A full Sunday

We had a busy day today. As I mentioned in my previous post, we contacted ביטוח לאומי Bituach L'umi (Israel's equivalent of U.S. Social Security) to get some necessary documents.

After that, we called our friend, Golan, about a couple of baby snakes that we have who have been refusing to eat. Then we took them over to him to see if he can get them to eat.

Today, we had the first real rain that we've had since Spring. It first started after quite a bit of thundering while we were in town. Then it let up for a while, but, just as we were driving out the driveway to take the baby snakes to Golan, it began raining again in earnest. All the way down the hill, it continued to rain quite hard. But by the time we got to Meron (about 5 or 6 miles away), it began to let up, and after Gush Khalav it quit entirely. Even though I really don't like rain, I'm glad to see this because we really need the water. Israel is approaching a pretty serious water crisis, the Kinneret is getting dangerously low, and we really need to get a lot of precipitation this year, including snow on the Golan and, especially, Har Khermon.

After leaving Golan's place (at Kibbutz Metsuba, near Shlomi and not far from Nahariya), we drove over to Nahariya and ate at Greg's. David had fettucini and I had yam ravioli, both of them with Alfredo sauce. It was delicious!

A friend of ours from synagogue, Rose, who is in her mid-80s, is in the hospital because she fell and broke her pelvis. So, while we were in the area, we went to the hospital to visit her. She was glad to see us, and we were very happy to see how well she is doing. She is insisting on getting physical therapy and is determined to get back to walking again. We had a delightful conversation with her and were very pleased with her positive and sparkling attitude.

After leaving there, we drove to Karmiel to check on the cost of renting musical instruments from a store there. Basically, the answer is that it's really too expensive, but it's good to know, anyway.

Finally, we drove home, staying in the car for a few minutes after backing it into the driveway to watch the lightning to the north of us. Here at home, though, it was clear, and we could see stars. More rain is expected over the next 2 or 3 days, though, accompanied by thunder storms and high winds.