Monday, November 5, 2012

Monday Mundanities: Rains, Claims, And Names

Not the view form my balcony although I can see Jaffa Gate on a clear day.
Towards Jaffa Gate in the rain, from Google Images.
Rain Dances:
It suddenly started pouring with rain - really hard proper rain. This is only the second time in the past 7 months. Everyone was out on their balconies clapping and we could hear cheering from across the street. The first rain of the season is called the Yoreh. This isn't the Yoreh as there was a thunder and lightning storm about five weeks ago. Right at the beginning of October! We were psyched for a sorely needed wet winter (we need about 10 wet winters to fill the Sea of Galilee and The Dead Sea). Then nothing since, until tonight. In the time it's taken me to write this paragraph it's all over.


Creative Supplies Management:
Today I watched the builders across the street load a family car with paving stones meant for the new kindergartens and landscaping they are building. It happened in broad daylight and they were in no hurry. I applaud their ingenuity in helping to make sure there's not a surplus of paving stones for the contractor to deal with later. Especially as he can easily order more if their calculations were off. The car then crawled down the street like it'd been hit by a ton of bricks. Oh yes, it had.








Google Images under name calling
Name Calling:
Today DD came home from kindergarten and told me, "Mummy, today all the friends called me a different name." She couldn't remember what the 'different name' was but she obviously didn't like it. She told me that she'd told the teacher. After that the story falls apart with something about someone being bitten (not her and not by her). I hope this is one of those things that will remain an eternal mystery as I'd prefer no more talk about calling someone a different name.

16 comments:

  1. I like your Monday musings Rachel. I hope there is more rain tomorrow and the next day...As for the swiping of paving stones in broad daylight-well that is a great definition of pure chutpah as well as possibly a few other things!
    Hope the name calling ends as quickly as it began.
    Gilly

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  2. Absolute Chutzpa! And Amen to the other two. Thanks Gilly. xx

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  3. Well, I have never heard of anyone applauding the rain in Ireland, I'd love to see it :)

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    1. It was fun and very special - we were all genuinely excited.

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  4. That's fantastic news. And I'm following this building across the road from you with great glee and anticipation! Good luck with the name business.

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    1. Thanks OSM, I'll post a full account when it's finished. They say another couple of weeks.

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  5. I call my children different names all the time... I call Michal, Talia, Abigail I call Talia and Talia, poor thing - I often call Goldie (our dog) - they are both naughty so I get confused. They are used to it by now and no longer complain.

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  6. DD also has alter-egoes. Silly Sausage when she's being silly, Shmonkey Monkey when she's being mischeivous and something stronger when she's being impossible and I've reached the end of my tether.

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  7. We've had far too rain over here this year; our fields are saturated and the crops probably ruined. It's been a dreadful harvest.

    As for the name calling, girls are terrible for it! Amy came home yesterday and told me about two girls who were laughing at her. I think she was quite upset about it otherwise she probably wouldn't have mentioned it, but I, like you, hope it's a one-off and not a subject brought up again!

    CJ x

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    1. I'm waiting to see if comes up again when I pick her up in half an hour. Fingers crossed.

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  8. I wish I could package and post the amount of rain we have had over here to you - like the unfair distribution of global wealth, the same too applies for the weather! X.

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  9. Maybe I could push for my Rain/sunshine sharing scheme with Israel since Lanzarote doesn't seem interested! I love that lead photo, and your Monday Mundanities. Little one is on a learning curve methinks ;-)

    xx Jazzy

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    1. I hope so about the learning curve. I may have unwittingly complicated things. Woops. I'll blog about it now.

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  10. Gosh that is taking forever to build isn't it? Lovely to hear about the rain... As for the name calling, maybe someone is just a little confused. My son is convinced he has a boy called fullup in his class. He won't believe me that his name is Philip! :D

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  11. I've written the sequel today. It's no less bizarre but unfortunately it hasn't gone away. I think she may be confused by the name they are calling her.

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