a balloontwister’s aliya saga

Well, no jetlag…. I slept through the plane ride… a good portion of it. It was either the:
a. SLeeping pill
b. The empty seat next to me
c. An Unfinished life…
Clearly the worst movie I’ve seen in a while, of course without a TV or going to the movies I haven’t really seen many movies its not difficult to say that but it was horendous…. so..
thank you robert, norgan and jennifer for putting me to sleep and allowing me to have virtually no jet lag affects.
If you’re having sleeping troubles..please rent..
An Unfinished Life (2005)
Directed by
Lasse Hallström

Writing credits (WGA)
Mark Spragg (written by) &
Virginia Korus Spragg (written by)
Genre: Drama (more)
Tagline: every secret takes on a life of its own
Plot Outline: A down on her luck woman, desperate to provide care for her daughter, moves in with her father in-law from whom she is estranged. Through time, they learn to forgive each other and heal old wounds. I’m drowsy just copying and pasting this….
well, one day in the books… Me and the kids. Kids and me.
Yesterday I realized that without a checkbook or a PIN code for the ATM… Israel is a hard place to get around. I had to plead a to the bank teller in broken hebrew…to let me have money. Without a check. Or a PIN code for my card or proper ID. I guess the tears helped.
I had to pay for Michal’s (and miri’s and Zehava’s) lunch in cash. Yoni isn’t getting school lunches. I figure all he eats in peanut butter so why waste the shekel.
LAst night I decided that having hot dogs wasn’t healthy enough so I insisted on them also having vegtables.
Yup, you guessed it.
French Fries and pickles.
Only healthy foods on my watch, mister…
Dinner went well, after I burned my arm in the oven of course.
So recapping, No money, hot dogs and a red mark the size of a goldfish on my arm.
And that was only Monday.
Oy.
Today we actually going on a tiyul near the area. I was told there is a special flower that only grows in one area in Israel this time of year… so… whats the worst that can happen….
This morning at davening I saw Jeffrey Kazan. He’s here for the week and heading up north today. Tommorrow morning we may go to Jerusalem together.
besides that and the balloons that are all over the place…. things are doing ok. On side note, its martial law around here.
This morning I had the kids up and ready for school in 25 minutes. Drove them to school 15 early. I had to go back later to bring moshe his shoes and YOni his pants.. .but at least they were on time. It also marks the first time in my life that I made a ponytail for someone other than Moshe schwartz(only DAVID touches my hair)…. sorry had to bring that in….
Michal took it out a second later but gave me an A for effort.
Oh well.
Have a great day and a good month…as ADAR is in the AIR….
U.D.