But I've managed to get some awesome pictures of the sky.
It's been quite busy here with the puppy. She has basically taken over our lives. Well, mostly my life, since I'm the one without a job. At least she is cute! I now run home during the break in ulpan to take her out. Then race home after ulpan to take her out again. And then spend the rest of the day between her crate, my garden (bless my hubby for renting a house with a garden) and walking around the neighborhood. Everyone promises that all of the work will pay off with an awesome well adjusted dog. If they are lying, I'm going to make them dog sit.
What else has been going on? We celebrated American Thanksgiving here. Last year we didn't and apparently my kids were disappointed. And by disappointed, I mean they didn't shut up about it. So this year we ordered a turkey and paid five time as much as we would have in NJ for things like cranberry sauce. I refused to buy another can of pumpkin so I bought fresh pumpkin and cooked it. It was a lot of fun despite stressing over whether or not the turkey would fit in my Israeli oven. Verdict : it fits if you really stuff it. Even though it wasn't like the Thanksgivings that we used to have, we had a lot of fun. And leftovers. Yummy.
And apparently it's that time of year again. No, not donuts. I mean, yes donuts, but first, something else. It's that time of year when two of my kids need the famous EKG done before they can compete in their sports. Last year all four needed it done, but two kids have since moved onto other pursuits with less contact.
One girl child takes a special taekwondo sparring class in Jerusalem, so she went with her coach and teammates to have it done. I just handed her sixty shekel. Then I had the pleasure of taking youngest boy child locally to get his done. Here is what happens.
#1 fill out long form
#2 try to understand questions on long form
#3 grumble because even though you hated medical ulpan, it was actually useful for something like this
#4 go to this little building behind one of the local high schools
#5 pay 60 shekel
#6 wait in line
#7 wait in the line of the left
#8 get called for your EKG
#9 not much privacy here (no privacy) so pretend it's a normal office
#10 go back out and get in the line on the right
#11 be seen by a super shady doctor, who asks no questions, glances at your form and at the EKG, listens to your heart and stamps your paper
#12 exit building and try to unlock the wrong car
#13 panic a bit that your car remote is dead
#14 find your car and chill
#15 suddenly realize that you are no longer freaked out about doing these things in Hebrew
So, I guess in the end it was good that we had to go. Because otherwise how would I know that I've achieved this level! Last year I made hubby come to help (do everything) in this balagan.
Other than that, not much is new. Chanukah is coming which means the smell of sugar is in the air. I finally bought my first round of donuts. Because hubby doesn't love birthday cake but he definitely loves donuts. So for the last few years I've been making him a donut cake. Aka, I stack up some donuts, add candles and voila, donut cake. Except here in Israel, we don't use candles. We use sparklers. Because we like to live on the edge. I shall post pictures if it all works out.
And finally. I am finished with ulpan. At least for now. I need to actually wrote my resume and look for a job. And between ulpan, the dog and the kids, I don't have any time. So starting Sunday I will be ulpan less. I hope they can survive without me!
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