Packing for Argentina

Today I am packing and doing laundry.  Lots of laundry.  Deciding what to wear has been a challenge.  I think that the other girls in my class are dressing to the nines (and sixes, and sevens, and eights).  I think that the last time I wore a dress was for my wedding!  LoL

I shall miss my husband, Pat.  I shall also miss our Golden Retriever puppy, Elsa.  Our cats are very self-sufficient.  I think Elsa the dog will miss me the most!

I am looking forward to spending time with my friends from my UNM Honors class.  I hope that I get to find out what it is like to conduct music from our teacher, Señor Javier Lovato.  I would feel so powerful if I were a conductor that I think it would all go to my head, and I would have a massive ego!  When I was young, my dad, Ray Hayes, would always play classical music on the car radio.  I would sit next to him and conduct the music.  I miss my dad.  He passed away on March 25, 2002.  I think he would be proud that I have continued my college courses.

Time to get the clothes out of the dryer!

Vaya con Dios,

Radine


March 13, 2014   Thursday

We had a meeting before boarding the plane.  We all sat on the floor in a circle.  Dr. Celia Lopez-Chavez gave use the bad news about the papers.  Only two students out of ten had papers that she liked.  She gave us a homework assignment to read about tango.  The good news was that there was $20 in a white envelope for every student.  The money was for us to use for travel expenses to research assignments while we were in Argentina.  Muy bien!

There was quite a bit of turbulence on the plane ride to Argentina.  I was on my way to the bathroom, and I had to turn back.  The flight attendant told everyone to go back to their seats right away.  We all did.  As Betty Davis might say, "Fasten your seat belts.  It is going to be a bumpy ride!