I got up a little late this morning but still early enough to get a nice walk in. I wore a warmer jacket, the one I bought 10 years ago in Yellowstone National Park. It was actually slightly too warm by the end of my walk.
I had one Berlitz class of 2 units: 10:00-11:30. Only 1 of the 3 students actually showed up.
We ate lunch again at Greg today. David had their lasagna (and I ate a little of it), and I had an omelet sandwich. It came with an Israeli salad on the side (chopped tomatoes, cucumbers, and a little onion and parsley, seasoned with lemon juice and/or vinegar and salt).
I got some good work done on the performance of Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 3. It's gradually beginning to sound more musical and less mechanical, but it's very slow going.
We decided NOT to go to the New Year's Eve party that we were invited to this evening because it's going to be mostly outside. The low for the night is predicted to be 10˚C (50˚F), which is warmer than many places but still a little cold for us to be sitting in. But we still want to wish everyone a "HAPPY NEW YEAR!"
Monday, December 31, 2012
Sunday, December 30, 2012
30 December 2012
I woke up a little late this morning after a bit more tossing and turning during the night than usual, so I didn't get out for a walk.
This morning, I worked on getting David's e-mail functioning again for him. Apparently what was happening was that ALL his archived mail was getting put into his "Inbox" on the new system. So I logged into his account on my computer and simply systematically deleted over 20,000 messages that went back many years. Now, his inbox only contains new e-mails that he receives, so he should be able to cope with those.
We ate lunch at Greg today. David had a small pizza, and I had the sabich salad (Israeli salad topped with slices of eggplant, pieces of potato, garbanzos, hummus, and a hard-boiled egg). I also ate all of the small loaf of bread that came with it. This was not really such an unusually large meal for either of us, but, for some reason, we both felt simply STUFFED for much of the rest of the day, like after a big holiday meal. Very strange!
This morning, I worked on getting David's e-mail functioning again for him. Apparently what was happening was that ALL his archived mail was getting put into his "Inbox" on the new system. So I logged into his account on my computer and simply systematically deleted over 20,000 messages that went back many years. Now, his inbox only contains new e-mails that he receives, so he should be able to cope with those.
We ate lunch at Greg today. David had a small pizza, and I had the sabich salad (Israeli salad topped with slices of eggplant, pieces of potato, garbanzos, hummus, and a hard-boiled egg). I also ate all of the small loaf of bread that came with it. This was not really such an unusually large meal for either of us, but, for some reason, we both felt simply STUFFED for much of the rest of the day, like after a big holiday meal. Very strange!
Saturday, December 29, 2012
29 December 2012
I got up slightly late this morning, so I went for a somewhat shorter walk. But at least I did get out there!
Today was David's 57th birthday! On a whim, this morning we decided to celebrate it by driving to Tel Aviv to eat at a great Indian restaurant on Dizengof Square. We weren't even sure it would be open when we got there. After a bit of wandering around, we found a great place to park only about a block away, and the restaurant WAS open! We both enjoyed our meals and the crazy idea of driving about 5 hours each way for a meal out!
Today was David's 57th birthday! On a whim, this morning we decided to celebrate it by driving to Tel Aviv to eat at a great Indian restaurant on Dizengof Square. We weren't even sure it would be open when we got there. After a bit of wandering around, we found a great place to park only about a block away, and the restaurant WAS open! We both enjoyed our meals and the crazy idea of driving about 5 hours each way for a meal out!
Friday, December 28, 2012
28 December 2012
This morning I woke up bright and early and got over to the gym. I wore my orange "hoodie", and it felt a little cold on the way over, partly because I was mostly going into the breeze. But after working out a bit, I was not cold at all on the way home (of course, I was then going WITH the breeze!).
I had one unit of teaching today: 9:15-10:00. This was with the same Russian student that I had most days this week. Today, I learned that she's going to Mombasa, Kenya, to welcome the new year. That will certainly be a change from Moscow!
We had lunch at Greg today. David had tortellini with mushroom cream sauce, and I had their Home Fries Salad.
My big project for today was to get the Yamaha keyboard and both Macs all working together so that I could play my new organ or send sequenced data to it. It took me a bit of fiddling, and I had to download new drivers for both of my USB-MIDI interface boxes, but it finally all works.
Today David and I are celebrating the 7th anniversary of our arrival here in Israel (our 7th aliyahversary!). So many things have happened since then. In the early days, when we were so ignorant about so many things, there were so many cases where it went right for us when it could easily have gone very wrong. We are thankful for those blessings. All in all, we are very happy with our decision, and we really do love living in Israel, especially Eilat! Here's to many more years here!
I had one unit of teaching today: 9:15-10:00. This was with the same Russian student that I had most days this week. Today, I learned that she's going to Mombasa, Kenya, to welcome the new year. That will certainly be a change from Moscow!
We had lunch at Greg today. David had tortellini with mushroom cream sauce, and I had their Home Fries Salad.
My big project for today was to get the Yamaha keyboard and both Macs all working together so that I could play my new organ or send sequenced data to it. It took me a bit of fiddling, and I had to download new drivers for both of my USB-MIDI interface boxes, but it finally all works.
Today David and I are celebrating the 7th anniversary of our arrival here in Israel (our 7th aliyahversary!). So many things have happened since then. In the early days, when we were so ignorant about so many things, there were so many cases where it went right for us when it could easily have gone very wrong. We are thankful for those blessings. All in all, we are very happy with our decision, and we really do love living in Israel, especially Eilat! Here's to many more years here!
Thursday, December 27, 2012
27 December 2012
I didn't sleep as well in the later part of last night and so got up too late for a walk this morning.
I had just one unit of Berlitz today: 9:15-10:00.
I spent most of the day working on getting my organ samples downloaded and loaded into Hauptwerk (the organ front-end program). Now I've got to work on getting the MIDI setup right so that I'll be able to actually play it, and, more importantly, control it from Digital Performer so that I can get the other computer to play it.
We ate lunch today at Il Pentolino and had our usual dishes there.
Recently, we've been seeing an interesting ship in the gulf. I thought that it might be a yacht, and, sure enough, this evening I read in one of the local weekly advertising magazines that it IS a yacht. Apparently, it belongs to an Australian billionaire who is a holocaust survivor. According to the article (which was in Hebrew, of course), it has a private helicopter and a crew of 25 people!
This evening, we went over to the Ice Park, where we had frozen yogurt and then drank coffee at Greg and watched the 7:00 ice-dance show from there (it was the same as last night but still worth seeing again).
I had just one unit of Berlitz today: 9:15-10:00.
I spent most of the day working on getting my organ samples downloaded and loaded into Hauptwerk (the organ front-end program). Now I've got to work on getting the MIDI setup right so that I'll be able to actually play it, and, more importantly, control it from Digital Performer so that I can get the other computer to play it.
