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Wedding
On Thursday night I went to a wedding of the son of old friends from my teenage years. The parents and I had loads of adventures together in England in the 1970s - early 80s, from camping in the Wye Valley to campaigning for the freedom of Jews in Soviet Russia. We moved to Israel around the same time. We spent Shabbatot (pl. of Shabbat) together, I celebrated with them the births and Bar/Bat Mitzvas of each of their four children, I worked with the wife for a few years in educational publishing where we wrote maths textbooks together, and they offered me their garden for a baby blessing party for DD.
More about weddings in Israel in another post, but suffice to say this one was lots of fun. Lots of old friends from those early years, lots of catching up and lots of great dancing to music from our era. Perhaps belting out the words to 'I Will Survive!' which aren't the most appropriate lyrics for a wedding, was a bit strange but we went with the flow.
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Sleepover
Going to a wedding requires extensive pre-planning on my part. I have to rush home from work, shower and change, if it's a day that DD has gymnastics - take DD to gymnastics, arrange for her to get from Gymnastics to my friend Sarit who graciously has her to stay for the night*, organize how DD will get from Sarit's to school in the morning**, find my way to the agreed meeting point to get a ride to the wedding, make sure my ride is also willing to bring me home again afterwards, and only then relax and enjoy.
*Think about it. If I get home some time after midnight, apart from the enormous cost of a babysitter, what would I then do with the babysitter? I wouldn't expect someone to walk home at that time of night and I don't have a car to take her, nor would I put a teenage girl in a taxi on her own at that time of night.
**On this occasion I let DD miss Stupid Friday at school - stupid because it finishes at 11.45 - and Sarit dropped her off here on her way out.
This is actually the second wedding I've been to in two weeks. It's wedding season. Sarit had DD both times so big big thank you. xxx
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63 Up
There was much talk about the long awaited 63 Up which was screened in the UK over three nights this week. Again, I want to write a whole post about it, but I found all the amazing episodes, even 63 Up, on You Tube and binge-watched the whole lot. Coupled with the wedding I went to, the program makes you assess your own life as well as watching the lives of the Up 'children'. The series is charming and alarming and I can see why the participants dread it coming around every seven years. Anyway, more about that in a different blog.
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Blogging Along
Last week I committed to blogging every day in June. I managed four days out of seven this week. This was largely due to binge-watching Up on Wednesday, work and the wedding on Thursday and a final push to finish report writing on Friday followed by conking out in the early evening. But hey, I'm fine with 4/7. It's better than 4/31 which is about what I managed last month - not even four I think. I'm still up for it and hope to do better from now on.
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Shavuot
Tonight and tomorrow is the festival of Shavuot (lit. Weeks). Traditionally we're celebrating the end of the seven-week grain harvest that started with the barley harvest on Pesach (Passover) and continued with the wheat harvest. Later they tagged celebrating the giving of the Torah on Mt Sinai, onto this harvest festival. Lots of eating, especially cheesecake. Again, more about this in its own blog post.
Have a good week y'all.
You ave bene a busy girl, but the wedding sounds lots of fun and I hope DD enjoyed her sleepover too. Mich x
ReplyDeleteYes she did. She likes the company of Sarit's son too.
DeleteWell that certainly was a busy week - but it does sound like fun. Can't wait to hear more about the wedding. It's strange to have it be the children of our friends going through all these life changes isn't it?
ReplyDeleteWhy do social things always seem to come in clumps? I had a day out with a friend to celebrate her birthday - a concert for "Last Night of the Proms" with my social group (supper out first) and then on Friday went with the same group to a tour of the Redpath Sugar museum. All my life I've watched the ships coming into the harbour and docking at the factory but I've never been for the tour. This factory covers over 10 acres of prime waterfront and runs 24 hrs/day - 365 days per year!
Monday night it's a speakers series event - Tues. I teach and Thursday night there is a fundraising concert to attend - at some point in time I do have to try and get this apt. cleaned! No rest for the wicked as they say! :-) Have a great week.
As I said to Mich above, on her blog, when you look back on a great week it won't be one where you just relaxed every day and did nothing. But I do hope you get a couple of quiet days soon to catch up with yourself. xxx
DeleteI'm amazed you managed 4/7 this week, you sound so busy! I hope you had a wonderful time at the wedding, sounds like a great catch up x
ReplyDeleteYes thanks, the wedding was great. I'm hoping for a quieter week ahead.
DeleteI love weddings, they are such joyful occasions, so glad you could go.
ReplyDeleteOT have we discussed before that you used to camp in the Wye Valley? You know that's where I grew up? I still think about it as it is such a beautiful area xx
It is beautiful. I think that if I ever did Escape to the Country I'd be drawn to Herefordshire or South Wales.
DeleteSo glad you got to celebrate your friends' special day. I have to admit to being glad I don't get out much so no baby sitters.
ReplyDeleteI don't go out at all in the evenings unless it's a very special occasion or it's something that DD can come to with me. Weddings are special but I only go if I know one of the couple getting married. E.g. I don't go when colleagues are making a wedding for a child and I don't know their child. (Well not child exactly, bykwim)
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