This week’s is a double edition because I didn’t post over Chol Hamoed.
Hi, there. I hope you had a nice break from the everyday over YT. I know YT is often not simple. My experience this time was that I was not dreading it going in, but found it surprisingly more difficult than expected. I will write more next week bn about some things that I was thinking and feeling over the past week. (Looking back I see that I wrote an almost identical paragraph after Succos. Lol.)
First days, two of my siblings came with their families, and second days, a different sibling came with hers. There was some overlap over Chol Hamoed. I worked a half day on erev YT, full day Monday and half of Tuesday (and am back at work today).
Over Pesach, I finished rereading The Secret Garden and followed that with a book about The Secret Garden called Unearthing The Secret Garden. I also read Eat Your Ice Cream by Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel (a somewhat polarizing figure, but I liked the book). And I started Dopamine Kids, by Dr. Michaeleen Doucleef.
One day of Chol Hamoed, I walked in Central Park (before work) and saw cherry blossoms (there were many trees in bloom on Pilgrim Hill), which was one of the items on my spring list. I also saw the Alice in Wonderland sculpture, which I always like to visit. And of course I indulged in my little hobby of reading and photographing bench dedications – I noted one in honor of “Simcha and Dan’s First Date / May 20, 2006.”
My step count was over 13,000 by 10:30 that morning! On the days I am in the city, my step count often soars (although this was unusually high for one morning). We had a guest one meal first days who lives on the Upper West Side of Manhattan and she told me her daily step count is regularly 20,000+. Another reason I want to live in the city…so many interesting places, and reasons, to walk…
Speaking of cherry blossoms, I finally completed the cherry blossoms Lego set I got from my supervisor holiday time (it was on my “secret snowflake” wish list). I did it with my niece, who is 3, and the set is recommended for ages 8 and up, so this took a lot of patience and determination on her part (the pieces are tiny), and I was quite amazed by her.
Also, I got REAL ID! Random, but I was able to grab an appointment erev second days, and though it was scheduled for 9:20, I got there right before the DMV opened at 8 and was done by 8:30.
Wishing you an easy transition to “after Pesach,” and have a restful Shabbos!
(Photo credit: Dresden Benke/Pexels)