We ate lunch today at Il Pentolino and had our usual dishes there.
Recently, we've been seeing an interesting ship in the gulf. I thought that it might be a yacht, and, sure enough, this evening I read in one of the local weekly advertising magazines that it IS a yacht. Apparently, it belongs to an Australian billionaire who is a holocaust survivor. According to the article (which was in Hebrew, of course), it has a private helicopter and a crew of 25 people!
This evening, we went over to the Ice Park, where we had frozen yogurt and then drank coffee at Greg and watched the 7:00 ice-dance show from there (it was the same as last night but still worth seeing again).
Wednesday, December 26, 2012
26 December 2012
I got up early enough this morning to go for a walk, but when I got out there, I saw some dark clouds (even though it was still too dark to see well), and I worried that I could end up getting rained on some distance from home and get very wet. So, I decided to drive over to feed Moshe and Bob's cats. As it turned out, though, the clouds cleared very quickly, and there was no rain at all.
I did quite a bit of editing on my piece for string orchestra, and it's sounding pretty good now. I think I'll now set it aside for a week or two, and then come back to it and see how it sounds with some perspective. In the mean time, I've started working on Bach's 3rd Brandenburg Concerto (my favorite). I got a MIDI file with all the notes, but that's it, and it will require a LOT of editing to make it sound musical and anything even CLOSE to a realistic performance. It will be interesting, though. There's still the problem of the continuo, too. There are some possibilities I can think of, but there could be technical complications, and, in any case, actually realizing the continuo would be quite a bit of work in itself. I'll have to think about what I want to do.
We ate lunch at Greg today. David had papparadelle, and I had their salat toast. After that, we drove over to the bird sanctuary, which is located near the border crossing to Jordan. There weren't many birds, and we didn't stay long, but it IS a beautiful spot, so we'll no doubt return another time.
I had no Berlitz classes at all today.
I began working on loading the organ that I bought and received a day or two ago. It turns out that there are quite a few problems with errors in the files, even on the DVDs. According to the company's website, they have experienced these errors quite frequently. I can also download the files, but there are TEN of them, and each one is about 4 gigabytes. Still, I seem to get more error-free files that way so far. It will be quite a process. If worst comes to worst, they will send me more DVDs, but that, of course, takes a week or two, and they, too, could be bad!
This evening, we went over to Ice Park again and tried out the new café that just recently opened. It's located on the roof of the building where they rent out the skates. We sat right at the edge, just above the ice rink, so we had a great view of the 7:00 ice show! We split a snack of crispy cauliflower on a bed of salsa and tehina, which was quite delicious and nearly calorie-free. After that, we took a drive up nearly to Yotvata and back, just to be out of the house a bit more.
I did quite a bit of editing on my piece for string orchestra, and it's sounding pretty good now. I think I'll now set it aside for a week or two, and then come back to it and see how it sounds with some perspective. In the mean time, I've started working on Bach's 3rd Brandenburg Concerto (my favorite). I got a MIDI file with all the notes, but that's it, and it will require a LOT of editing to make it sound musical and anything even CLOSE to a realistic performance. It will be interesting, though. There's still the problem of the continuo, too. There are some possibilities I can think of, but there could be technical complications, and, in any case, actually realizing the continuo would be quite a bit of work in itself. I'll have to think about what I want to do.
We ate lunch at Greg today. David had papparadelle, and I had their salat toast. After that, we drove over to the bird sanctuary, which is located near the border crossing to Jordan. There weren't many birds, and we didn't stay long, but it IS a beautiful spot, so we'll no doubt return another time.
I had no Berlitz classes at all today.
I began working on loading the organ that I bought and received a day or two ago. It turns out that there are quite a few problems with errors in the files, even on the DVDs. According to the company's website, they have experienced these errors quite frequently. I can also download the files, but there are TEN of them, and each one is about 4 gigabytes. Still, I seem to get more error-free files that way so far. It will be quite a process. If worst comes to worst, they will send me more DVDs, but that, of course, takes a week or two, and they, too, could be bad!
This evening, we went over to Ice Park again and tried out the new café that just recently opened. It's located on the roof of the building where they rent out the skates. We sat right at the edge, just above the ice rink, so we had a great view of the 7:00 ice show! We split a snack of crispy cauliflower on a bed of salsa and tehina, which was quite delicious and nearly calorie-free. After that, we took a drive up nearly to Yotvata and back, just to be out of the house a bit more.
Tuesday, December 25, 2012
25 December 2012
I slept well and woke up early again this morning. So I walked to the gym and worked out a little there. On the way back, I stopped by Moshe and Bob's apartment and fed their cats. I also walked over there 2 more times today to feed them: around noon and around 7:00 in the evening. This was very good exercise for me!
I had only one class of one unit scheduled for me today: 8:00-8:45. But in the morning, the office called me and asked if I could teach another one, which was 2 units: 1:00-2:30. I readily agreed. In the end, it turned out to be a no-show, so I only I to wait in the virtual classroom until 2:00. I never mind getting paid for 2 units and only having to spend one hour (during which I can do other things, of course, as long as I'm right there ready to start in case the student comes in).
This morning I went to the post office to pick up the package (from the Czech Republic) containing the samples for the new pipe organ that I bought (the actual organ is located in Rotterdam, in the Netherlands). It's going to be a lot of fun working with it, although that will come after my orchestra projects, I think.
Today I did a lot of work on my "Folk Song for Strings". It's beginning to really sound nice and realistic now, although I still need to do quite a bit more work. I'm starting to think about more pieces for the orchestra to do. I think I'll put together a whole album of classics: Bach, Mozart, etc. Of course, I'll also include my piece for strings.
I had only one class of one unit scheduled for me today: 8:00-8:45. But in the morning, the office called me and asked if I could teach another one, which was 2 units: 1:00-2:30. I readily agreed. In the end, it turned out to be a no-show, so I only I to wait in the virtual classroom until 2:00. I never mind getting paid for 2 units and only having to spend one hour (during which I can do other things, of course, as long as I'm right there ready to start in case the student comes in).
This morning I went to the post office to pick up the package (from the Czech Republic) containing the samples for the new pipe organ that I bought (the actual organ is located in Rotterdam, in the Netherlands). It's going to be a lot of fun working with it, although that will come after my orchestra projects, I think.
Today I did a lot of work on my "Folk Song for Strings". It's beginning to really sound nice and realistic now, although I still need to do quite a bit more work. I'm starting to think about more pieces for the orchestra to do. I think I'll put together a whole album of classics: Bach, Mozart, etc. Of course, I'll also include my piece for strings.
