Seven days of camp down.... 36 to go.
I'm so tired from these kids and I swear that I didn't do anything today. I took the kids to Malibu Grand Prix and acted as a glorified babysitter and that was basically it.... nevertheless I'm wastedly tired.
Tonight I am teaching one of the Preschyska stories that I learned from my rabbi in Israel to my minyan crowd here. Passing on the hasidish love.
Tuesday, June 26, 2007
Sunday, June 24, 2007
Blessings
I was lost and now I'm found. This has been the longest break I have taken from blogging since beginning this thing just about a year ago. Actually, I managed to miss my own anniversary... my first post was June 12, 2006. Happy one year to JustDontDigOnSwine! Many of you know that things have changed rather dramatically in my life since I posted last. I left one Ir Hakodesh for....er.... another.... and then ..... another. After Jtown, I spent two weeks in NY dancing around the living room with my nieces, buying some new clothes, and wrapping up my formal Dorot life. Oy! These fellows with whom I shared my sorrow and growth will forever be part of my life story. There are so many ways that I want to thank each of them. I just dream of the opportunity. There were specific stories I wanted to tell, like our silent goodbye, like learning from former fellows about what it means to pursue a dream risks and all, and like some of my plans for the future, but as I've said many times that must wait.
Then I moved on to another Ir Hakodesh, SF, a place I have blogged about numerous times and really suits me more than any other so far. I returned to my minyan where friends welcomed me home and I knew I was.... home, that is. Within days I started my day camp job and since then I have taken 20 twelve year olds to Big Sur and back. Yes, we almost died when one of the campers (he has Aspergers) pulled the key out of the ignition as we drove down the freeway, but almost is the operative word here. I think the campers had a good time; I returned them to parents thoroughly exhausted and sunburned.
The blessings that I experience daily in this city astound me. I am blessed by the coincidence of a bus that takes me door to door from my home to work in 10 minutes. I am blessed that my *other* schul is holding morning minyan in exactly the place where I am working. Hello, no excuses! I am blessed that I have terrific friends who have cooked me beautiful, tasty and healthy food many times over. I see blessings in the glorious sun, the sunset that kisses the Pacific Ocean behind the Golden Gate. I am blessed by a wonderful place to live, terrific co— counselors, a rockin free concert of Idan Raichel today in Stern Grove, gay pride, a family wedding where my great aunt and uncle (ages 94 and 102 respectively) attended and danced, did I mention how fantastic my friends are?, kickball in GG park, yoga studios on every corner, Peets Coffee (not that I can afford it anymore), ve'chulay.
Please accept my apology for being out of touch. I desperately wanted a summer away from my computer, and that's what I got, so this blogging thing may be sporadic and my email time is limited. That said, I'm here, give a call.
Shavua tov. Looking forward to the week ahead.
Then I moved on to another Ir Hakodesh, SF, a place I have blogged about numerous times and really suits me more than any other so far. I returned to my minyan where friends welcomed me home and I knew I was.... home, that is. Within days I started my day camp job and since then I have taken 20 twelve year olds to Big Sur and back. Yes, we almost died when one of the campers (he has Aspergers) pulled the key out of the ignition as we drove down the freeway, but almost is the operative word here. I think the campers had a good time; I returned them to parents thoroughly exhausted and sunburned.
The blessings that I experience daily in this city astound me. I am blessed by the coincidence of a bus that takes me door to door from my home to work in 10 minutes. I am blessed that my *other* schul is holding morning minyan in exactly the place where I am working. Hello, no excuses! I am blessed that I have terrific friends who have cooked me beautiful, tasty and healthy food many times over. I see blessings in the glorious sun, the sunset that kisses the Pacific Ocean behind the Golden Gate. I am blessed by a wonderful place to live, terrific co— counselors, a rockin free concert of Idan Raichel today in Stern Grove, gay pride, a family wedding where my great aunt and uncle (ages 94 and 102 respectively) attended and danced, did I mention how fantastic my friends are?, kickball in GG park, yoga studios on every corner, Peets Coffee (not that I can afford it anymore), ve'chulay.
Please accept my apology for being out of touch. I desperately wanted a summer away from my computer, and that's what I got, so this blogging thing may be sporadic and my email time is limited. That said, I'm here, give a call.
Shavua tov. Looking forward to the week ahead.
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