a balloontwister’s aliya saga

Wow, what a day. I took the three big kids to Ein gedi and yam hamelech.. but thats not the big story.

Its the dryer story.

On monday, the dryer stops working. The outlet was all black and smelled of smoke. NO problem. Penina pulls out the warranty and calls the place.

The woman speaks english… knows the product…knows we have a warranty… only problem is the one guy who fixes this model can only come thursday morning. So we brought our stuff to our neighbors to use their dryers… no big deal, right?

Well, thursday comes and penina is waiting…. the phone rings.. the guy that was supposed to come is sick.. he can’t come. Penina who is becoming more israeli…. is like… no one else can come? LEt me speak to the manager…etc. Long story short… she calls the guy who sold the dryer and the insurance plan and complained to him… WE had someone come today. There is still a piece that needs to be replaced by an electrician…but.. the point is … Penina didnt take the guy is sick line and got someone to come down. I couldn’t have been more proud. She can really get things done.

I was just talking to her and I think she would have been a great project manager as the one I have in baltimore is just butchering up the project I’m on. Thats for another day.

But back to ein gedi. We also went to the old shul that you see signs for in Ein gedi, but never go.. well, we finally did. Old mosaic floor et al. Definately worth the few minutes to see it. Nothing is better than a refreshing swim in the falls on a hot sunny day in the judean desert.

Well, its 11:30 and we just got back from a sheva brochos. It was buffet style and as I went to get up the guy next to me all of a sudden has a huge plate in front of him. Hes sephardic and his wife serves everything. He never gets up for anything. Sounds like a certain someone I know… And he KNOWS I’m talking about him. I had no idea those dudes can get away with that.

I’m out of here.

u.d.