During the morning, my one fan quit working entirely, so, after I finished teaching, I decided to walk into town to try to find a new one, and I succeeded, even though this is hardly the season when the stores are selling lots of fans.
After that, I walked across the street and down a little and had my traditional Friday favorite at Il Pentolino: whole-wheat spaghetti with Palermo sauce (basically, assorted sautéed vegetables).
Then I started the walk back home. The fan's box had a sort of plastic handle on it, but before I had walked far at all, the tape the held the bottom of the box closed let loose and the fan started trying to slide out the bottom. So, I couldn't carry it any more by the handle. The rest of the way home, I alternated between carrying it horizontally on top of my head (with my hands stabilizing it on either side) and carrying it vertically in front of me in both hands.
As I was walking up Yotam Road, who should I pass going the other way but Me'ir. Walking alongside him was the young man I had met on the top of the hill the other day. Me'ir definitely saw me and knew that I had seen him, too, and, in fact, we both turned around to look back a short while after passing. But neither of us said anything or acknowledged the other. So, now I'm quite sure that he's still living in the same apartment, and the young guy is living with him. Interesting.
I started a new habit today: cleaning my apartment every Friday. I did the dusting and took out the trash before my first lesson and the rest of the cleaning shortly before candle-lighting time. It wasn't deep cleaning, but it should be enough to keep my place looking fairly decent. I'm really quite proud of myself for this.
Then I lit candles, drank a bit of sweet red wine, and ate a bite of challah to welcome Shabbat.
A little later in the evening, around 6:00, I walked up to the outdoor gym, worked out a fair amount, and then walked home by a more circuitous route. Both in the middle of the day and in the evening, I wore only short socks and shoes, short pants, and a t-shirt and felt quite comfortable.
I walked a total of 6.76 kilometers today.
ושמרו בני ישראל את השבת לעשות את השבת לדורותם ברית עולם
כי ששת ימים עשה יי את השמים ואת הארץ וביום השביעי שבת ויינפש
And the children of Israel will keep the Shabbat,
to make the Shabbat, for all generations, an eternal covenant,
Because in six days the Eternal made the heavens and the earth
and on the seventh day rested and was refreshed.
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