it is 6:30 p.m. in the holy city of safed. shabbat ended abut an hour ago. it turned out to be a lovely, warm and sunny day. the house is already freezing and in winter mode. it was not so sunny in the morning. it definitely looked like rain. the dogs woke me up at the usual 7:00 a.m. i took them out at 11:00 p.m. last night but it didn't stop them from getting me up early. i was pretty tired this morning. i usually go to bed early on friday night. i find that during the week; i don't make it to bed before 3:00 a.m. since shabbat comes in at 5:00 p.m. now; it is very difficult to fall asleep right after the meal.
i do doze off during the day while i am watching television. i tried very hard not to nap today. i usually cannot fall asleep on saturday night. i had my shabbat lunch at about 10:30 a.m. i had chicken and mushy rice. i had a huge bowl of raw oats with chopped peanuts, banana, figs and blueberries at 8:00 a.m. i put it in the food processor before shabbat and made it into a paste like consistency. i then added some coconut rice milk. the local supermarket was all out of the almond milk. i actually like the coconut rice milk but i think the almond is probably better for you.
i finished eating last night about 7:00 p.m. but i stayed and schmoozed with the clan downstairs until nearly 11:00 p.m.. everyone was noshing on candy and popsicles and nuts. the amount of soda consumed was outrageous. i had a cup of hot water with fresh mint. i couldn't eat another thing. i ate chicken wings and a chopped meat filled pastry before shabbat. i was pretty full. the pastry was made from spelt and quite filling. it didn't stop me from partaking in a home made pita at dinner. i had a bit of egg salad and a slice of tilapia with greasy carrots.
i didn't leave my house last week except to take the dogs out. it was a record rainfall. in some places in israel it flooded. it was also quite cold and windy. i really enjoyed staying in all week and not having to brave the rain. i stayed in bed and watched a ton of movies. i have been holed up inside for nearly nine months. most of it has been due to the covid. i finally started taking long walks and then we had a monster heat wave and once again; we seniors were told to stay inside. i sat shiva and went into isolation for a couple more weeks and then we had another lockdown for the jewish holidays. i think i jut gave up after that and decided to stay in.
i decided to get out this morning and take a walk. i met up with my friend from the neighborhood and we went over to visit another gal pal. i was dressed for winter and the sun was pretty strong. i was very uncomfortable. i actually, was pretty sweaty when we got back. i quickly got back into sweats and lay down for a while with the pooches. i got up and had a plate of cooked wheat from the cholent. i saved the chicken for the dogs. it was very tasty. the sephardi grandma added a bit of date syrup to the stew.
i just made a shake with a banana and some blueberries. i thought i wanted it but in the end; i put it back onto the fridge for tomorrow. i do want a snack but i think that i hit the peanut butter pretty hard already today. i can't have a yogurt because i ate the wheat that was cooked with chicken. i also had my figs consumption earlier. i do have cucumbers. who knows? maybe a cuke would be nice right now. i need to go food shopping tomorrow. i need fruit and more almond milk.
the kids might be coming for shabbat and i need to get some stickers and chatchkas and treats. i am planning to go to town. i haven't been there in awhile. i might even walk there if the weather stays dry. my granddaughter what's app'd me on thursday on her way home from school. i was a bit embarrassed but i didn't know what day it was. she didn't know how to say it in english but she did tell me that the next day was shabbat. i was pretty shocked. i thought that it might be wednesday. oh well.....
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