Who ordered this?

I should have been in bed 30 minutes ago but I am addicted to the show House and I can’t stop watching old episodes, one after another.  They are all new for me so they are exciting.

Anyway, another warm day here in Israel.  Ben rode his bike to school again and Talia got as far as the corner on her bike before she asked me to take it back home for her b/c her bag was too heavy and was throwing her off balance.

This morning I played tennis with a new friend from 10-11.  It was really, really hot on the courts and I was dying!!  I got nice color, actually.  A good base.  Back to the important stuff, the tennis was great.  I finally found someone to play with who is on my level and really good.  She hits as hard as I do, which is hard to find!  We are playing again next Tuesday.  Yay.  We just hit this time.  Next time I imagine we’ll try playing a real game. 

This afternoon after Ben came home from English and we dropped Talia off at English, Keren, Ben and I went to the park.  Ben had a couple of friends there and he was very happy.  I like going to the park in the evening with the kids b/c there are usually Israelis hanging out then and I get to practice my non-existent Hebrew.  It was cute b/c most of the kids in ganim had their faces painted for Adar.  I forgot that every day something goes on here during this crazy month.  Talia has to wear gold tomorrow (gold?!!?) and we are scrambling here trying to find her things that are gold.  Luckily, her friend’s mother is a teacher and has access to many resources in her school so she helped us out a bit.  Meanwhile, there is very little learning going on in school.

We came home and ate what I thought was going to be a yummy supper that I prepared this afternoon.  I made beef with scallions.  I don’t think I’ve made it in 2 years or maybe even more.  The kids were excited for it.  It bombed!!  Instead, I gave them chicken nuggets and rice with ketchup.  I could have made that in minutes!  Oh well!  I didn’t care for it much myself either.  Tomorrow is fish and Eric is making a new recipe.. chili…  I’ll keep you posted on that one.