Monday, December 24, 2012
24 December 2012
I slept well last night and got up early enough for a pretty good walk this morning. It seemed slightly warmer out there than other recent mornings, perhaps because of less wind.
I taught one 2-unit class this morning, 10:00-11:30. It's a class of 3 guys who work for Canon in Poland, but one was absent today. I have at least one class every day this week, mostly single-unit lessons with one student in Moscow who told Berlitz she really liked my teaching!
We ate lunch at Barbis, where we both had soy burgers. Then we went over to Greg and the Ice Park & Mall and had ice-cafés, as well.
This afternoon and evening, I got some more work done on my piece for strings. I moved over to the newer computer for this work because it has slightly faster processor which will allow for a slightly bigger orchestra if needed. I also used my new headphones so that I can both more accurately edit the many parameters that affect the sound and assess the balance better. I think I have already made some significant improvements.
Our friends, Moshe and Bob, are out of town tonight and tomorrow night, so I am feeding their 4 cats and cleaning out their litter boxes. They have already done this for our cats several times when we were away, so it's about time I returned the favor. They recently moved from just down the street from us to one of the 3 tallest buildings in town, near the big kikar. They have an apartment on the 12th floor with a breathtaking view of most of Eilat and ALL of Aqaba!
I taught one 2-unit class this morning, 10:00-11:30. It's a class of 3 guys who work for Canon in Poland, but one was absent today. I have at least one class every day this week, mostly single-unit lessons with one student in Moscow who told Berlitz she really liked my teaching!
We ate lunch at Barbis, where we both had soy burgers. Then we went over to Greg and the Ice Park & Mall and had ice-cafés, as well.
This afternoon and evening, I got some more work done on my piece for strings. I moved over to the newer computer for this work because it has slightly faster processor which will allow for a slightly bigger orchestra if needed. I also used my new headphones so that I can both more accurately edit the many parameters that affect the sound and assess the balance better. I think I have already made some significant improvements.
Our friends, Moshe and Bob, are out of town tonight and tomorrow night, so I am feeding their 4 cats and cleaning out their litter boxes. They have already done this for our cats several times when we were away, so it's about time I returned the favor. They recently moved from just down the street from us to one of the 3 tallest buildings in town, near the big kikar. They have an apartment on the 12th floor with a breathtaking view of most of Eilat and ALL of Aqaba!
Sunday, December 23, 2012
23 December 2012
Last night I slept quite well, and I woke up early enough to go for a medium-length walk (almost all the way to the gym and back). It was nice out.
This morning I went to get an extension cord for the audio cord of my new headphones. The one that came with it and works with the computer was VERY short. Disc Club, where I bought the headphones, didn't have one, strangely enough, but ENTER (located downstairs in the same mall, Mul HaYam) did have several to choose from. I got their cheapest one, and it works great. I also did the weekly grocery shopping while I was out.
We ordered pizza for lunch today from Pizza Del Payero, which they delivered, of course.
This afternoon, I listened to one of my albums using my new headphones ("Five Centuries"). I also wrote a new entry in my old blog about our trip yesterday to Ein Avdat, including 8 of the best pictures I took there. Click here to check it out!
This morning I went to get an extension cord for the audio cord of my new headphones. The one that came with it and works with the computer was VERY short. Disc Club, where I bought the headphones, didn't have one, strangely enough, but ENTER (located downstairs in the same mall, Mul HaYam) did have several to choose from. I got their cheapest one, and it works great. I also did the weekly grocery shopping while I was out.
We ordered pizza for lunch today from Pizza Del Payero, which they delivered, of course.
This afternoon, I listened to one of my albums using my new headphones ("Five Centuries"). I also wrote a new entry in my old blog about our trip yesterday to Ein Avdat, including 8 of the best pictures I took there. Click here to check it out!
Saturday, December 22, 2012
22 December 2012
Last night I slept really well and didn't get up until a little late. So I didn't go for an early-morning walk.
We decided to go to Ein Avdat again today. This time, we only went to the lower entrance. The original plan was that David would walk with me a little and then sit in a chair that I would carry with us. But when we actually got there, he decided to stay in the car, which I was able to park in a spot that would stay shady.
This time, it was cool instead of hot there, of course. The sky was partly cloudy, and the cloudiness increased a little during my walk. For quite a bit of the walk, I was also shaded by the high, steep cliffs. I wore a light jacket, and most of the time I left in unzipped to avoid being too hot.
Not surprisingly, there were quite a few people there today. I think all of them were Israelis, too, since Hebrew was the only language I heard anyone speaking (not even Russian, which one would usually expect to hear!). There was one large group of people with some kind of developmental disability. Some of them seemed somewhat unstable and therefore a little fearful in the narrower spots, especially when near the water. Of course, they had many counselors there helping them.
The canyon is absolutely stunningly beautiful! There are steep cliffs on both sides, and pools of water that reflect the whole thing dramatically. There was a beautiful tall waterfall with only a little water coming down it into a deep and tranquil pool. I didn't go on the bypass trail to the top of the waterfall and beyond, which started with steps carved out of one side of the canyon. I was running out of time, and the aforementioned group was going up that way, so I knew I'd have to wait quite a while to get up there. That's where I'll head on my next visit, because I'm sure there's even more beauty further up!
I started editing the pictures I took today, and they came out really well. Tomorrow, I'll try to write more about the canyon and post pictures, all on my old blog. Watch this one tomorrow evening for a link to that.
After returning home today, I finally got around to installing the new memory I had bought into our newest Mac. It turned out to be very easy, so now that machine has 16 GB of RAM!
We decided to go to Ein Avdat again today. This time, we only went to the lower entrance. The original plan was that David would walk with me a little and then sit in a chair that I would carry with us. But when we actually got there, he decided to stay in the car, which I was able to park in a spot that would stay shady.
This time, it was cool instead of hot there, of course. The sky was partly cloudy, and the cloudiness increased a little during my walk. For quite a bit of the walk, I was also shaded by the high, steep cliffs. I wore a light jacket, and most of the time I left in unzipped to avoid being too hot.
Not surprisingly, there were quite a few people there today. I think all of them were Israelis, too, since Hebrew was the only language I heard anyone speaking (not even Russian, which one would usually expect to hear!). There was one large group of people with some kind of developmental disability. Some of them seemed somewhat unstable and therefore a little fearful in the narrower spots, especially when near the water. Of course, they had many counselors there helping them.
The canyon is absolutely stunningly beautiful! There are steep cliffs on both sides, and pools of water that reflect the whole thing dramatically. There was a beautiful tall waterfall with only a little water coming down it into a deep and tranquil pool. I didn't go on the bypass trail to the top of the waterfall and beyond, which started with steps carved out of one side of the canyon. I was running out of time, and the aforementioned group was going up that way, so I knew I'd have to wait quite a while to get up there. That's where I'll head on my next visit, because I'm sure there's even more beauty further up!
