( continues...) enlightening to live there and get to know this part and it's rationality better. I still have the urge to tear up the place bear handed, but I can't blame the ones who live there - they do get full governmental support and benefits. I'm tired and tense from the anxiety of worrying about it. Some of the mussels in my body are aching.
There's also a chance that until we'll move and university will start, I'll live with one of the greatest women I have the privilege to know. She's the widow of my late grandfather's brother. Born in 1923, have graduated history and sociology in Oxford (and sat in some of the lectures of C.S. Lewis!), was the head of English Department in HUJI, prof. emeritus for years, one of the founders of Israeli Academic Women Organization. She's a kick-ass, spicy, lively (to her age) woman which I respect and cherish, and I'll be glad crushing her place for about two-three weeks, if we'll manage to do that.
ION, my sis, who just got back to the army from the weekend, was sent back to the ER. She was doing better, but got worse in the past few hours. If she'll be hospitalized, my mom will go to be with her. I wanna say that my life can stop being interesting any minute now, but hey, some surprises were interesting for the better. Friends and accidental meet with a professor on her sabbatical made wonders to my feeling about life.
And hey, Chuck Bass just told Blair Waldrof on my TV screen last night that he loves her, in a badly done season finale of Gossip Girl and a badly directed and/or written scene. So maybe some things do and can change.
Oh, and I was also introduced to the awesomeness of the kosher, vegan bacon salt.
My first post here that had to be split.
Wow.
I am wet and cold.
Yesterday at work I went out to my car for lunch, and it ran rough. I opened the hood and my 3rd spark plug wire had been chewed by rodent teeth.
I limped home on 5 cylinders because it was raining and although I had duct tape, I didn't want to deal with it.
This morning I got up early and it was pouring out.
Oh well.
Slogged out to the car, and took a look in daylight. It appeared that they had not eaten it through, but my plan was to shorten the wire (they had eaten near the end) as a temp fix.
However, it was cold and I managed to get part of the boot area they had chewed cut off with a side cutters. at that point I could see the wire intact at the "cut" so I wrapped the wire in gobs of electrical tape and so far the engine ran fr a few minutes without problem.
That should hold it for a dry day. Or until I can move stuff out of the way in my garage and work inside.
Still? a temporary win, if it holds...
joins in the Shir snuggle
I almost forgot. I came in here to pass on mixed news. It seems dad is coming home tonight from the nursing home. At first blush, this sounds great. Until you hear the rest of the message, that he didn't like it there and was being uncooperative, so they will finish the physical therapy at home.
Good luck with the car, Daniel. God knows we have a lot of car troubles of ourselves here too, which can be a pain in the ass.
While I'll fondly indulge in every type (or just most types...?) of Buffista snuggling, I am OK and sorry if I overwhelmed the thread. I accept this is gonna be my reality, and this is complicated shit. I'm looking forward to finding the good stuff which will have to come along the way, while restraining myself from taking my rage on random people/property of the settlement, because I don't think I'd like jail very much. I'm accepting this; just not fully, not yet.
A lot of ~ma to your dad and his surroundings, omnis.
Shir, I was too sleepy to post last night but I'm really glad to read that you've found a way to come to some sort of peace with where it looks like you may be living. It's not what you would choose, but it's not entirely in your control, so finding a way to live with it is important. And your temporary host sounds like a fascinating woman.
Shir, I am fascinated by your posts; they're teaching me so much about Israel and all of the complications that are involved with living day to day life. Please don't feel like you can't or shouldn't post about it. We're here for you (even though I am more lurker than poster these days, due to life).
Shir, I agree with javachik. I'm interested in your posts because they are not only about you (and that's enough to be important around here) but also because they are about life in a part of the world I wish I knew more about.
