Baby It's Cold Outside

it is 8:00 a.m. in the holy city of safed.  i just got back from taking the dogs out.  it was nice and brisk outside.  we seem to have a family of mongoose down the street.  i'm not sure of what the plural is.  the dogs were sniffing away for quite a while.  we have one mongoose at the yeshiva.  the guys named him Patrick.  he used to hang with the cats but he was afraid of them.  i read that they actually do, make good pets.  once Patrick came over to me while i was sitting on the ground, and sat beside me for awhile.  he then gave me a 'love' bite.  it was a bit odd and i was a bit shocked.  he now lives in the wadi and comes to visit every so often. i am always happy to see him and offer him some food.  i haven't met his wife and kids.

i am truly stoked.  today is Thursday and the end of the work week for me.  i have to make one breakfast, two lunches and one supper.  we got a vegetable order yesterday, so i will make a spicy soup with large chunks of pumpkin, zucchini, carrots and potatoes and serve it with couscous.  i'll probably make shepherd's pie for supper.  if not, i'll make mashed potatoes and stuffed peppers.  last night i made meatloaf and carrot kugel.  i also left a huge can of corn for them on the electric platter.  there was also a pot of mushroom barley soup leftover from lunch and a bit of noodle kugel.  i enjoyed two bowls of soup and a good hunk of noodle kugel before i left.  i eat whatever i want these days, as long as it is sugar free.  i enjoyed a fair amount of sweet potatoes yesterday for lunch.

i usually eat at the yeshiva now. i, simply return home too late to have supper.  i don't eat anything after 7:30 p.m.  intermittent fasting has been working for me and i managed to lose twenty pounds.  I'm back to my picture on the blog, weight wise.  unfortunately, looks wise, not real close.  i am pushing 70 and i no longer wear makeup or a red wig.  i know i look old.  one of these days i will update my picture.  i am hoping that there might be a nice shot of me from the recent bris of my new grandson. i was dressed well; all in black, and wore a silver turban. i might have had a tad of silver eye shadow on, too.  i try not to smile much because i have a large gap in my top teeth.  one of these days i'll get them bonded.

it has been freezing here lately.  they are predicting snow.  we have had a record amount of rain and i have been trekking to work throughout it all. i do take a fair amount of taxis.  i used to love to walk in the rain.  it is no fun at this point in my life; to come home wet from work to a cold house.  i do leave heaters on but i cannot afford to use the central heating system anymore.  the computer blog room is absolutely, freezing.  i can hardly feel my toes.  i sleep with a heater on every night.  the dogs like it too.  i have been crashing on a small t.v. couch with an enormous puffy comforter.  the dogs sleep under it, too.  i can hear the wind blowing.  living on a mountain is noisy.  i think it is time to break my fast. i have managed to do 14 hours a few times this week.  my fanatic friend does 16 hours every day.