A Hodgepodge

1. As a convention, I adopted (on and off) the practice of writing "b"h" (aka b'ezrat hashem- with the help of G-d) on many of my papers at some point, stopped at a later point, and started again at some point this year: it seemed like a good reminder of G-d's involvement in the world and in my life. More recently, as in this week, I've been wondering though, what it really means. It seems almost presumptuous, even for someone with panentheist tendencies.

2. I think I must be fighting off a cold, I've been awfully tired of late.

3. This is the second week in a row where Tuesday has started to feel a bit like Wednesday by eveningtime for some reason.

4. I got to help with and observe my lead educator's class yesterday, and it was a really good experience. I'll be subbing for her next week, so she wants to get me all set for that. I'm introducing the next prayer they're working on tomorrow so that she can give me some tips.

5. Speaking of such, the head of the religious school emailed me to see if I wanted to pick up a job as an aide for the kindergarten for 2 hours on Thursdays. It would be a great chance to get to work with littler kids, but I'm not sure it's wise in terms of having time to do work and work on my thesis. And I have class until 3, so getting there on time would not precisely be easy, and possibly not doable. I'd probably have to learn the highway route for the way there, which would be OK but a hassle. I really ought ot turn it down, but there's this part of me that wants to do it. I'll probably say no. But...

6. I need to start thinking about what I'm doing with February break. The first weekend there are about a gizillion things going on: Tamaron (Israeli Dance Workshop, widely reputed to be crowded and worthless, but which I've never been to, and I actually have the time off...), Jews in the Woods (another event I've heard a lot about, much of it good), a Yiddish day in NYC that sounds really quite cool that my teacher has been pushing us to attend if we can, and something else- I'm forgetting what now.

A Hodgepodge

1. As a convention, I adopted (on and off) the practice of writing "b"h" (aka b'ezrat hashem- with the help of G-d) on many of my papers at some point, stopped at a later point, and started again at some point this year: it seemed like a good reminder of G-d's involvement in the world and in my life. More recently, as in this week, I've been wondering though, what it really means. It seems almost presumptuous, even for someone with panentheist tendencies.

2. I think I must be fighting off a cold, I've been awfully tired of late.

3. This is the second week in a row where Tuesday has started to feel a bit like Wednesday by eveningtime for some reason.

4. I got to help with and observe my lead educator's class yesterday, and it was a really good experience. I'll be subbing for her next week, so she wants to get me all set for that. I'm introducing the next prayer they're working on tomorrow so that she can give me some tips.

5. Speaking of such, the head of the religious school emailed me to see if I wanted to pick up a job as an aide for the kindergarten for 2 hours on Thursdays. It would be a great chance to get to work with littler kids, but I'm not sure it's wise in terms of having time to do work and work on my thesis. And I have class until 3, so getting there on time would not precisely be easy, and possibly not doable. I'd probably have to learn the highway route for the way there, which would be OK but a hassle. I really ought ot turn it down, but there's this part of me that wants to do it. I'll probably say no. But...

6. I need to start thinking about what I'm doing with February break. The first weekend there are about a gizillion things going on: Tamaron (Israeli Dance Workshop, widely reputed to be crowded and worthless, but which I've never been to, and I actually have the time off...), Jews in the Woods (another event I've heard a lot about, much of it good), a Yiddish day in NYC that sounds really quite cool that my teacher has been pushing us to attend if we can, and something else- I'm forgetting what now.