Off Again

Eric left Tuesday morning for Lowell, Massachusetts for a job talk and interview, and is off to Minneapolis Thursday for another set of lectures. So Maya and I had a few days together. I picked her up early from school yesterday for two hours of violin at Peabody, one with her accompanist and another with her teacher. After her contemporary dance class, I took her to my contemporary art lecture where she was not too interested. I found that I actually liked a modern artist, who in fact had my last name (?relation?)(Gerhard Richter).

Maya had a 'shadow' day at Roland Park today, a chance to go to a sixth grade class in the "Ingenuity Project', a public school program for gifted children that focuses on math and science. I am not sure what she ought to do next year. The Montessori program is flakey but fun, the Ingenuity Project is intense and focused; entirely opposite, and both suit Maya just fine. I wish I knew what was best for her. Eric believes she will do well whatever she chooses to do, I want her to be happy, but challenged too. Decisions, decisions. Eric usually picks Maya up on Wednesdays, has her practice her violin and drives her to ballet, so my schedule has to be dramatically altered to adjust, but all worked out well. Maya liked the program, but it was odd that she was separated from her best friend (someone had written in large block letters to keep them apart). Ava's mother and I called each other back and forth in an effort to find out who had made that recommendation, but got nowhere with our efforts.

Maya and I both had ballet classes, and there was little time to feed her or relax or discuss our lives. Once she was asleep, I was packing and cleaning house and catching up with billing and whatever else I could think of doing prior to my departure. Eric had a good day, a successful lecture and a good impression of the university he visited.

I was excited to see Tara and Montreal and get back on a plane three days from the last one.