I have officially been in pain for seven months straight with few days in-between where the pain was officially gone for a couple of hours. Meanwhile, I’m trying to get my things together before I leave for Israel. Laundry, medications, packing. I have a one-page paper to write and a five-page paper due by the… Continue reading In pain for seven months
Hello, guess what? I don’t have really bad carpal tunnel. It’s only mild. That’s the good news. Instead, I’m battling the forces of evil fibromyalgia and Dragon Speaking Software and doctors who know diddly squat about my pain. Oh, more good news, I can withstand more pain (physically and mentally) than I ever thought I… Continue reading I’m baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaack….
Monday was a good day. Nothing say loving like waking up at 2pm. Wasn’t a hard day by any means. I purchased Season 1 of Firefly over the internet and had to go pick it up so my sister could catch up before watching the film based on the series, Serenity. Great flick if you’ve… Continue reading Monday, ah, Monday
I paid all the bills…except the $141 (air purifiers, heater) for the Con Ed bill. Right and after paying all the bills, I have about three dollars to my name for the next month and whatever’s in the fridge now (and luckily in the pantry) is whatever I will be eating (Thanks AC!) but all… Continue reading Money stress
Okay, not ET but Igor (yay!) called from Machon Shlomo in Jerusalem to discuss the prospect of flying over for an interview with the Fellows program. That’s how I got started teaching and I’m already set to finish my MS in Secondary Education in May of 2006! Anyway, Igor’s call automatically made me think about… Continue reading ET Phone Home!
So I visited a Sephardic shul in midtown east for my Friday night meal under the sukkah. The place was beautiful. The singing had a Middle Eastern twang. The food was unidentifiable except for something called “kipe” that Dominicans eat and call the same thing. So, while I may look Sephardic…or at least Israeli according… Continue reading Going on "Sephardic"
Check out what I USED to do part-time before teaching:My Movie Review! This weekend was quite a spectacle. It all started because I had massive back pain (which is now just left-hand pain which will make me stop typing soon!). Anyway, instead of crashing with the fab Devora, I stuck to KJ and its peeps… Continue reading Blast from the Past
I have eaten one meal. My head may fall off. Ouch. Body hurts. Stomach freaking out. 7pm and still at school creating charts and making copies of stuff. SIGH. Want to move to Israel and pray and study all day. Refuse to teach children. Cannot make complete sentences. Hold me.
—To love myself more—To fall out of love—To have more faith in G-d and G-d’s plan for my future—To learn to read Hebrew (and understand it)—To go kashrut (kosher)—To visit Israel—To become the best Jew I can be (which has to start by actually becoming a Jew!)—To help my students pass the Regents—To make more… Continue reading New Year’s Resolutions
The shofar blows and you know you ARE Jewish (even without the prescribed conversion). American Express credits your account $200+ dollars on the second day of Rosh Hashanah because you spent so much, they’re giving you a rebate. Still owe $310 this month but that’s down significantly. Your best friend (stationed in Israel) sends you… Continue reading You know it’s a happy new year when…
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