Dear Caminoheads,

Have you ever listened to that piece of music by Mark O’Connor? It is one of my favorites pieces from the album The Essentials by Yoyo Ma, in fact, I might say that the whole 2 CDs (oh boy, I am old!!!) are my favorites… or maybe it is just that I love all about Yoyo Ma. In any case, I thought about this piece today, just because I took the day off work without planning and I ended having a full day out (outside my apartment, outside work, outside the screen of my work computer, outside my phone…)

You see, I had to go to downtown Buenos Aires for an appointment very early in the morning, and when it was time to come back home, the city was overtaken by political protests and I got caught up in them -both stuck in traffic and in the intense anger of these people- and at a point, it looked as if I was not going to make it home until Friday!!! well… maybe I am exaggerating… but surely not on time and in conditions to make it for a reasonable day of work…

So, I ended calling my boss by 10 AM and said that I needed to breathe, and he suggested that I took the day off, so I did. And the day was beautiful, sunny (after like a week of rain), cool but spring like, so I decided to get a present for my nephews and post them in the mail for the boys, and go for lunch outside in the reliable place of my neighborhood, and go for a walk in the surrounding blocks, and then call the lady that was my secretary in my practice (when I used to practice) and invited her for a coffee, and had a great chat. And I ended spending the whole day outside… I came back home around 7 PM…

When I called my boss, I felt as if I couldn’t breathe… and I guess he knew it anyway, as I have had three crazy days this week already… and it was great to hear his support today… and how he knew that what I needed today was an unexpected day “off” and “out”…

I think it is just fair now to go, get a shower, and play Mark O’Connor’s “Butterfly’s Day Out” piece, in the version he plays with Yoyo Ma and Edgar Meyer… (By the way, have you listened to “The Goat Rodeo Sessions”? It is another of my favorite albums…)

All the emotions in one day Loves,

Cris