Friday, June 24, 2016

Friday, 24 June 2016

Today's pic of the day is another one I took on my walk yesterday morning. This is the view down Nakhal Shakhamon including a glimpse of some of the high-rises, the Gulf, and the Jordanian and Saudi mountains:

I went to bed early last night and went to sleep quite quickly. But I woke up in the middle of the night and then had trouble getting back to sleep again. As a result, I got up very late this morning. I did go up and buy challah, though, before breakfast.

I taught 4 units of Berlitz lessons today, although the first student told me at the beginning that he could only stay for the first half hour of his one and a half hour lesson: 9:30-11:00 and 11:30-1:00.

I did the weekly household chores, mostly during the extra hour I got.

I had vegetarian "chicken" salad for lunch at home today.

I watched more videos for the 2nd week of my classification class today, including a serious of optional advanced ones showing the derivation of a formula. Although it was proclaimed to be Ph.D. level material, it was really quite basic calculus and algebra. I was all ready to take the first quiz, but it's not available because the class doesn't officially start until next Monday. I guess I'm really ahead of schedule!

As the sun was about to disappear from our HOT valley, I lit candles, drank some sweet red wine, and ate a little challah to welcome Shabbat.

I walked only about half a kilometer today.

In honor of Pride Month, I leave you today with this verse from the 2nd Book of Samuel. David is mourning the loss of Yehonatan, his beloved:
צר-לי עליך אחי יהונתן נעמת לי מאד נפלאתה אהבתך לי מאהבת נשים
I am distressed for you, my dear Yehonatan; you were very pleasing to me; your love was more wonderful than the love of women.

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