I am sorry the updates have been so sporadic, but life really is intense… by the time the girls are in bed I am so tired, all I can do is read emails (usually procrastinate about answering) and check on some websites… I haven’t been reading or even watching TV… It’s kind of sad when you’ve been living in a country for two months and you have NO idea what is on TV… But I hope this will change very soon.
We are in the midst of the third week of school. The girls are doing quite well, although Danielle had a breakdown the other day and told her teacher that she “either wants to know how to read already, or go back to
Kids here are SO busy here, it is unbelievable… Everything is so intense… Maya & Danielle take horseback riding lessons once a week, they swim twice a week. All three take a ceramics class once a week, Maya has youth group meetings (TZOFIM which is the Israeli scouts) BTW to out Highland Park readers, they are the troupe of teenagers who come from Israel every summer and perform at Port Clinton, who knows you may see her on stage in a few years J. In reality, Danielle is the one who decided to pursue a theatrical career. She is in a song and dance troupe (that also takes up 2 hours of her week) They will be performing in community events and such… No we all do remember that non of them drive right??!!! Do you start to get an idea of why I am SO tired? Why this blog is never updated? And why I have two books that I have been eager to read, and I haven’t even seen anything beyond the cover of? Now I know some people will comment about limiting your child’s extra curricular activities… But I figured, they have so many changes in their lives, if there are things that make them feel good, as well as allow them to develop social connections then… I did put my foot down when it came to gymnastics…
I haven’t developed a life beyond the girls yet… L I did however, get us a membership to the health club this week and hope to resume my work out routine ASAP. I was happy to see that they have the same machines I used at lifetime (same brand and everything – even if there are only 2 compared to Lifetime’s 20- all I need is one J ). A joining gift I received 3 sessions with a personal trainer. I am psyched.
One of the things that has been keeping me down is a girl from the Neuroblastoma world. I made a decision that this blog will be about us, not Neuroblastoma, but for the past two weeks I’ve been thinking, mourning and following this amazing young girl… If you want to get a sense of where I’ve been go to her site… christithomas.blogspot.com It will not be an easy visit, but this is one amazing family, and this girl who is now loosing her battle is one very, very special young lady…
Lior has been having play dates and spreading her social wings… She is having the best time of the three J The other day she asked if there was school everyday in Israel, when I said, no not on Saturday she made a sad face and said “oh too bad, I love school.” Oh I forgot to mention that I a room mother for each of the three classrooms… I am the treasurer of Lior’s class ( I am sure Ofer got a good laugh out of this one). My sister in law was shocked when she first found out her initial reaction was “are you crazy? Didn’t I tell you not to volunteer for ANYTHING?!!!” did I mention she is a teacher J. I figured my focus this year is getting the girls acclimated, I think a part of it is getting to know their school environment, and more importantly, having the schools know me J.
I do have some pictures to upload, but I need to recharge the camera, so I decided to update and load them later.
I will try to do this more often. Thanks for checking in!!
Be safe and be well,
Love,
Ronit
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