Last night, I went to a meeting at the local branch of WIZO (Women's International Zionist Organization) that was organized to allow us to get to hear some of the mayoral candidates present themselves and their plans for Eilat (the local elections are just over 3 weeks away now). Since it started at 8:00, I put David to bed before I left.
At the beginning of the meeting, just 2 candidates were present: Dubi Cohen (whom I am supporting) and another guy named Menachem (I didn't catch a last name). The meeting was basically in English although Menachem did speak some in Hebrew, as well. Dubi spoke in accented and slightly strained English and then had an American-Israeli friend and supporter of his read us his platform (which was smart, I think). My support only increased for Dubi as a result of this meeting.
The audience was allowed to ask questions, and I must say they did an absolutely TERRIBLE job of that! They were combative, they all wanted to talk at once, and they tended to focus on topics like bad driving in Israel over which the mayor has no authority or power at all! I was embarrassed to be part of the Anglo community!
At about this point, the sitting mayor walked in, and he was invited to join the others at the front of the room. He refused to do this, insisting that he should be up there alone, and he proceeded to walk out. This only served to reinforce my already-low opinion of him. Then, when the others had given their summary statements and the meeting seemed about to end, the mayor reappeared and was able to get what he wanted: a solo performance. This disgusted me so much that I simply left at that point. I have no respect whatsoever for him and his childish, arrogant, and immature behavior!
This morning, I still managed to get up early enough to walk to the gym and to work out a little while there.
After breakfast, I did the grocery shopping and also went to an appointment with the doctor to get a prescription that we had somehow run out of despite my medication tracking system.
For lunch we went to Café Greg. Unfortunately, it was not such a great experience. They didn't have the sauce that David wanted to try, they didn't bring me the water I ordered until I asked for it again (and even then they only brought 1 glass when I had specifically asked for 2), David's ravioli was cooked so badly that he sent it back, and they brought me someone else's bill! Besides all this, I found out that they had cut up my debit card that I had inadvertently left there when we had eaten there last Wednesday. Let's just say that Café Greg at Ice Park has been going steadily downhill, and they hit a new low today. We did go down and have some nice frozen yogurt at the Skhut stand afterwards at least (the place we normally get it).
In the afternoon, I went to the pharmacy to get the prescription filled and to pick up a few other things. After that, I went to the bank to order a new debit card. After waiting there for well over an hour, it was finally my turn. Even then, I had to wait for the banker to call their center on the phone. Eventually, though, I did succeed, but it will be 4 business days before it arrives, and then I'll have to go to the bank again to pick it up (although the wait for that is much shorter).
This evening, David and I walked over to the green strip and sat there on the bench for a LONG time. It was so completely pleasant out! David, however, was only able to walk one very short block on the way back, and I had to go get the car to bring him the rest of the way home.
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