THOUGHTS FROM ABROAD

No, I haven't left Jerusalem. But, whenever my brother Dovidle comes to town and I move in to Bubbie Channah's for the week and a half he's here, it's just like being on vacation. No responsibilities...no cooking/shopping/cleaning/laundry...like living in a little bed and breakfast. And even more fun, it's like being kids again.

When was the last time you moved in to your Mom's place and had your sibling there with you? It's amazing.

So, wanna know what we have been doing? Get this...absolutely nothing. Now, is that great, or what? I have read a book and a half...Bubbie Channah has knitted a sweather for Dovidle's granddaughter, her great-granddaughter...Dovidle has been on the computer playing some game he loves ( boy oh boy and you thought 'bubbles' was addictive ) and since Bubbie Channah lives right in the middle of town (just above Hamashbir and a block away from the Mahaneh Yehudah, the shuk) we don't cook!!!

We lounge around in 'house clothes' and watch TV. My three kids and the babies come to visit. My husband and his brothers have taken Dovidle out for coffee and re-bonded like they do every year when he comes. Our cousins Sheldon and Tsiril surprised us one day with hot pizza and diet coke and a lovely evening of stories from today and yesterday. Sheldon and Bubbie Channah are in the Lottery business together. They buy/they try/ and one day they'll win, tfu tfu tfu.

But the truth is that I'm ready to go home. Back to my own bed...my own life. Back to teaching my students ( davka this week they are all in Eilat on school trips, yahoooo), and would you believe it back to cooking and laundry and stuff.

I guess the best part of a vacation is that it's just that...a vacation. I always think that it's made up of three parts...the planning/the doing/and the memories.

Dovidle will be returning to Boulder, Colorado on Saturday. I miss him already. And don't ask how sad Bubbie Channah is. But we are so lucky. One that he was able to get away and come visit and two that we still have each other.

Dovidle's wife takes this time to fly home to be with her own mom and sister in Springfield, Illinois. So, it works out great for both families.

I am sorry that I haven't been writing every day and visiting your blogs, but give me a couple of days and I'll be back on track.

When I thought of the title for this post I had to laugh...abroad or an old broad? I'll leave that one for you to decide.

Have a great day...stay safe...and thanks for dropping in.