Gabriela edits our Spanish presentations

We met at Amy's spacious apartment in New Britain and practiced our speeches while Gabriela coached us and corrected our grammar. It's so great having a fluent Spanish-speaking member on our team. We decided we'll give club presidents we visit some whole nutmegs (in addition to our club banners) and explain how Connecticut came to be called the Nutmeg State. I'm sure they'll laugh at Yankee ingenuity! After all, nutmeg hails from Indonesia.

We're really excited, but at this point we are also anxious. Our flight arrangements have not been confirmed, and we're leaving in less than a week. Amy's hard work on the PowerPoint presentation is paying off. It looks professional and really sharp. The captions are in Spanish as well, so our hosts won't have to struggle with all our pronunciations.

We meet the incoming teams from Mexico and the Philippines on April 20th at Racebrook CC in Orange. Meanwhile, the District will say bon voyage to us. If you get the chance, see Gabriela's artwork on exhibit at the Mattatuck Museum in Waterbury through Aug. 10th. Check out www.mattatuckmuseum.org

We'll do our best to keep you posted.