Boricua en la Lima

After spending 3 whole weeks with Gabi 24/7, and coming back to a hectic couple of weeks between work, having visitors, and Jose being out of town, my sister offered to take Gabi for a couple of nights this last weekend and although I really didn't see the need for it at first, it was the best thing that's happened to me...ever. After sleeping in until a whopping 9 am, being able to go out only needing to worry about getting dressed myself, being able to have a completely quiet and relaxed meal at a restaurant, and my husband being able to go through an 8-10 hour marathon of watching sports, I realized how badly I was in need of my mini vacation. My only regrets were being so tired last night that we didn't make it to "dinner and a movie" which is what I meant the whole weekend to be about!!! Sometimes I feel guilty about saying this, but it was so good not to have Gabi for a little while. Even though half of the time I felt like I was forgetting something and...

I'm finally back from a three week vacation in Peru which as every other vacation in Peru has been simply amazing. Usually I am in tears the night before leaving saying please let's stay here, let's not go back we can figure out how to make a life here, and this year was no exception. Especially this year which feels like such a transitionary (if that's a word) year. We have Sebastian arriving in less than 3 months (oh my god how time flies, I'm so not ready for his arrival!), I am still in the midst of a "new" assignment at work, Gabi is growing up into an incredible little person, and as I have seen friends come and go from my company (3 friends have recently left to pursue other life interests) I'm just trying to figure out what the hell I want to do with the rest of my life. Sadly I find it harder and harder to want to come to work every day, I'm not quite sure if it's because I've reached a "point of no return" from which ...

Did anybody watch this show Monday night? I still haven't been able to make up my mind about it. The first obvious question for me was why isn't Len Goodman in on it? Was he not willing to participate in such "shabby" endeavors? Did he have a premonition that Bruno and Carrie Ann would be making fools of themselves? Secondly, at no point watching the previews for this show did I realize this was a song AND dance show. After all, the words SONG are nowhere in the title. Anyway, at first I thought it was kind of odd, since clearly from the auditions there aren't a lot of people who are EQUALLY talented at both singing and dancing. As a result, there's already a very clear few rising to the top. I already have my bets -- that guy Zach and then one of the black girls whose name I can't recall right now. And can I say how unfair life is? This guy Zach is not only smart (he's a pre -med student) but he's freaking tall and handsome, and on top of that he ...