Thanksgiving Parts 2 and 3 and the Return to School

We learned that the uncle and aunt etc had done turkey and the other thanksgiving stuff on Thursday at their own home, so we decided to do the turkey Friday night rather than saving it for Saturday's family get together meal. So Friday night we had the turkey and relevant type stuff, although the potatoes fell by the wayside, and are still living uncooked in my parents' back hall. But then, I have potatoes that I've had sitting around for longer than that: I ought to make them sometime soon. But it was a nice meal, timed to fit in between when my mother got home from work and when zodiacmg and I left for shul. Going to friday night services at the local Conservative shul reminded me of exactly how completely musically unskilled that congregation is, and how unenthusiastic they sound. Friday night especially was rather sad. The young man leading the service was a current UJ rabbinical student, who I hadn't seen and recognized (I think I've seen him before this) in quite a while, which was rather interesting. His leading made me realize that being in rabbinical school as such does not really give one so many chances to lead davenning: his reading was sort of either rusty or inexperienced or something.

Saturday we went to davenning again, came home and the grandparents were already here, and then the uncle, aunt and little cousins arrived, the last of whom were quite adorable. We all hung around for a bit, and then Dad returned with pizza and we had lunch. Just as we were finishing lunch though, I got dizzy and went to lay down, and eventually went upstairs and napped until the end of Shabbat- needless to say, I missed the rest of the visit. At night we rewatched Sleeper which I hadn't seen in ages, and zodaicmg hadn't seen. And some folks came over: a new friend of Dad's and her husband, and after a little bit of interaction with them, I ducked out- it wasn't a great conversation for the not-feeling-quite-right.

This morning I got up and slowly got packed and whatnot, and Dad drove us back to campus, at which point he also took a look/listen at/to my car and told me not to worry about it- he isn't at all sure that anything at all is wrong, and if it is, it's really unlikely to be anything major, which is quite reassuring. (It's been a bit louder than it was previously of late, which has been making me nervous, since I lack experience with such issues.) I think I'll make an appointment to get it looked at anyways, but I'm much less nervous about it. Of course, I got a ticket for parking somewhere overnight that I oughtn't have, since there were no spots in the parking lot at my appartment, and I didn't see any "no overnight parking" signs. But it may be easier just to pay it than to contest it. I don't know. I'll take a look tomorrow and get to know my street signs. But for now, I have a space in the parking lot again. At least for the moment. And I'm starting to feel better, so hopefully I won't be impeded tomorrow in going to classes, work and dancing. We'll see.

Thanksgiving Parts 2 and 3 and the Return to School

We learned that the uncle and aunt etc had done turkey and the other thanksgiving stuff on Thursday at their own home, so we decided to do the turkey Friday night rather than saving it for Saturday's family get together meal. So Friday night we had the turkey and relevant type stuff, although the potatoes fell by the wayside, and are still living uncooked in my parents' back hall. But then, I have potatoes that I've had sitting around for longer than that: I ought to make them sometime soon. But it was a nice meal, timed to fit in between when my mother got home from work and when zodiacmg and I left for shul. Going to friday night services at the local Conservative shul reminded me of exactly how completely musically unskilled that congregation is, and how unenthusiastic they sound. Friday night especially was rather sad. The young man leading the service was a current UJ rabbinical student, who I hadn't seen and recognized (I think I've seen him before this) in quite a while, which was rather interesting. His leading made me realize that being in rabbinical school as such does not really give one so many chances to lead davenning: his reading was sort of either rusty or inexperienced or something.

Saturday we went to davenning again, came home and the grandparents were already here, and then the uncle, aunt and little cousins arrived, the last of whom were quite adorable. We all hung around for a bit, and then Dad returned with pizza and we had lunch. Just as we were finishing lunch though, I got dizzy and went to lay down, and eventually went upstairs and napped until the end of Shabbat- needless to say, I missed the rest of the visit. At night we rewatched Sleeper which I hadn't seen in ages, and zodaicmg hadn't seen. And some folks came over: a new friend of Dad's and her husband, and after a little bit of interaction with them, I ducked out- it wasn't a great conversation for the not-feeling-quite-right.

This morning I got up and slowly got packed and whatnot, and Dad drove us back to campus, at which point he also took a look/listen at/to my car and told me not to worry about it- he isn't at all sure that anything at all is wrong, and if it is, it's really unlikely to be anything major, which is quite reassuring. (It's been a bit louder than it was previously of late, which has been making me nervous, since I lack experience with such issues.) I think I'll make an appointment to get it looked at anyways, but I'm much less nervous about it. Of course, I got a ticket for parking somewhere overnight that I oughtn't have, since there were no spots in the parking lot at my appartment, and I didn't see any "no overnight parking" signs. But it may be easier just to pay it than to contest it. I don't know. I'll take a look tomorrow and get to know my street signs. But for now, I have a space in the parking lot again. At least for the moment. And I'm starting to feel better, so hopefully I won't be impeded tomorrow in going to classes, work and dancing. We'll see.