Monday, 13 May 2013

I slept fairly well last night, but I was also awake quite a bit.

I taught 10 units of Berlitz lessons today: 9:00-10:30, 10:30-12:00, 3:00-4:30, 5:00-6:30, and 7:00-8:30.

We got some good news today. The city social worker called to tell us that David's te'udat iver (certificate of blindness) has arrived. We will go over and pick it up tomorrow morning at about 9:00. The process of getting this has been going on now for MANY months! After going blind nine and a half months ago, it is finally officially recognized.

We ate lunch at Greg café today, and they had everything that we wanted (unlike yesterday).

My 5:00 student had to leave half an hour early due to a doctor's appointment, so David and I took the opportunity to walk over to the green strip. We sat there for quite a while, enjoying the lovely evening. But when we started walking back home, David was very tired and slow. Finally, about half way back, I left him leaning (really half sitting) against a wall, went and got the car, and came back and brought him home. He continued to feel very tired the rest of the evening, but he was okay.

During the break in my last class (around 7:45), I went out onto the balcony to change the cats' water and clean out their litter boxes. As I was finishing and heading back in, a strong wind came up, and when I looked out it seemed that a dust storm was just arriving, so I quickly went around and closed all the windows (which had been open all last night and all day today). Later, while I was teaching, I happened to notice a flash of lightning out my window but not close because I heard no thunder at all. Nevertheless, I was still surprised when I finished teaching to see that the bedroom window was wet from rain! I looked out, and, sure enough, there was actually water running down the street (but it was not raining by then). This is COMPLETELY crazy weather -- it should definitely NOT rain AT ALL in May in Eilat! But, of course, much of Israel (especially the North) has been having rain about every third day for MONTHS now, which is also NOT normal. Hmmm, climate change?