Quiet day

Jungle petshop today

 Today was a decidedly slow day as I had planned. That didn't mean I slept in. I woke up at 2.30am and did some reading before going down at 3am to drink some hot water to soothe my asthma. Another student was also there, so we chatted and ate a very early breakfast of turkey hotdogs (which I bought the day before) and buns. By 4am I started doing the weekend chores ... preparing the laundry, cleaning the room, watering the plants, throwing the garbage ... there's alot to do. 

At 8am I had to walk to the Rosary Sisters convent in west Jerusalem, to meet up with the filipino community because they had brought fresh kangkong and green papayas planted in the coastal city of Netanya 120km away. It was very nice of them ... I cooked in the kangkong in sambal immediately when I got home. The green papayas are for the MC sisters in Nablus who make wonderful chutney.

Chapel of the Ivrea sisters

On the way home, I stopped by Jungle Petshop to say hi to my friends working there, and watch the fish in the tanks. I bought some pastries at English Cake bakery ... something which I have not done for the past 1.5 years. Then passing by Hillel Cafe, I met 2 of our students having brunch. I joined them for a cup of coffee and they went off to buy some computer stuff, while I walked home slowly under the 32 degree heat.

The afternoon passed slowly as well ... between drowsing off with Buddy and JJ, and cleaning the room. The 2 birds were having some great quality time with me and they refused to go to sleep at sunset, so I had to carry them to their roost to make them sleep.

I'm planning to have a very quiet week. One student has offered to celebrate Mass at the Ivrea convent on my behalf so I can rest in the mornings. I'll not go to work in both libraries. Instead my plan is to rest and get my BP down to 110/70 again. That means letting the Chinese sisters do acupressure massages and reflexology as well.