Quilts that last generations

I am finally quilting mom's quilt. I did the patchwork years ago, when I was writing my dissertation, but never put it together to start quilting. Now that my parents are here I thought it would be a good time to quilt it and give it finally to her so she can enjoy it. Unfortunately, I went a bit overboard with the quilting, well, it's not unfortunate, it is just a lot of work and I am afraid that if I don't keep it up everyday I won't finish it before they leave. The problem now is that I got a splinter under my finger nail on the index right finger, which is the finger I use for pushing the needle through, and since I don't know how to remove it, I am worry about making it worse. So here I am, half way through with the quilting, and I have the feeling I have not enough days, without these that I shouldn't use my finger. It's not a big deal, I will finish it later, but when I'm alone I don't have much time and it looks like I could have another PhD before this one is finished...

Por fin estoy acolchando la colcha de mi madre. Hice la parte de patchwork hace años, mientras escribia mi tesis, pero nunca puse las tres capas juntas para comenzar el acolchado.. Ahora que mis padres estan aqui pense que seria un buen momento de acolchalo y darsela por fin a ella para que la disfrute. Por desgracia, me pase un poco haciendo acolchado, bueno, no es una desgracia, solo que es mucho trabajo y me temo que si no lo hago a diario no lo acabare antes de que se vayan. El problema ahora es que tengo una astilla debajo de mi uña del dedo indice de la mano derecha, que es el dedo que uso para empujar la aguja, y como no se como sacarla, me da miedo que se me vaya a poner peor. Asi que aqui estoy, a medias con el acolchado, y me temo que sin suficientes dias, sin estos que no deberia usar el dedo. No pasa nada, lo acabare despues, pero cuando estoy sola no tengo mucho tiempo y parede que podria tener otro doctorado antes de acabar esta colcha….

Anyways, this is me last Friday, Luca’s surgery day. Each of us were at home doing something that relaxed us and made is feel good, with a feeling of satisfaction and happiness knowing that the surgery was a success.

En fin, esta soy yo el viernes pasado, el dia de la operacion de Luca. Cada uno estabamos en casa haciendo algo que nos relajaba y nos hacia sentir bien, con ese sentimiento de satisfaccion y alegria por saber que la operacion habia salido tan bien.