Friday, 3 February 2017

I got up quite early this morning and ate breakfast early, too. I needed to go to the Maccabi pharmacy so that the pharmacist could talk to me about my Coumadin (blood-thinning medication) and related issues. She was very nice, very friendly, and very informative, explaining everything carefully. I was able to grasp the Hebrew quite nicely.

After returning home, I made of point of doing my weekly household chores.

I baked and ate both a potato and a yam for lunch today. I also had a salad and a vegetarian shnitzel.

After lunch I went out for a fairly long walk. I zigzagged up the hill to Harim Road, then walked over to Shakhamon, going as far as the small park by the towers there. When I sat down at the far end to rest, a beautiful and friendly calico cat came over for some attention. She sat for some time on my lap and I petted her. Our selfie is today's pic of the day:

I took several other picks on the walk, as well, including the every-gorgeous views of the Red Sea and Aqaba and of Nakhal Shakhamon. I also shot a number of pictures of wildflowers. We've got quite a few this year due to that soaking rainstorm we had a couple of months ago.

After that I just came home and relaxed. I also talked in the evening with David, in Tel Aviv, before lighting candles, sipping a little red wine, and eating some challah to welcome Shabbat.

I walked a total of 4.9 kilometers today.