Here's the big news around these parts:
We had Cousin Jillian over for Shabbat. Which is really a big deal when you consider that NO ONE has been to our house for a Shabbat meal for the past 8 months. While we would have hosted probably 30 times since March, instead we had one--ONE--guest. Wow. No pressure, Jillian. It was really a great Shabbos together. Thankfully, none of us had forgotten how to have manners when necessary (I was getting a little worried.....). She's a total sweetie and, once we made up our "rules" for the weekend ("can we hug?" "are we supposed to wear masks aside from when eating?") and decided our "covid pod" now numbers 6 and includes Jillian, we dispensed with masks and hugged with reckless abandon (which no longer sounds like a silly thing to say). It was wonderful to have a Shabbos that felt so totally normal in a way that almost nothing has for the past 8 months.
In Covid-related news, Israel's numbers are going down, thankfully, and outdoor malls and stores were allowed to open yesterday. Here's a "before" and "after" shot of swanky Mamila Mall just outside the Old City. It was SO nice to go to work yesterday and have the mall be alive with people instead of feeling like something out of a Scooby Doo episode: |
Grades 1-4 in Israel went back to school last week and it was great to see kids walking around with backpacks and having some sort of normal schedule. Predictably, a few days later there was an outcry by some parents asking for their children to go to school without masks on. Somehow they seem not to understand that the choice is likely "go to school with a mask on" or "sit at home NOT in school and don't wear a mask"....Ilana's school is trying out a program of having classes a few hours several times a week in outside yards. Today was the first one. So far, so good :)
And finally, a recent favorite in "puppy cam"
So I guess the update is a little boring, but boring is fine by me. You know that curse, right--"May you live in interesting times"?
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