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Dina:
Today it was very rainy, so I arrived home cold and wet. While I took a shower, hubby called delivery and we had a delicious lent's stew. Comfort food rules :)
Regenbogen:
Hi, sorry it took me so long. I worked some nights and got sick afterwards. There is some sort of cold almost everyone has and now I have it too. The sort with coughing and the nose is closed. We took turns. First Mini, then my husband, then myself and now Micro.
LOL Micro is reading a funny text for school. OK, the text isn't funny but she is laughing anyway. It's about Michelle Obama. She has problems reading the English names and cities. That's why she is laughing.
Chichachoo! LMAO Chicago.
@Dina.
About the Spanish music. It's mostly party songs for summer with Spanish texts. They are occasionally played in the radio.
Micro is still in a good mood because of the funny text, even though she is doing maths now. If I had known, I would have let her read names of US cities before every dull homework, LOL.
Dina:
Hi Regen! Sorry about the sickness, are you well now? We are also having a lot of cold because we are alternating mostly warm days with cool ones (still not real cold, except like in the middle of the night). The rain I told you about last Friday did not harm me, but many colleagues caught the cold. The weekend was without rain, Monday there were some falling drops, but very lightly. And then last night and today are very rainy.
Luckily I have a long weekend. Tomorrow is a holiday and Friday is what we called a "bridge holiday". This is our system: Some holidays have to be celebrated/remembered (most are sad things, like the anniversary of the death of some important person) always in the same day while other can be moved in the week to make a long weekend. That is, if the celebrating day happens to be a Thursday it is moved to the Friday or next Monday. The idea is that long weekends help tourism and are good economy. it has actually worked quite well.
Well, when some Holidays that cannot be moved happen in a Tuesday or Thursday there is the "bridge" when the previous Monday or following Friday are declared a holiday too. All for creating a long weekend. There are some small letter arrangements I am not too familiar, for example, I believe the actual holiday is a day where you have to pay double to your employess if you want them to work (like a Sunday) while the actual holiday you pay 1.5 X, like a Saturday. Or something like that. More stores are closed on the actual holiday than on the bridge day.
Well, May 25 is one of those Holidays that cannot be moved, so Friday is a bridge holiday. It is good for me because my classes are Tuesday and Thursday, so this week was not only short but light (my class yesterday was a good one, and we even finished half an hour early).
May 25 is one of our most important civic days. You are supposed to wear the cockade (I hope that is the world) from 18 to 25. Most people does not, but TV hosts, ministers and other high ranking workers, teacher and school children are encouraged to wear it. I had mine yesterday.
That is because on May 18, 1810 people in Buenos Aires began opposing the authority of the viceroy (the ruler the king of Spain appointed in America) and on May 25 the viceroy was demoted and a first government was elected among our citizens (it was an ensemble of 9 people). The actual independence of the country did not happen until 1816, but May 25 was the beginning of all.
Sorry for the history lesson, i thought some of you may be curious. Also, May 25 1810 is said to have been a rainy day so every time it rains on May 25 we feel it is fair. Rain is expected for tomorrow too. Traditionally, on May 25 we eat some traditional food, for example, locro (a corn-based dish I never made myself. I am actually not a fan), "pastelitos" (a pastry for tea time or breakfast, normally with a confiture of sweet potato or quince) and, of course, empanadas. I often do them but I think this year I will be calling delivery, because I did not do the grocery shopping :)
Regenbogen:
((((Dina))))
I wish you a nice national holiday!
We have Pentecost Sunday and Monday. And there are two weeks of school holidays. The public bath opens this Saturday.
We planned to make a trip to England but abandoned the idea because of several reasons. Me having lots of doctors appointments due to my bad right knee and probably I broke my left foot a few years ago and didn't notice. Oops. Only now I realized that my little toe feels numb and there is a point at the side of my foot which hurts when I put a finger on it.
The doctor wasn't sure so I have to go to a specialist who does MRT for the foot and the knee.
She gave me some happy pills against the pain. Though I haven't tried them yet.
On the upside we are all on vacation. We plan to visit some castles in the vicinity or swim in some lakes, maybe even stay somewhere for one night.
If the weather is not good for outdoor activities we could go to the cinema. Arielle is starting in June. We grown-ups could go see Guardians of the Galaxy 3 or Renfield. Nicolas Cage as Dracula! The man of the thousand faces, lol.
I do still have the cold, but no more fever.
We have bridge days too. When a holiday is on a Thursday those who are fast enough can take the Friday off to have a long weekend.
And I succeeded in infecting a colleague with the Dresden Files, mwahaha!
Dina:
Thanks for the wishes. I wish you some super happy vacations!
But what the...fudge? How could you break a foot without knowing it? Well, whatever the case, I hope the doctors and pills help you. But try not to get too in love of them pills.
The plan of visiting castles sounds wonderful, especially considering there is no castle near here (where there are a couple of castle like things, but they are from XIX century or the first decades of XX.
I have two questions. What is a public bath, like a community swimming pool? and what is Arielle?
I laughed at the trailer of Renfield. Did I tell you I watched "the unbearable weight...". It is with Nicholas Cage playing himself, and Pedro Pascal playing a character who is not Pedro Pascal. I liked it a lot. Good fun.
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