I started editing the pictures I took today, and they came out really well. Tomorrow, I'll try to write more about the canyon and post pictures, all on my old blog. Watch this one tomorrow evening for a link to that.
After returning home today, I finally got around to installing the new memory I had bought into our newest Mac. It turned out to be very easy, so now that machine has 16 GB of RAM!
Friday, December 21, 2012
21 December 2012
I slept well during about the first half of last night and then not very well the 2nd half. Nevertheless, I got up early, didn't feel tired, and took a walk for an hour, going up highway 12 to the place where small roads go out both left and right.
This morning I had 3 units of Berlitz teaching: 9:15-10:00 and 10:30-12:00. After that, I walked down to the local bakery to get challah. They were selling the best kind only in bags of 5 small ones, so I bought a bag. I also got a bunch of cinnamon rolls for David, who loves them.
We ate lunch at Italica, an Italian place at Ice Park & Mall that is located on the lower level right under Greg. We had never eaten there before. The food was good but nothing spectacular. The price was low.
I didn't do very much this afternoon. I did find that the cord to plug my new headphones into the computer is MUCH too short, so I won't really be able to work on my music using them until I get an extension. I should have done that when I bought them since the guy there had pointed out that they were short, but I wasn't really paying attention to how REALLY short it was. Anyway, I'll have to go back in Sunday.
This morning I had 3 units of Berlitz teaching: 9:15-10:00 and 10:30-12:00. After that, I walked down to the local bakery to get challah. They were selling the best kind only in bags of 5 small ones, so I bought a bag. I also got a bunch of cinnamon rolls for David, who loves them.
We ate lunch at Italica, an Italian place at Ice Park & Mall that is located on the lower level right under Greg. We had never eaten there before. The food was good but nothing spectacular. The price was low.
I didn't do very much this afternoon. I did find that the cord to plug my new headphones into the computer is MUCH too short, so I won't really be able to work on my music using them until I get an extension. I should have done that when I bought them since the guy there had pointed out that they were short, but I wasn't really paying attention to how REALLY short it was. Anyway, I'll have to go back in Sunday.
Thursday, December 20, 2012
20 December 2012
Last night my sleep was very weird. Although I know I slept some, it always seemed like I couldn't get fully relaxed and go to sleep; there was always some tiny pain, or itch, or other uncomfortableness that prevented me. Nevertheless, I stayed in bed all night and felt fairly rested in the morning. I did NOT, however, get up early and go for a walk.
My task for this morning was a pleasant one. I needed to get a large external hard drive for the big files of various sorts that I will be producing in my work with the Synful Orchestra, Digital Performer, and Hauptwerk. I also needed some good quality headphone so that I could hear more accurately the results of my editing. I shopped very carefully, visiting 5 different shops before deciding what to buy. In the end, I bought some nice headphones and a 3 terabyte drive, both at Disk Club in the old mall (Mul HaYam). I'm very pleased with these purchases. I think they'll both be important as I move forward with making more music.
I had only 2 units of Berlitz lessons today: 12:00-12:45 and 1:45-2:30. We actually ate lunch at home between the two. He had beans and weenies (veggie, of course!).
After my last class, we went to get new dark glasses for David (his eyes still need to be protected from the sun, even though he can't see). After getting a couple of pairs (the 2nd was free) at SuperPharm in Mercaz Big, we filled our car with gas and got it washed at the Yellow station right by the airport. Then we drove over to the Ice Park & Mall, where we browsed around a bit, had large ice-cafés, and watched the ice dance show at 5:00. It was new choreography which included one skater doing acrobatics on a large ring that rose up 2 or 3 meters above the ice. It was pretty impressive!
My task for this morning was a pleasant one. I needed to get a large external hard drive for the big files of various sorts that I will be producing in my work with the Synful Orchestra, Digital Performer, and Hauptwerk. I also needed some good quality headphone so that I could hear more accurately the results of my editing. I shopped very carefully, visiting 5 different shops before deciding what to buy. In the end, I bought some nice headphones and a 3 terabyte drive, both at Disk Club in the old mall (Mul HaYam). I'm very pleased with these purchases. I think they'll both be important as I move forward with making more music.
I had only 2 units of Berlitz lessons today: 12:00-12:45 and 1:45-2:30. We actually ate lunch at home between the two. He had beans and weenies (veggie, of course!).
After my last class, we went to get new dark glasses for David (his eyes still need to be protected from the sun, even though he can't see). After getting a couple of pairs (the 2nd was free) at SuperPharm in Mercaz Big, we filled our car with gas and got it washed at the Yellow station right by the airport. Then we drove over to the Ice Park & Mall, where we browsed around a bit, had large ice-cafés, and watched the ice dance show at 5:00. It was new choreography which included one skater doing acrobatics on a large ring that rose up 2 or 3 meters above the ice. It was pretty impressive!
Wednesday, December 19, 2012
19 December 2012
I got to bed a little late last night because I was on the line waiting to talk to a representative of CalPERS (the agency I get my Cal State retirement from). I needed to get change my address with them (I know, I know: why did it take me nearly 10 months to do this?). I was supposed to be able to change it on their website, but for some reason the system didn't let me do it. When I finally got through, though, the guy who helped me was very nice and helpful. Nevertheless, this caused me to get up later this morning and thus I didn't get my walk in.
I taught 6 units today: 9:15-10:00, 10:00-11:30, and 3:00-5:15.
We had lunch again at Greg.
After my last class, we drove the short loop, going up highway 12 and stopping by Yotvata for ice cream on the way back. Now we have just one more buy-one-get-one-free coupon to use up there before the end of the year.
I taught 6 units today: 9:15-10:00, 10:00-11:30, and 3:00-5:15.
We had lunch again at Greg.
After my last class, we drove the short loop, going up highway 12 and stopping by Yotvata for ice cream on the way back. Now we have just one more buy-one-get-one-free coupon to use up there before the end of the year.
Tuesday, December 18, 2012
18 December 2012
I slept quite well last night and woke up very early. I didn't get up at first, but even when I finally did get out of bed it was still early. So I went for an extra long walk, beginning before there was even a hint of dawn. It's nice to be feeling so much better!
I taught only 4 units today for Berlitz: 1:45-2:30 and 5:00-7:15. Both classes were individual students who are regulars of mine.
David and I ate at Chooka today at the Ice Park & Mall. He had their classic noodles, and I had the vegetarian sushi combination, which was delicious.
