Friday, 7 November 2014

I slept pretty well last night but got up a bit late, so the only walk was down to the bakery to get challah for Shabbat.

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

We had lunch at Greg Café today. I ate a sabich salad, and David ordered ravioli with mushroom cream sauce. However, he didn't like the ravioli, saying it was too starchy, so they do it back and didn't charge us for it, and he ordered a piece of chocolate cake instead.

Afterwards, we drove up the Arava as far as Samar and then returned.

As the light was about to fade in our lovely valley, we lit candles, drank wine, and ate challah to celebrate the arrival of Shabbat.

ושמרו בני ישראל את השבת

לעשות את השבת לדורותם ברית עולם

בני ובן ישראל אות היא לעולם

כי ששת ימים עשה יי את השמיים ואת הארץ

וביום השביעי שבת ויינפש

"And the children of Israel will keep the Sabbath

To make the Sabbath an eternal covenant for all their generations

Between Me and the children of Israel it is a sign

For in six day HaShem made the heavens and the earth

And on the seventh day rest and was refreshed"

Thursday, 6 November 2014

I slept somewhat erratically last night, but I woke up early, walked to the gym, and had a nice short work-out there. I don't dare go on most machines, though, for fear of further damaging my torn shoulder muscle.

Last night I discovered that I had used up all my Coldex pills, so this morning I made a quick trip to the pharmacy to get more.

I taught 12 units of Berlitz lessons today (9 hours!): 10:00-11:30, 11:30-1:00, 2:30-4:00, 4:00-5:30, 5:30-7:00, and 7:00-8:30. In fact, I'm still finishing the last class in the 6-hour afternoon marathon!

We went to Buddha Burgers for lunch today and had a nice meal.

Wednesday, 5 November 2014

I took both Arcoxia AND Optalgin last night (which the pharmacist had told me was okay to do), and I slept well with almost no pain at all. This morning, I got up fairly early and got in a nice walk to the gym and back.

I taught 11 units of Berlitz lesson today: 9:00-10:30, 10:30-12:00, 12:00-1:30, 3:30-5:00, 5:00-6:30, and 7:00-7:45.

I ordered food delivered from Chooka today for lunch. In a reversal of our usuals, David had sushi, and I had chiang mai.

One hundred and twenty years ago today (5 November 1894), in the town of Fort Benton, Montana, on the banks of the Missouri River, my father, Benton Wareham was born. His parents didn't actually live in the town but on a farm somewhere nearby. I've visited Fort Benton twice -- the first time with my parents when I was a child in the early 60's, and the second time, with David, in 2002.

Tuesday, 4 November 2014

I slept somewhat poorly last night, although in the end I think I got enough sleep. But I had trouble with aching and pain in my shoulder and arm, so I got up late and didn't get out for a walk.

This morning I really enjoyed the weekly English speakers' meeting at WIZO. A member who grew up in a small city in northeastern England spoke about her experiences there. It was very interesting.

We had veggie burgers for lunch at home today.

I taught 6 units of Berlitz lessons this afternoon and evening: 2:30-4:00, 4:00-5:30, and 6:00-7:30.

Monday, 3 November 2014

I had another night of good sleep and another great walk and work-out in the morning.

I taught 12 units (9 hours!) of Berlitz lessons today: 9:00-10:30, 10:30-12:00, 12:00-1:30, 2:30-4:00, 4:00-5:30, and 5:45-7:15.

We had lunch at home today, eating several leftover dishes.

Sunday, 2 November 2014

I took 2 optalgin pills last night and had a great night's sleep with no trouble at all from my shoulder, much to my surprise. I got up early, walked to the gym, went for a short time on the cross-trainer, and walked back home.

I had a productive morning this morning, getting many errands run and appointments made.

For lunch, I walked down to the local bakery (Shibolim) and got a grilled cheese sandwich for David and 4 burekas for me, which I brought back home for us to eat here.

I made some progress on my Swift/iOS programming class today, too.

Shabbat, 1 November 2014

Between shoulder pain and a stubborn sinus (the one that often has trouble draining), I had quite a bit of trouble sleeping well last night. I got up late and have continued to have unexplained shoulder pain off and on throughout the day. I hope this is not a new trend, but I fear that it might be.

I watched 2 or 3 video lectures from my Swift/iOS programming class today, but I didn't get much else done.

David didn't feel like getting up and going out for lunch today, so I ordered a single veggie burger and a large order of onion rings from Barbis delivered to our door.