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alias_sqbrWent to the synagogue (Temple David) with Mum today. It was pretty cool! If very confusing: all the prayers are in Hebrew with a transliteration and english translation, and instead of having a separate hymn book with music and choruses etc they just sing a (to me) arbitrary subsection of the prayers. So it was like "Ok, we're singing the first two words again? And...going down three paragraphs and singing that bit then repeating the top line again and...now we're doing that English bit and OH GOD EVERYONE TURNED A PAGE WHERE ARE WE NOW there seems to be a lot of z's in this bit look for z's..."
Mum got us to sit next to her friend who always knows which page to be on and is happy to point it out, which he did indeed do for me when he noticed me being lost. Anyway, it was nice. Not unlike a uniting church service, the woman running things was very down to earth and friendly and there was a naming ceremony for a baby which was really sweet. A lovely sense of community, especially since mum's friends tried to make me feel welcome. And afterwards there were cupcakes! (I couldn't eat them but the kids looked happy)
Other than that: did I mention Cam got a job? He's working from home and quite enjoying it, we've quickly settled into a routine where I don't bug him during work hours unless I have to, but it's still nice having him around and being able to go in and ask if he wants anything from the shops etc.
House continues great! Asides from the many ants, ug. But being near a supermarket and library is super convenient, and being on the top of a hill gives a great view and lovely breezes (useful right now for drying laundry inside) Boxes continue to be opened and full of a mixture of happy suprises and "why didn't we throw this away already" crap. I offered mum some old tapes since her "new" car uses them:
Me: You know, the kind of thing I listened to as a teenager.
Mum: What...oh. That satanic death metal?
Me: It wasn't satanic death metal!
Mum: And it was all in german.
Me: No it wasn't! It was grunge.
Luckily I also had some classical music and Ben Harper, which she was very happy with.
I had a bit of a down swing healthwise recently and right now am recovering from all the standing in the synagogue (I didn't want to embarass mum by looking like a lazy non-jew daughter, especially since the old people were managing) But after that I have high hopes of ACTUALLY SOCIALISING WITH PEOPLE OMG.
Mum got us to sit next to her friend who always knows which page to be on and is happy to point it out, which he did indeed do for me when he noticed me being lost. Anyway, it was nice. Not unlike a uniting church service, the woman running things was very down to earth and friendly and there was a naming ceremony for a baby which was really sweet. A lovely sense of community, especially since mum's friends tried to make me feel welcome. And afterwards there were cupcakes! (I couldn't eat them but the kids looked happy)
Other than that: did I mention Cam got a job? He's working from home and quite enjoying it, we've quickly settled into a routine where I don't bug him during work hours unless I have to, but it's still nice having him around and being able to go in and ask if he wants anything from the shops etc.
House continues great! Asides from the many ants, ug. But being near a supermarket and library is super convenient, and being on the top of a hill gives a great view and lovely breezes (useful right now for drying laundry inside) Boxes continue to be opened and full of a mixture of happy suprises and "why didn't we throw this away already" crap. I offered mum some old tapes since her "new" car uses them:
Me: You know, the kind of thing I listened to as a teenager.
Mum: What...oh. That satanic death metal?
Me: It wasn't satanic death metal!
Mum: And it was all in german.
Me: No it wasn't! It was grunge.
Luckily I also had some classical music and Ben Harper, which she was very happy with.
I had a bit of a down swing healthwise recently and right now am recovering from all the standing in the synagogue (I didn't want to embarass mum by looking like a lazy non-jew daughter, especially since the old people were managing) But after that I have high hopes of ACTUALLY SOCIALISING WITH PEOPLE OMG.