I taught only 4 units today for Berlitz: 1:45-2:30 and 5:00-7:15. Both classes were individual students who are regulars of mine.
David and I ate at Chooka today at the Ice Park & Mall. He had their classic noodles, and I had the vegetarian sushi combination, which was delicious.
Monday, December 17, 2012
17 December 2012
I slept fairly well last night, but I woke up with a headache this morning. I think it was because I didn't drink enough liquid yesterday. I immediately drank a couple of large glasses of PepsiMax this morning and also took a couple of ibuprofen. The headache gradually went away, but I really didn't feel very well. I only had a cup of decaf and a banana for breakfast (MUCH less than my usual!) and even considered the possibility that I might need to take a sick day. In the end, though, I was beginning to feel a little better, so I went ahead and worked, and it all went fine.
I taught 10 units (7.5 hours) of Berlitz lessons today: 10:00-11:30, 12:00-1:30, 1:30-2:15, 2:30-3:15, 3:30-5:00, and 7:00-8:30. This gave me really no time at all for lunch, but luckily I still didn't feel like eating much. I ate some pieces of good cheddar cheese between 2:15 and 2:30.
My memory upgrade for the Mac arrived today. Unfortunately, I had to pay VAT for it even though Eilat is supposed to be a tax-free zone.
After 5:00 David and I went over to Greg and had ice-cafés but nothing to eat.
I had some sinus congestions and coughing all day, and my stomach didn't feel very good, either, possibly because of all the sinus drainage it has been getting recently. But I can't say that I really feel all that sick, despite all this.
I taught 10 units (7.5 hours) of Berlitz lessons today: 10:00-11:30, 12:00-1:30, 1:30-2:15, 2:30-3:15, 3:30-5:00, and 7:00-8:30. This gave me really no time at all for lunch, but luckily I still didn't feel like eating much. I ate some pieces of good cheddar cheese between 2:15 and 2:30.
My memory upgrade for the Mac arrived today. Unfortunately, I had to pay VAT for it even though Eilat is supposed to be a tax-free zone.
After 5:00 David and I went over to Greg and had ice-cafés but nothing to eat.
I had some sinus congestions and coughing all day, and my stomach didn't feel very good, either, possibly because of all the sinus drainage it has been getting recently. But I can't say that I really feel all that sick, despite all this.
Sunday, December 16, 2012
16 December 2012
Last night I slept very well, and so this morning I was able to get up and take my walk. I wore my light jacket and went partway up highway 12 and then back. Some of the time, I even unzipped my jacket.
This morning, David's SpeakEasy Media System finally arrived! We unpacked it and set it up, and we are VERY impressed with it. It does exactly what they promised that it would do, and it's going to be so nice for David to have it. Now, he'll be able to read many online articles (or rather, have them read to him), such as news articles, encyclopedia articles, and weather. He'll be able to check his e-mail and respond to messages (that part still has a wrinkle to be worked out). He can put a letter or other document or an open book on the scanner, and the system will scan it and then read it to him. We actually tested this out, and it was amazingly accurate and did the whole process without any extra action required on part at all! The whole system is driven by menus. By using the up and down arrows, he can hear the options that are available, and then he can choose the one he wants by pressing the Return key. This is really going to be wonderful for him!
We ate lunch at Il Pentolino today, and we each had our usual dishes.
I had a Berlitz teachers' meeting at 2:00 today, and it actually proved to be quite interesting. The best part was that management seems to really "get" that we teachers want more work, and they are trying to make it happen and increase the efficiency of teacher usage. This is heartening news, even though not everything they are trying will work as well as they hope.
After the meeting, I made my monthly trip to the pharmacy to get all our prescriptions filled, then got cat food and cat litter, and then went on to the market to do the weekly grocery shopping.
This evening, I moved the other Mac onto my desk and loaded the new version of Hauptwerk on it. I'll use the 2 Macs together to make more organ music, although it may be a while until I get to that.
Later this evening, we're going over to Moshe and Bob's new apartment. They now live on the 12th floor of one of the 3 tallest buildings in town (20 stories!). The buildings are located near the big kikar (where I go on my walks). We're going to be taking care of their cats for 2 or 3 days sometime in the next couple of weeks while they are away, so they're going to show us what needs to be done.
This morning, David's SpeakEasy Media System finally arrived! We unpacked it and set it up, and we are VERY impressed with it. It does exactly what they promised that it would do, and it's going to be so nice for David to have it. Now, he'll be able to read many online articles (or rather, have them read to him), such as news articles, encyclopedia articles, and weather. He'll be able to check his e-mail and respond to messages (that part still has a wrinkle to be worked out). He can put a letter or other document or an open book on the scanner, and the system will scan it and then read it to him. We actually tested this out, and it was amazingly accurate and did the whole process without any extra action required on part at all! The whole system is driven by menus. By using the up and down arrows, he can hear the options that are available, and then he can choose the one he wants by pressing the Return key. This is really going to be wonderful for him!
We ate lunch at Il Pentolino today, and we each had our usual dishes.
I had a Berlitz teachers' meeting at 2:00 today, and it actually proved to be quite interesting. The best part was that management seems to really "get" that we teachers want more work, and they are trying to make it happen and increase the efficiency of teacher usage. This is heartening news, even though not everything they are trying will work as well as they hope.
After the meeting, I made my monthly trip to the pharmacy to get all our prescriptions filled, then got cat food and cat litter, and then went on to the market to do the weekly grocery shopping.
This evening, I moved the other Mac onto my desk and loaded the new version of Hauptwerk on it. I'll use the 2 Macs together to make more organ music, although it may be a while until I get to that.
Later this evening, we're going over to Moshe and Bob's new apartment. They now live on the 12th floor of one of the 3 tallest buildings in town (20 stories!). The buildings are located near the big kikar (where I go on my walks). We're going to be taking care of their cats for 2 or 3 days sometime in the next couple of weeks while they are away, so they're going to show us what needs to be done.
Saturday, December 15, 2012
15 December 2012
Last night was not good for me. I did get some good sleep, but for much of the night I simply couldn't lie down because of chest congestion, coughing, and sinus drainage. This was in spite of the fact that I had taken a nighttime cold pill. I tried to nap a little in the morning after breakfast, but basically only slept for a few minutes.
Before lunch, we took a drive around the short loop (north on highway 12 to highway 40, and then back on highway 90). We stopped at Yotvata to get another package of their delicious dates as the one we had was nearly gone.
When we got back to Eilat, we ate at Greg. David had the "American bagel" and I had sabikh salad.
I got some more editing done on my "Folk Song for Strings" this afternoon, but I was basically too tired to work long on it.
Before lunch, we took a drive around the short loop (north on highway 12 to highway 40, and then back on highway 90). We stopped at Yotvata to get another package of their delicious dates as the one we had was nearly gone.
