It's raining, It's Pouring

it is 1:00 p.m. in the holy city of safed.  I am just waiting for the rain to let down for a moment so I can run down to the supermarket.  I promised the kids kinder chocolates.  you know, the chocolate covered eggs with a prize inside?.  the kids don't eat the chocolate but they cherish these mini toys.  I have been with the kids since last Saturday night.  the parents went away for 5 days on vacation.  the Sephardi grandma has been chauffeuring them to and from school so I've had it easy.  I haven't had to go out in this miserable weather to pick them up.

they have demanded that I sleep with them so I have been catching up on some most needed sleep.  I feel better but I still cough. my grandson is sick again after having a throat infection.  he also coughs all night.  I haven't really walked or had any physical exertion in weeks.  I am badly out of shape.  I was supposed to sit in a rehearsal of a friend's play this morning but I cancelled.  my throat was killing me and even though it was on the next block, I couldn't get myself together to go out.  I have to get the kinder and probably some veggies for Shabbat.  the kids are returning to safed on Friday morning.

I will cook Shabbat food and they can have the option of staying here or taking the food home.  it is supposed to snow on Friday.  my home is freezing even though I have electric heaters going on in each room.  I washed all of the kids' clothes but it's all still wet in the bedroom. I left a heater on and I hope that it will dry by tomorrow.  I kind of disassembled the drier downstairs.  I need to buy a new hose.  I hardly need it.  I have a drier upstairs that I bought for the kids when they married. I'm afraid to use it and possibly burn the kids' clothing.

it has been a bit hard getting the kids up in the morning and ready for school. I forgot to help the granddaughter with her Hebrew homework last night. I couldn't really understand the instructions. I've been here for over 30 years and still can't read simple Hebrew.  shame on me!  I ran to the supermarket yesterday to buy Colgate toothpaste.  we were trying to make homemade slime.  none of the recipes that we saw online worked.  I simply couldn't get to town to buy the more serious of materials, like borax.  I doubt that they even have it here.

we tried shampoo, dish soap and salt and then we tried it with sugar. we also tried toothpaste, dish soap and salt.  and we tried four and dish soap. we froze it. I don't have a micro grill.  I didn't have any face mask, lens solution or mucilage glue or Elmer's in the house. I can't really say it was fun. my grandson is very sweet in bed.  he covers me and hugs me until he falls asleep.  my granddaughter is the opposite.  she grabs me in inappropriate places, calls me names and rips off my head covering.  if I pass gas, the two of them howl with laughter.  I know that I snore but it didn't keep the kids from sleeping.

it will be strange when they go home.  it will be so quiet without them.  the kids, mostly play by themselves when they aren't online or watching movies.  it's not like i'm needed all that much.  yes, I had to wake them up and help dress them and bathe them at night but they kept themselves busy. I may be getting a new handbag as a gift.  I'm sure there is no shortage of leather goods in Italy.  my daughter-in-law is sick.  poor thing has a throat infection. what a drag to be on vacation when you are sick.

the weather hasn't really let up.  I may just shower and hit the road.  who knows what will be tomorrow.  I will need to cook and to clean the house.  it is truly trashed.