The Magical Flute

Friday 13th 2007

I started my day with a strong cup of coffee because when I woke up I could definately feel the events of the week, which made it that much harder to get out of bed. To my relief I was not the only one having a hard time. We were all slow to get around and the boys were late to camp because they wouldn't get out of bed. After the caffine kicked in I went to an open market to look around until time to meet a friend for lunch. While I was looking at various articles I ran into another nanny, Lonnie and her bambino, Peter. We talked for almost an hour and then I headed to meet my American friend Lindsey. We ate lunch in this quiant little restaurant and had a really good conversation. At this point my coffee had worn off so I went back to the house to take a nap before I had to collect the boys. When we got back from camp we found that Pat was home from work. She took us to the grocery store and to the hardware store. I really enjoyed going to the supermarket because it was a bigger than the one I go to to buy simple things like eggs and milk. It was the size of a United or HEB. When we got home I got ready to go downtown because I was meeting my American friends for a late movie (late is 8 o'clock). The only movie showing in English in the city was a Kenneth Branagh film, "The Magic Flute." It was an opera adapted to the screen and one of the weirdest movies I've seen to date. It was very entertaining because I was trying to figure out what was going on and the story line even though the movie was in English. I ended up reading the subtitles for part and oddly enough this helped explain what they said. Over all it was something that we could laugh at and makes for a good story but I wouldn't suggest any of you renting it. When I got home I went straight to bed and there I hoped to stay for a long time....but then I remember that the boys get up at 7:30 to watch tv....darn cartoons!!