Friday, 9 September 2016

I got up a little later this morning, but I still went out walking for nearly an hour and a quarter, buying challah on my way back. I took 3 pictures, 2 of which are today's pics of the day. They were taken from the same spot but about 45 minutes apart:

I taught 5 units of Berlitz lessons today: 9:00-9:15, 10:00-11:30, and 11:30-1:00.

I had a salad and beans and weenies for lunch.

I did the weekly chores today, including taking out the trash and recycling, dusting, sweeping, and doing the dishes.

I forgot to mention yesterday that I managed to solve the problems and finally finish week 4 of my online class, Clustering and Retrieval, including getting 100% on the quiz based on the programming. Today, I started week 5 and successfully watched all the videos and completed the first 2 quizzes. All that remains now is the programming assignment. I sure hope it goes better than last week's!

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

I walked a total of 5.21 kilometers today.

For the end of this first week of Elul, I leave you with the refrain of בשנה הבאה ("In the Coming Year") as we contemplate the soon arrival of ראש השנה and the beginning of a new year:

עוד תראה כמה טוב יהיה בשנה הבאה

You will yet see how good it will be in the coming year.