Sick again

My son was diagnosed with mononucleosis three weeks ago. His Dr. prescribed a lot of rest, but how can I 18 years old rest??? He missed school and when I got home he was changing some parts to his car. He is loves car and his hobby is fixing them. Of course his immune system suffered and today he got sick again. The Dr. said that he must rest. Hopefully this time he will. Tomorrow I will take him to his homeopathic Dr. he can find the real problem and bring him back to his normal balance. I am a fan of alternative medicine, for me and my kids has worked very well.

Final week

Monday anatomy lab, Tuesday English, Wednesday anatomy lecture and any time this week Chemistry. I am tired, but satisfied with my first semester in BC. I have been very busy, school has taken all my free time away and it has been hard to get used to my new routine. If I study hard I will be able to finish my AAS on December. I never thought that I would be back to school after so many years. So far it has been a wonder experience. See you tomorrow!!

Yesterday Concert

Yesterday was "The Annual Concerto and Composition Winner "at the University of Miami. There were to performers: one flutist and one pianist. The other piece was my son's composition: "La luz y su desvio." He wanted to express darkness and light in terms of sound. It is by all means a contemporary piece with a great variety of sound and textures.The auditorium was packed: teachers, schoolmates, friends, general public and of course two proud parents and grandparents. At the end was nice to see how people appreciated his music and approached my son to give him lots of compliments.Thanks God the long days and nights of hard work have paid off.

Google Earth

This summer my husband, kids and I will be heading to Europe. As always, I'm in the one who makes all the reservations. We don't like hotels because in Europe the max. occupancy is two people; therefore is necessary to rent two rooms which is very expensive. An apartment makes you feel more like home. My husband loves to go every morning to local supermarkets and buy fresh mozzarella, bread and fruit. I make the coffee and we enjoy a relaxing breakfast. It was not easy to find and apartment in Italy since the rental periods run only from Saturday to Saturday. Finally, I found one in a small village called Colmegna. It s located at one mile to Maccagno which is the town where my son is going to be. The owner accepted to let us rent for thirteen days starting Tuesday. The photos were great so I paid and the deal was done. Two day a go, browsing on the internet I went to Google Earth to see the place in 3D. I zoomed in where the apartment was supposed to be located and in fact I saw he house from above and right across the street I saw an open space which I thought it was a park. Then I saw something that looked like little squares and I thought, "well, it might be a parking lot." I set google into 3D mode and guess what I saw. An old cemetery right across my house!!!! My husband didn't care much, and my son thought that for sure it was going to be very quiet. But where was my lake, my street with WALKING people? My husband wrote an email to the owner and told him that I was "a little impressed," immediately he responded that the house number was wrong and the house was located one Km from the cemetery. In disbelieve, I opened once again my google earth, and zoomed in toward the correct address. Fortunately the house I saw matched the house on the web. There was no doubt, I was looking to the right house. It is located less that two blocks from the lake in the middle of the town and far from the cemetery. Thanks Google Earth!

Summer

If I survive this last week of school and the coming summer term in which I'll be taking three courses, I will be going to Europe!!!!! Yeah!!!! My son was invited to participate in a composition workshop in Maccago, Lago Maggiore in northern Italy. My husband and I decided to take a well deserved vacation and go with him. My son will be studying all day, and my husband and I will be driving from one town to the other every day. The Lake is so beautiful and it is surrounded by hundred of little towns: Venice, Como, Parma, and Switzerland are less than two hours driving. Because my son won't have much time to relax we are going to spend four days in Spain. We rented a little apartment in downtown Madrid so we can walk to museums, restaurants etc. We are planing to watch the final world cup soccer game in a tasca eating tapas.

Tonight

It's very rewarding to see my son succeeding on his studies. Tonight the UM Orchestra will perform a concert, and one of the pieces is going to be a piano interpretation of one of my son's compositions.
In addition to that on July 24, it's going to be the composition award concerto, and another piece is going to be a full orchestra composition written by him. It's good to see that all his efforts to succeed have paid off.

A great surprise

Yesterday, while I was studying for my Chemistry exam I received an unexpected phone call. It was my best friend Yolanda. I have not seen her in years. We graduated from the same college many years ago. She came over to my house with her husband, and we chatted for hours until well passed midnight. It feels good to be able to keep close to long time friends. It might be a coincidence, but in few weeks another friend from elementary school is coming to visit me. I'm really very fortunate to have such a wonderful friends. Life is good!!!