Carpe diem

There is a risk that this blog entry becomes a rather pretentious one, but I'll take it. 

Yesterday we had planned for a day in the park (Costanera) with our Swedish parental leave friends, and it started out well. There was space for us including three strollers on the metro, there was a nice empanada picnic (oh, how I will miss those) and the girls were playing. 

Then, to make a long story short, a big iron fence fell on Junias's arm while she was sitting in the stroller. The park guardians called an ambulance, we went to the hosptal in la boca for x-rays and examination, and after about 45 minutes from when we left with the ambulance Junia's arm was declared intact and we were good to go. Amazing how smooth everything went in the hospital! Junia got a Hello Kitty band aid upon the big bruise, and was then fine again.

Lesson learnt 1: An accident can occur when you least expect it. We consider ourselves really lucky that the stroller was not parked differently so that the fence would have fallen on Junia's head.

Today someone turned 34 and had planned a day with gym visit, cup cake, steak, ice cream and possibly a hair dresser. Instead it was spent with some fever and stomaches on strike for the adults.

Lesson learnt 2: Don't wait with your visit to that special restaurant or to have that fantastic cake. You might be sick on that very special day and the cupcake place might be closed for renovations.

But luckily we have one more full day here in Buenos Aires, so the gourmet tour is postponed   until tomorrow if our stomaches allow it. 

But, as our friend Anna says, "you should not put too much emotions in planning. There needs to be some space for flexibility". That was lessons learnt 3.