08/06 4 eme semaine bis

C'est un point noir du coin de l'oeil, la sur la droite, qui a attire mon attention: Un oiseau est la, spiralant dans les airs. C'est bon signe, et du coup, je quitte ma pompe pour me retrouver en quelques secondes avec un superbe rapace a l'envergure impressionnante: un Condor!
Superbe, imposant dans ces cieux au dessus des montagnes que l'on appelle Estrella, et ce a proche de 3000M d'altitude!
Nous avons joue ainsi pendant une demi-heure, un deuxieme Condor est venu nous rejoindre, un peu plus petit, le dessous plus blanc, mais le dessus de l'aile avec deux points blancs bien ronds a chaque extremite. Quels superbes rapaces!

Mais il y'a une autre nouvelle....
une Cigogne est venu nous dire bonjour cette semaine! En effet, Kate est enceinte!
La trouille de ne pas savoir quoi faire le premier jour, mais maintenant, je me suis fait a l'idee, et ca va etre sympa d'avoir un gamin pour faire la vaisselle ou nettoyer la voiture!
Non, je plaisante, c'est une nouvelle extraordinaire, et nous vous continuerons de vous donner des nouvelles a travers ce blog.

Hello everyone! How are you all? Hope everyone is well, rich, slim, and has lots and lots of ice cream in their freezer (now, could life be better??).

This week as usual Richard and I went to the glider port. He got two good days out of it, even though the days both started out looking quite bad for gliding. However, each he was able to stay up for about five hours. During on day he radioed to say he was coming back down, that some rain falling nearby had destroyed his lift (since gliders don't have engines, they require the heat of the Sun for lift). However, after another few minutes he called again to say he's again going up, that he was following what appeared to be a condor. Birds are great indicators for glider pilots because while not flying, birds soar on wind currents. Thus, an astute glider pilot looks for birds soaring and goes to their location. Often times, especially in the desert southwest, this means a great thermal updraft exists which a glider ( a large, plastic bird) can also use to soar, using the energy of the Sun.

The other news for the day is that Richard and I are expecting our first child. Wow! Now there's a shocker! It seems a long, long road to have found each other and it seems, without knowing, we were also on a road to parenthood (though, yes, we were trying). Somehow, although it's a miracle that happens every day it seems such a shock when it happens to you. Like winning the lottery. Who would have known, sometimes your number comes in!

So, whilst I try to survive the myriad of side effects of pregnancy Richard and I are heartily working on planning our next phase with Baby Jr. Frankly, right now I'm very nauseated and trying to hold on just to finish this entry. No wonder parents make kids do so many chores post-birth. Payback! :)

We'll be continuing with our adventures, though, for as long as my stomach fits behind a yoke we'll be flying. And, when the times come, if need be I'll sit in the back seat. Now if only there was ice cream waiting for me in the back seat - that would be so cool!

Miss Abby has requested that we have a girl (my smart, super intelligent, super fun, super silly niece). I told her we'll see what we can do. It would be a hard choice. Since I love my nieces and nephews utterly, it would be impossible to say which would be better - a super girl or a super boy.

So, on that super note we shall bid a temporary farewell. Ode to winter. Please come winter!~!!!!!!!!!