We go to church

Sunday the two of us went to Angelita’s church. Lynn, the Veldts’ cousin that picked the two of us separately at the airport, came and got us. It was raining, so for the first time in three months church started on time. We were late. I guess people couldn’t hang out outside and talk. I was able to meet the woman in charge of after-school tutoring and told her that I was interested in working. They start in October, and I want to devote two afternoons a week to do that. She said that they needed teachers! Tamara, the daughter of Loli who lives near here, said that if I wanted to go to their young people’s group, she could take me or Brian or Lynn could since their boys go. I might visit another church, but I think that since most of my connections in the community here are connected at the church we went to this week, that it would be easier to get there and be connected with all the activities. Amy gave me a list of Churches of Christ in the area.

After lunch, Amy and I went to the Museum Thyssen-Bornemisza. It had a nice variety of paintings from medieval ladies to Pollack. Both of us really liked a painting about Elizabeth and Mary visiting before the children were born. You could see the unborn babies inside the mothers’ dresses. Quite amusing. The same weekend, there was a bicycle race in Madrid and all the streets were blocked off to car traffic. From the museum’s window, we could see the cyclists flying past in a triangular formation. It was so cool! That night on TV we saw them interviewing the young (cute) Spaniard who won the race, the third in a series throughout Spain that he had won. I enjoyed the impressionists’ paintings and one painting by Georgia O’Keefe. It wasn’t a flower, but I don’t remember what it was…maybe a tower? Amy’s favorites were the ones with autumn scenery in them because of all the pretty fall colors, and it reminded her of her beautiful couch that for some reason no one else likes. I think they probably have bad taste (unless I decide I don’t like it either after seeing the couch).

I cooked chicken legs for supper and threw out moldy rice. And we had peaches, delicious Maria cookies (circles kind of like graham crackers, without the graham) with Nutella (hazelnut/chocolate spread). We were weak and had more than two cookies, even after I had put them away. But, we walk a lot and so it doesn’t matter. Angelita complimented us for eating a full supper for once. She doesn’t see that we eat more for lunch. I think the meal almost had all the food groups (salad for lunch). Later in the evening I managed to shock myself by touching the metal by the plug. That was interesting. I dropped the plug, and was all right. I was having trouble putting the plug in; I won’t make the same slip again.