Friday, 16 September 2016

I had trouble getting to sleep last night; I just didn't feel sleepy. Finally, I even got out of bed for a few minutes, but I didn't turn on any lights. Then I went back to bed and got to sleep fairly quickly, albeit quite late. I got up late this morning but still managed to go for a walk for about 45 minutes, including a stop at the bakery to buy challah. I took 2 pictures, one of which is today's pic of the day:

I was scheduled to teach 5 unites of Berlitz lessons today, but the last 2-unit lesson was a late cancellation: 9:00-9:45, 9:45-11:15, and 11:30-1:00.

I easily did the weekly household chores before lunch due to the cancellation. Then I had a tomato, a cucumber, corn on the cob, and vegetarian shnitzel.

I took a short nap in the early afternoon.

I uploaded the tracks of my album of orchestral music, HaTikva, to a private Soundcloud playlist so that I can share it with anyone I chose. I don't want to share it generally since the music is, after all, for sale.

As the day came to an end, I lit candles, drank a little sweet red wine, and ate some challah to welcome the Shabbat Queen.

I walked a total of 3.4 kilometers today.

Today, I'll close with something different, a short monologue in Hebrew, without translation:

בחודשים האחרונים אני במצב טוב במייוחד. אף-על-פי הקושי שעברתי בשנה שעברה, עכשיו יש לי הרגשה חזקה שאני נמצא בדיוק במקום שבו אני צריך להיות, ואני מרוצה מאוד מהחיי הטובים. אני אוהב את הדירה שלי, את השבונה שלי, ואת ההזדמנות לגור בעיר כל-כך מצויינת. אני מאחל לכולם שבת שלום וכל טוב