When we got back to Eilat, we ate at Greg. David had the "American bagel" and I had sabikh salad.
I got some more editing done on my "Folk Song for Strings" this afternoon, but I was basically too tired to work long on it.
Friday, December 14, 2012
14 December 2012
I slept much better last night. I think there were several reasons. First, I think the chest cold is very gradually getting better. Second, I took some additional medicines that could have helped a bit, especially with the cough. Finally, I deliberately avoided any deep breathing during the night, since I noticed that that was what set off some of the coughing. Anyway, it was nice to get a good night's sleep. I still wasn't quite feeling up to going out for a walk in the morning, but I did walk down to the local pharmacy and the bakery for pick up more medicine and challah around noon, so I got some exercise..
I taught 3 units of Berlitz today: 9:00-10:30 and 12:30-1:45. Actually, in fact, the student didn't show up at all for that last unit.
We ate lunch again at Greg today. David had pappardelle with tomato sauce on the side, and I had their "Home Fries" salad.
This afternoon I upgraded to the latest version of Hauptwerk, the program that allows me to play real pipe organs in my computer. It is actually downloading as I write this. I also ordered more memory for our newest Mac so that I'll be able to play larger instruments. This is necessary because all the samples are stored in RAM for quick access.
This evening I continued working on the Synful Orchestra version of my "Folk Song for Strings". I'm now working on various subtle tempo changes to make it sound less robotic.
I taught 3 units of Berlitz today: 9:00-10:30 and 12:30-1:45. Actually, in fact, the student didn't show up at all for that last unit.
We ate lunch again at Greg today. David had pappardelle with tomato sauce on the side, and I had their "Home Fries" salad.
This afternoon I upgraded to the latest version of Hauptwerk, the program that allows me to play real pipe organs in my computer. It is actually downloading as I write this. I also ordered more memory for our newest Mac so that I'll be able to play larger instruments. This is necessary because all the samples are stored in RAM for quick access.
This evening I continued working on the Synful Orchestra version of my "Folk Song for Strings". I'm now working on various subtle tempo changes to make it sound less robotic.
Thursday, December 13, 2012
13 December 2012
I had even more problems last night from coughing. In the first part of the night, I slept fine, but once I woke up very early, I had trouble getting more sleep. I didn't get out for exercise because I was hoping to sleep a bit more, but that didn't work either. Nevertheless, I had a good day and still don't feel too tired.
I taught 6 units for Berlitz today: 9:30-11:00, 2:30-3:15, 4:00-4:45, and 7:00-8:30. In addition, I attended a mandatory Berlitz training session (online, of course!) from 11:00-11:45 for which Berlitz has informed me they will NOT be paying us. I'm not sure that's even legal, but what can one do?
We ate lunch again at Greg. David had cheese pasta with tomato sauce on the side, and I had the sabich salad again (delicious!).
I taught 6 units for Berlitz today: 9:30-11:00, 2:30-3:15, 4:00-4:45, and 7:00-8:30. In addition, I attended a mandatory Berlitz training session (online, of course!) from 11:00-11:45 for which Berlitz has informed me they will NOT be paying us. I'm not sure that's even legal, but what can one do?
We ate lunch again at Greg. David had cheese pasta with tomato sauce on the side, and I had the sabich salad again (delicious!).
Wednesday, December 12, 2012
12 December 2012
Last night I slept better than the night before, but I still had to get up for a while to stop a coughing episode. Nevertheless, I still didn't feel up to going out for an early morning walk and didn't get up very early anyway.
I taught 7 units today: 10:00-11:30, 3:00-5:15, and 7:00-8:30.
We went to the Ice Park & Mall for lunch, but we ate at Big Apple Pizza, which we had not previously tried. Unfortunately, we weren't very impressed, either. Afterwards, we walked around the mall a bit and had ice-cafés at Greg.
I taught 7 units today: 10:00-11:30, 3:00-5:15, and 7:00-8:30.
We went to the Ice Park & Mall for lunch, but we ate at Big Apple Pizza, which we had not previously tried. Unfortunately, we weren't very impressed, either. Afterwards, we walked around the mall a bit and had ice-cafés at Greg.
Tuesday, December 11, 2012
11 December 2012
I had difficulty with sleeping last night due to my cough. I finally did get to sleep, and then I slept soundly and well. But it's not surprising that I didn't wake up until 7:00 in the morning.
I taught 7 units today (although the first 2 were actually a late cancellation, so I didn't actually have to do them): 9:00-10:30, 10:30-12:00, 1:45-2:30, 2:30-3:15, and 4:15-5:00.
We ate lunch at the local bakery. I had a basic salad, and we shared a cheese plate, which also included olives and some of their delicious bread with butter and a dried-tomato spread.
After my last class we went down to the old mall to visit iDigital again, since they had not called me back. It turns out that it's really not feasible to get them to install the upgraded memory, since their lab is in the Tel Aviv area. They recommended that I get the memory on the internet and told me that there are also instruction there for installing it. This does not surprise me very much, so I'll check it out. It will certainly be MUCH cheaper than paying someone to do it.
While we were at that mall, we decided to have some frozen yogurt. Then, instead of just returning home, we took the drive around the short loop. It's always pretty coming into town on highway 12, and at night the lights make it especially nice (including the lights of Haql, Saudi Arabia, which are clearer visible from several different points along the way).
I taught 7 units today (although the first 2 were actually a late cancellation, so I didn't actually have to do them): 9:00-10:30, 10:30-12:00, 1:45-2:30, 2:30-3:15, and 4:15-5:00.
We ate lunch at the local bakery. I had a basic salad, and we shared a cheese plate, which also included olives and some of their delicious bread with butter and a dried-tomato spread.
After my last class we went down to the old mall to visit iDigital again, since they had not called me back. It turns out that it's really not feasible to get them to install the upgraded memory, since their lab is in the Tel Aviv area. They recommended that I get the memory on the internet and told me that there are also instruction there for installing it. This does not surprise me very much, so I'll check it out. It will certainly be MUCH cheaper than paying someone to do it.
While we were at that mall, we decided to have some frozen yogurt. Then, instead of just returning home, we took the drive around the short loop. It's always pretty coming into town on highway 12, and at night the lights make it especially nice (including the lights of Haql, Saudi Arabia, which are clearer visible from several different points along the way).
Monday, December 10, 2012
10 December 2012
I again wasn't feeling quite up to getting out this morning. This is a very persistent chest cold that I have!
I taught 9 units today: 10:00-11:30, 12:00-1:30, 2:30-3:15, 3:30-5:00, and 7:00-8:30.
