Sunday, 8 March 2015

I got up somewhat late and tired this morning and so didn't go out for a walk.

I did the weekly grocery shopping this morning.

For lunch, I went to the cafeteria at the local campus of Ben Gurion University. For just 36 shekels, I got a complete, nutritious meal: many salads to choose from, soup (which I actually did NOT try), bread, cake, cooked vegetables (peas and carrots, and string beans), rice, potatoes, and entrees. The entrees were all meat, but when I asked about vegetarian dishes, they prepared 2 corn schnitzels especially for me!

I did the weekly trip to pick up our prescriptions at the pharmacy today even though I think the rehab hospital will be getting most of David's for him (since they are also part of Maccabi, our kupat kholim (HMO) as well). At least I'll have plenty in case there are some they can NOT get, such as his HIV meds, for example.

I watched another lecture on calculus in Hebrew today and did 2 more of the Hebrew Podcasts lessons. I really feel that my ability to understand spoken Hebrew and to speak it myself are steadily improving, and I want to  continue on this path.

In the twilight, after the sun set and the light was beginning to fade, I went for a nice 45-minute walk. As I was walking down a street near here, a guy came toward me who seemed familiar although I couldn't instantly remember from where. Then he asked me about David, and I remembered that he was the chief paramedic who had come to help with David! We talked, mostly in English, about what had happened to David. I was VERY impressed that he showed such interest. After all, he must see hundreds of patients every week, and it's already been a week and a half since he was here. I thanked him, and then we both continued on our respective walks. Only in Israel!

When I returned home from the walk, I was able to talk to David and told him about this. He sounded tired, and he said that the physical therapy had been pretty hard today. Of course, that's not surprising, but I tried to encourage him and told him that it would seem easier after a while.