Sunday classes started at 7:30 AM. I think one of the hardest things
was getting used to the arrangement of the work week. Sunday is their
Monday and it felt like Monday. So most of the time we don't know what
day it is and certainly don't know the date.
Jet lag hit me hard Saturday and Sunday nights when I could hardly sleep
at all. I say it was jet lag but it might have been that I was stupidly
reading the newest Jo Nesbo murder mystery that I had picked up at the
airport. As soon as I finished the book, I was able to sleep. The book,
Phantom, was wonderful and I share.
The last two weeks are hard to explain. Every day, Sunday through
Thursday, we get up at 5:30 AM, shower, eat something and walk a couple
of miles to school. Most of the trip is flat but the last half a mile is
up hill like everything else in Jerusalem. Some days I have to take a
break for a minute but if we slow down a little I can do it without
stopping. Don't forget we both have backpacks on filled with books and
lunch and cameras and iPads etc. And a few pills et al. You never know.
We stay at the school to around 5:30 PM, walk towards home, stop and
window shop and eat and then go home. I have been meeting on various
evenings people I know from Israel or Americans who are currently in
Jerusalem. It has been fun but it makes our days long and difficult to
study since we are so tired by the time we hit the front door. And
that's also why this is summary, not a day by day account of my every
emotion. Another reason this is a summery is that actually I have had
not much to write about. Everything has been nice. And nice and blogs
don't go together.
Judy
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