We ate lunch at home due to the relatively short lunch break. But we went over to Greg between 5:00 and 7:00 and had a bit of dessert. David had some kind of chocolate cake, and I had a nut pie (like pecan pie, but with hazel nuts and walnuts in addition to pecans).
I taught 9 units today: 10:00-11:30, 12:00-1:30, 2:30-3:15, 3:30-5:00, and 7:00-8:30.
We ate lunch at home due to the relatively short lunch break. But we went over to Greg between 5:00 and 7:00 and had a bit of dessert. David had some kind of chocolate cake, and I had a nut pie (like pecan pie, but with hazel nuts and walnuts in addition to pecans).
Sunday, December 9, 2012
9 December 2012
This morning I woke up fairly early and somehow felt less tired, so I got up and went for a walk to the big kikar and back. It was cool out but not too cold. I wore my light jacket, but actually unzipped it on the way back.
This morning David and I had several errands to run. Our first stop was the old mall (Mul HaYam) to go to the iDigital store there. They are the official Apple dealer in Israel, and I went there to try to find out how much it would cost to upgrade our newest Mac (an iMac that is about a year and a half old) to the maximum amount of memory, which I believe in 16 GB. This is what I would need in order to use the virtual organ that I like (which I wrote about here yesterday). They didn't know the answer right away, so they took my number so that they can call me back when they do. The main complication is that their lab is located in the Tel Aviv area, so there are issues of shipping and also of whether I can get it done tax-free (Eilat is in a tax-free zone). Our second stop was the post office because I needed to get more stamps for letters to the States. The last stop was Shufersal, where we did our weekly grocery shopping.
After coming home and resting a bit, we decided to take a drive and went on the short loop, this time going up on highway 12 and returning on highway 90, which is the opposite direction from what we usually go. When we got back to town, we went straight over to Ice Park & Mall and ate lunch there at Greg. David had vegetable soup and bread, and I had an omelet sandwich.
This afternoon and evening, I began working more seriously on my "Folk Song for Strings". I'm adjusting the expression values so that the Synful Orchestra (a synthesized orchestra based on recorded sounds of real instruments but with a lot of sophisticated processing going on, too) will sound more like a real, professional string orchestra is playing it. I made good progress, but I still have a lot more work to do.
Today was my oldest child's 33rd birthday. I think this makes me feel even older than my own 60th birthday last month did! LOL
This morning David and I had several errands to run. Our first stop was the old mall (Mul HaYam) to go to the iDigital store there. They are the official Apple dealer in Israel, and I went there to try to find out how much it would cost to upgrade our newest Mac (an iMac that is about a year and a half old) to the maximum amount of memory, which I believe in 16 GB. This is what I would need in order to use the virtual organ that I like (which I wrote about here yesterday). They didn't know the answer right away, so they took my number so that they can call me back when they do. The main complication is that their lab is located in the Tel Aviv area, so there are issues of shipping and also of whether I can get it done tax-free (Eilat is in a tax-free zone). Our second stop was the post office because I needed to get more stamps for letters to the States. The last stop was Shufersal, where we did our weekly grocery shopping.
After coming home and resting a bit, we decided to take a drive and went on the short loop, this time going up on highway 12 and returning on highway 90, which is the opposite direction from what we usually go. When we got back to town, we went straight over to Ice Park & Mall and ate lunch there at Greg. David had vegetable soup and bread, and I had an omelet sandwich.
This afternoon and evening, I began working more seriously on my "Folk Song for Strings". I'm adjusting the expression values so that the Synful Orchestra (a synthesized orchestra based on recorded sounds of real instruments but with a lot of sophisticated processing going on, too) will sound more like a real, professional string orchestra is playing it. I made good progress, but I still have a lot more work to do.
Today was my oldest child's 33rd birthday. I think this makes me feel even older than my own 60th birthday last month did! LOL
Saturday, December 8, 2012
8 December 2012
I'm still having trouble with chest congestion. It's not that serious, but it continues to cause problems, mostly at night. Overall, I slept pretty well last night, but I still didn't feel like getting out this morning.
This morning, I continued listening to demos of one of the virtual organs that I am thinking of buying. This is an organ built by Marcussen and Sons in 1973 in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. It's a large and very capable instrument. If you're interested, here's a link to the page of demos (you may have to click on the "Demos" rectangle near the top if it opens to a different tab). Alternatively, here's a link to just ONE of the demos (it's a WAV file and will begin playing shortly after you click on it), the one that I think is the most impressive. It's a little long, but it begins very quietly and gradually builds up to nearly the full organ. It's also a very beautiful, Romantic-style piece written by a young Dutch composer, Jan Mulder, who now live in the U.S.
David and I ate lunch at Greg again today. We both tried something new, though. David had their tortellini, but the new part was that he ordered the tomato sauce and had them put it on the side. I had their sabich salad, which was very delicious. Underneath, it's a regular Israeli chopped salad, but on the top are grilled eggplant, garbanzos, hummus, and a sliced hard-boiled egg.
This afternoon, I was able to complete the purchase of the Synful Orchestra and did a little editing of my "Folk Song for Strings". I will need to do a lot more to make the piece sound beautiful, but already there's no mistaking the amazing realism of the strings!
This evening, I posted another entry to my political blog. This one discusses several articles relating to the liberal reality of Israel, the history and goals of Hamas and the Muslim Brotherhood, and the huge ado about nothing regarding the recent announcement of approval for construction of housing in the so-called E1 area. The whole post is a little long, but I encourage you to read it and some of the articles it links to for a better understanding of the issues that Israel must deal with.
This morning, I continued listening to demos of one of the virtual organs that I am thinking of buying. This is an organ built by Marcussen and Sons in 1973 in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. It's a large and very capable instrument. If you're interested, here's a link to the page of demos (you may have to click on the "Demos" rectangle near the top if it opens to a different tab). Alternatively, here's a link to just ONE of the demos (it's a WAV file and will begin playing shortly after you click on it), the one that I think is the most impressive. It's a little long, but it begins very quietly and gradually builds up to nearly the full organ. It's also a very beautiful, Romantic-style piece written by a young Dutch composer, Jan Mulder, who now live in the U.S.
David and I ate lunch at Greg again today. We both tried something new, though. David had their tortellini, but the new part was that he ordered the tomato sauce and had them put it on the side. I had their sabich salad, which was very delicious. Underneath, it's a regular Israeli chopped salad, but on the top are grilled eggplant, garbanzos, hummus, and a sliced hard-boiled egg.
This afternoon, I was able to complete the purchase of the Synful Orchestra and did a little editing of my "Folk Song for Strings". I will need to do a lot more to make the piece sound beautiful, but already there's no mistaking the amazing realism of the strings!
