Chleo

Thursday the 12th

At twelve I had my second interview with an architecture firm located on my street. All I knew about this firm is they were younger and they have done some important projects with the most famous Italian achitect, Renzo Piano (he is responsible for the Nasher Sculpture Garden in Dallas and a museum in Houston). When I arrived, Marco-the principle-met me at the door and introduced me to everyone that worked there. There are 10 people in all, so a much smaller firm than the one I visited on Tuesday. We went into the conference room and I showed him my portfolio. I said he like my work and ask me a couple of questions. He took me to a computer and showed me some projects they are currently working on. About a year ago they started doing product design and he showed me a few items. My favorite is a cheese-grater that fits into the palm of your hand and the grater part is in the shape of a thumb print. He also showed me a pen design called cocoon. It looks like a regular pen but when you take of the top there is a little abstract person inside. You can take him out and clip him on the outside of the pen, where he can hang out while you write a letter. I told him that my boys would love that and he laughed. He said he would contact me by the end of the next week to let me know if I got the internship. When I left I was a little confused because the interview was really laid back and I couldn't judge how well it went but I was excited by their work and know it would be a great place to get some experience.

I left a little early to get the boys and started to read my book for the first part of the trip. When I looked out the window I saw the familiar buildings and then all of a sudden we turned on a new street and I had no idea where we were. I got off at the next stop and got out me map. I found my location but couldn't figure out how to get the park with the boys. There was a lady walking her dog so I asked her if she could help me. She didn't speak Englsih but I was suprised that I could understand her-for the most part) She told me she would walk with me part way but not too far cause her dog was getting tired. I asked what the dog's name was and she said Chloe. It was a mut of a dog with bulging eyes and thinning hair but oddly enough kinda cute. She walked me in the right direction and I found the park and was on time to get the boys. We walked to our bus stop and found that it was closed. The street was being worked on and the whole block was shut down....it was all making sense now why I ended up in ten buck too. We walked a few blocks to the next open stop and took a bus close to their grandma's house. I left Ruggero with her (after we ate our snack she had prepared for us-of course) and Fil and I came home to do English homework. We ended up just speaking English for one hour!! He is really improving and I am so proud of him. At 7:30 we met Nonna D and Ruggie on a street corner and walked to her favorite pizzaeria. After dinner we parted ways and I took the boys to the park for 30 mins to let them use up the rest of their energy. They were in bed by 9:25-oh yeah.

I have to apologize for the lack of consisting blogging lately but I was still in the beach mode and really lazy. But now I'm adjusted to reality again so my blogs should be back to a regular daily occurance.