I did something different for breakfast this morning. I dug out my frying pan (for some reason, I had decided to keep only one HUGE frying pan) and made scrambled eggs (2 of them). I also used my toaster oven for the first time since I moved here and made some toast to go with the eggs.
I taught 5 units of Berlitz lessons today: 9:00-9:45, 11:30-1:00, and 6:00-7:30.
After my first class, I walked up to the outdoor gym, worked out there for a while, took a moderately long walk, returned to the gym and worked out a little more, and then returned leisurely home, stopping at the market along the way. I was pleasantly surprised to see Post Grape-Nuts there, which I haven't had in a LONG time, so I bought a box.
For lunch, I had a thin vegan schnitzel and 2 small cobs of corn on the cob.
Then I set out on a long walk. First, I walked on Sheshet HaYamim Blvd. over to Shakhamon, then down to Khativat HaNegev Road, which I followed all the way to HaTmarim Road, taking the latter up to Maccabi. I arrived at Maccabi around 3:30 and immediately took a number so that I'd be the first in line when the office reopened at 4:00.
The reason for this visit was to get the necessary paperwork to schedule an appointment for a transrectal ultrasound and biopsy of my prostate gland (ordered because of the elevated PSA levels that were detected in my blood test). The woman who helped me was very good. We're hoping that they can do both of these at the Asuta Hospital in Tel Aviv (which is owned by Maccabi) because that would be the simplest, but she wasn't sure whether that would be possible or not. If it isn't, she also gave me the number of another hospital (also in Tel Aviv) that could do it and set things up so that I'll be able to go there if necessary without having to visit the Maccabi office again for another form. She gave me the numbers I needed and told me how to do everything, and I was able to communicate successfully entirely in Hebrew. When I have scheduled the appointment, I can also call the Arkia airline to schedule a flight on Maccabi's account.
When I was finished at Maccabi, I walked home. I observed a couple of interesting things on my way. The first was when 2 guys passed me on electric bicycles (which are VERY common and popular here in Eilat!). What was unusual in this situation was that the first one was TOWING the second! The other interesting thing I saw was some old people in a little park sitting at a table playing chess (there were at least 2 games going on the same small table). Sitting in the middle of the table and attentively watching one of the games was a gray cat!
I stopped at the supermarket above Rachel Café to buy maple and brown sugar oatmeal, which I'm almost out of and which is my favorite flavor.
I walked a total of 11.13 kilometers today.
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