Hombres G

I have a life. I have decided that I needed to go out and get one so I did. Last night, I was out until 2am at a concert with a group of Moms from Oscar´s school. It was the fiestas de Torrejon and the group Hombres G, a group that was popular in the 80s here, were playing. I knew a lot of the songs because Miguel loves the group and plays their CD a lot. So, when I was invited to go with the girls (and a couple guys), I decided, what the hey, and did it. I didn´t know all the words, nor did I know some of the songs, but it was fun to be part of a crowd and jump up and down and belt out the parts that I knew. This group of women are a kick and I really love hanging out with them. They have such energy and have such fun.

New York, New York

New York City, 13-15 June

Have I mentioned that I like the Airbus 340? Well, our latest trip was New York. Miguel´s mother, once again, flew down to take care of the kids while I went with Miguel on one of his flights. We had a great time. We got in Friday evening and went for Cuban food. Yum. We drank a couple of mojitos and then crashed. On Saturday, we met up with my University of Washington friend, Mary Tang for breakfast. After breakfast, we did some shopping (gotta love that strong Euro) and then took the subway down to Ground Zero. It was a humbling experience. We proceeded to walk through Battery Park to see the Statue of Liberty. It was hazy but we did see her. We had beautiful weather- hot but not too hot. We took our time just walking around. We caught the subway back up to Times Square and back to the hotel. We got back to the hotel just in time. A huge thunderstorm hit New York and it rained for close to three hours.

The crewbus came to pick us up and the thunderstorm followed us to JFK. It was raining so hard cars were passing through puddles that came halfway up their doors. When we got to JKF, we found the airport closed due to the thunderstorm. We sat for three hours in the airport and waited for the storm to stop. Once the storm let up, the airport started working again...cleaning the planes and unloading the luggage from the incoming flight. After loading the passengers, we sat on the tarmac for two hours waiting for our turn to take off. There were 80 planes ahead of us. Needless to say, I didn´t eat dinner because it was 2am when we finally took off. I put in my earplugs, put on the eyeshades and slept the whole flight home.

Miguel asked me if he could take New York off his list of request. Are you kidding?? There is still so much more to see and do.

Florida

Florida May 2008

I am so far behind on this blog thing that I am just going to post our photos from our trip to Florida.We had a great time even though it was hot. The stuffed animal that you see is Trufo, the mascot from Oscar´s school, that came with us to Florida. Dani, we found out, disliked the beach. Oh well, it can´t be for everyone...

On the plane. The kids were so excited about getting on the plane. Miguel and myself, on the other hand, were not. The kids were champs and did remarkably well.

We rented an apartment in Vero Beach, Florida. Oscar and Trufo are on the balcony. It was very nice. Beach access and a pool. What more could you want...

Oscar got to pet a crocodile.

We even played mini golf.

Our family on the boardwalk. Oscar and Trufo in the cockpit on the way home.