little noise in my room

i can't sleep tonight, i'm tired, but there is a little noise on the other side of my room that has drawn me over to my computer and i'm hoping the noise comes back if only briefly enough for me to shut the noise down, somehow.

tonight we went to an old church, sandy said it's called an ex-church, where the town goes now for concerts, weddings, ceremonies, art shows, etc. tonight the men's choir from sacile was hosting a concert with a choir from venezuela. sandy and i went to see the choirs perform, there were three in all. the first choir was the local men's choir, who were amazing. the second choir was from a province a bit more south and their director was flamboyant with wild hair and a seemingly interesting personality. what i liked about this choir though was that one of the men, probably in his late 30's to early 40's sang almost every song holding his little girl in his arms. she was silent and peaceful while he sang and i thought of how wonderful it would be to fall asleep in the arms of a singing father. i loved that.

the third choir was this girls choir from venezuela and they performed songs from all over the world. the youngest was probably around 10 yrs old and the oldest maybe a senior in high school - and they were good! they not only sang but they acted and used their bodies as instruments of the song as they swayed, shimmied, and moved like a marching band at times. i was impressed, amused, and a little uncomfortable with some of the very traditional spirit-like songs from other worlds.

it was a fun night, we went to get a drink afterwards with gelato for the kids. heck, who doesn't go out at midnight with the kids for some ice-cream? everyone was out, it was normal. the night life is the good life in italia.

earlier today riley was teaching me some italian. when i asked him what to say when approaching someone on the street that you don't know but you want to greet them he said, "you wouldn't say anything miss megan, because when you don't know someone that means they're a stranger, and they could be a bad person who wants to be your friend and make you do bad things" :) riley has been teaching me a lot!