And the ugly weather is back! Ugh... Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday were such pretty days. And then today, it's back to a cloudy, humid, cold Montevideo. I really shouldn't be complaining because I have been here, inside, working all day. Yesterday, Saturday, after getting back we got right to work... Again I thought I would be able to finish Adi's folder with his war stories... but there were over 50 letters, and it took forever!!!! So, at night, we took a break and went with my aunt Elena and her goddaughter to see Pirates of the Caribbean. The mall was PACKED. This weekend all the malls were not charging taxes (almos 20%), so they were all packed. The movie was great and we had a blast! When we got back, the big fight was on tv. Yes, that's right, THE big fight... So apparently Uruguay has this famous woman boxer, and a few months ago she competed with a Spaniard who had obviously beat her, but the judges said the Uruguayan won... so last night was the rematch. I had never watched boxing, and I don't think I ever will... All I can say is that I thought the Uruguayan should have lost, but she won. Anyhow... that ended late, and since I had a lot of work today I went to bed... I was awaken by some CRAZY news this morning. Forlan and Zaira Nara seem to have called off their wedding! AH hahahahahaha! We got a good laugh out of that, and as Maia left to spend the day with my cousins, I began reading more letters. She got to eat lunch with the cousins, watch Felipe's soccer game, go to the mall, etc...
While she did that, I finished Adi's stories, and was disgusted by the horrible scenes he described in Israel... Death, torture, explosions, etc... After finishing his folder, I moved on to Hanna's letters with my grandmother. These letters are from 2001 - 2007. These are really hard to read for me, because they have the past and the present mixed in. Therefore, it talks about Maia and I... The greatest thing I read was her happiness while she retold the surprise party that my mom organized for her 80th birthday. Even though we were in the U.S. my mom and my aunt contacted all of her friends and the their own friends that grew up in that house. On March 28th, they all surprised her... some just showed up, and then the choir that was made up of their friends snuck in through the back yard and started singing to her. She says she was beyond surprised and happy. My mom had ordered food and had it sent to the neighbors so that she would suspect nothing. It was thrilling, I still have videos from that night, and they are priceless when paired with these letters. She also talks about how much she loved meeting Amy when she came in 2006, and how much she loved our chats...
Mixed with these stories of the present they discuss their childhood in Berlin. In the middle of their long conversations I found Hanna's phone number in Berlin (2007). Hopefully it is still the same, and she is still living, because I would love to visit with her when I go to Berlin.
That is all for now, I have a lot more work tomorrow, and it is my aunt birthday so we will be celebrating that too! Another crazy week shall begin!
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