This evening, I posted another entry to my political blog. This one discusses several articles relating to the liberal reality of Israel, the history and goals of Hamas and the Muslim Brotherhood, and the huge ado about nothing regarding the recent announcement of approval for construction of housing in the so-called E1 area. The whole post is a little long, but I encourage you to read it and some of the articles it links to for a better understanding of the issues that Israel must deal with.
Friday, December 7, 2012
7 December 2012
I still was feeling a bit too under the weather this morning to get out for a walk.
I only taught one student today, for 2 units (from 9:30-11:00).
We ate lunch at Il Pentolino today. We hadn't been there for several weeks because I had had a student until 2:00 on Fridays (and last week had been out of town).
I spent quite a while today listening to some demos of new organs that are available for Hauptwerk. Two of them, in particular, are very large and very impressive. Next, I need to find out how much it would cost to upgrade the memory in one Mac so that I could load these large instruments. If all works out well, I may be making some more music, and it should be even better with one of these versatile organs.
I only taught one student today, for 2 units (from 9:30-11:00).
We ate lunch at Il Pentolino today. We hadn't been there for several weeks because I had had a student until 2:00 on Fridays (and last week had been out of town).
I spent quite a while today listening to some demos of new organs that are available for Hauptwerk. Two of them, in particular, are very large and very impressive. Next, I need to find out how much it would cost to upgrade the memory in one Mac so that I could load these large instruments. If all works out well, I may be making some more music, and it should be even better with one of these versatile organs.
Thursday, December 6, 2012
6 December 2012
I again got up a little late, and I'm still having trouble with my chest cold. It's not bad, but it's just enough to annoy me a bit.
I taught 7 units today: 9:30-11:00, 1:45-2:30, 2:30-3:15, 4:00-4:45, and 7:00-8:30.
We ate lunch at Greg today. David had their "American bagel" (not really all that American, but good nonetheless), and I had a toast salad.
I taught 7 units today: 9:30-11:00, 1:45-2:30, 2:30-3:15, 4:00-4:45, and 7:00-8:30.
We ate lunch at Greg today. David had their "American bagel" (not really all that American, but good nonetheless), and I had a toast salad.
Wednesday, December 5, 2012
5 December 2012
I slept quite well but woke up late this morning. Also, I have something of a chest cold. So, I didn't go out to exercise at all.
I taught 9 units of Berlitz today, although the last 2 were a student who never showed up: 10:00-11:30, 12:30-2:00, 3:00-5:15, and 7:00-8:30.
David and I took a walk around the neighborhood today during my break between 11:30 and 12:30.
We ate lunch at home today, between 2:00 and 3:00.
We went over to Greg and each had a small ice café this evening before my last class.
I taught 9 units of Berlitz today, although the last 2 were a student who never showed up: 10:00-11:30, 12:30-2:00, 3:00-5:15, and 7:00-8:30.
David and I took a walk around the neighborhood today during my break between 11:30 and 12:30.
We ate lunch at home today, between 2:00 and 3:00.
We went over to Greg and each had a small ice café this evening before my last class.
Tuesday, December 4, 2012
4 December 2012
This morning I got up a little late but was determined to go out for a walk. I was very thankful that I did because the weather was really pleasant. I took my jacket but didn't wear it for most of the walk. I even did my stretches in the pergola next to the big kikar.
I taught 5 units for Berlitz today: 10:00-11:30, 1:45-2:30, 2:30-3:15, and 4:15-5:00.
We had lunch a little early today at Greg since I had to be sure to be back for my 1:45 student.
This evening, I did the weekly grocery shopping at Shufersal.
I taught 5 units for Berlitz today: 10:00-11:30, 1:45-2:30, 2:30-3:15, and 4:15-5:00.
We had lunch a little early today at Greg since I had to be sure to be back for my 1:45 student.
This evening, I did the weekly grocery shopping at Shufersal.
Monday, December 3, 2012
3 December 2012
This morning I woke up too late to go out for a walk. This is not so surprising, since I had not slept as well as usual the 2 nights we were away from home.
I taught 7 units today: 10:00-11:30, 12:00-1:30, 2:30-3:15, and 3:30-5:00.
This evening, after I had finished teaching, we went to the Maccabi pharmacy to pick up a few things that we needed and then proceeded to the Ice Park & Mall, where we sat and enjoyed our ice-cafés and watched the ice dance show at 7:00 (an updated and improved version of their Abba show).
I taught 7 units today: 10:00-11:30, 12:00-1:30, 2:30-3:15, and 3:30-5:00.
This evening, after I had finished teaching, we went to the Maccabi pharmacy to pick up a few things that we needed and then proceeded to the Ice Park & Mall, where we sat and enjoyed our ice-cafés and watched the ice dance show at 7:00 (an updated and improved version of their Abba show).
Sunday, December 2, 2012
2 December 2012
I missed writing both yesterday and the day before, so today I'll talk about all 3 days.
On Friday, I got up early and had a good walk. In particular, I was very lucky to get a view of fabulous sunrise color in the eastern sky! I'll try to post pictures later in my old blog, after I have edited them.
We spent most of the day Friday driving up to Nahariya. In the evening, I led prayers at Congregation Emet V'Shalom (EVS), something which both I and the people in attendance enjoyed very much.
We stayed Friday and Saturday nights at our friends', the Loberants, place. On Saturday morning, we took a nice drive on the northern road. Then, we ate lunch with our friends Egonne and Yehudit and spent most of the afternoon visiting with them.
Early this morning, we got up and headed for Rambam Medical Center in Haifa in order to beat the traffic. There, we met with David's doctor and social worker. After that, we started back south, stopping in Tel Aviv to check out the center for the blind there. Unfortunately, the one thing that we wanted to buy was out of stock, but they took my number and will call us when it comes in. Then we can order it, and they will ship it to us.
On Friday, I got up early and had a good walk. In particular, I was very lucky to get a view of fabulous sunrise color in the eastern sky! I'll try to post pictures later in my old blog, after I have edited them.
We spent most of the day Friday driving up to Nahariya. In the evening, I led prayers at Congregation Emet V'Shalom (EVS), something which both I and the people in attendance enjoyed very much.
We stayed Friday and Saturday nights at our friends', the Loberants, place. On Saturday morning, we took a nice drive on the northern road. Then, we ate lunch with our friends Egonne and Yehudit and spent most of the afternoon visiting with them.
Early this morning, we got up and headed for Rambam Medical Center in Haifa in order to beat the traffic. There, we met with David's doctor and social worker. After that, we started back south, stopping in Tel Aviv to check out the center for the blind there. Unfortunately, the one thing that we wanted to buy was out of stock, but they took my number and will call us when it comes in. Then we can order it, and they will ship it to us.
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