taking Portuguese lessons-I think I've had 4 so far-so I'm a long way from fluency).

Well that's it for today, blessings to you all!
Monica