The Tale Of The Forgotten Sweater

Things have been kind of boring lately. Mostly I've been studying for finals and taking driving lessons. Riveting stuff, I know...

I took my last final yesterday morning and now I'm just waiting for grades (fingers crossed that I passed all of them!). Finals actually weren't to bad this semester and I'm feeling good about things.

Yesterday I picked Hadassah up from gan. Getting her from gan wasn't much of a problem but things went south on the way home. We got about two blocks away from the gan before Hadassah stopped walking and began to frantically search through her bag. Unable to find whatever treasure she had been looking for, she promptly burst into tears.

Hadassah: I have a thing for my arms so I'm not be cold!

Me: You're cold!? *stares at her in disbelief as sweat drips off my face*

Hadassah: Nooooo! In gan! *burts into tears*  I am have sometin so I'm not be cold! 

Me: You have a sweater in gan?

Hadassah: *nods head*

Me: Um, OK....

Hadassah: We need to go get it! *still crying*

Me: Uhhhh, maybe we'll get it tomorrow

Lavi:  EEEEEEEE! *sees bird and shrieks in delight*

Hadassah: Noooo! We need to go now!

Me: OK but we're almost home now so they'll save it for you and we'll get it tomorrow.

Hadassah: I need it now! *continues crying uncontrollably*

Me: Are you cold now?

Hadassah: No. *still crying*
Lavi: *still shrieking at presumably deaf bird*

Me: So how about we go home and watch a nice movie and tomorrow we'll get the sweater from gan?
Hadassah: *sniffles* ok... The princess with the long hair?

Me: Sure...

Hadassah: Ok

We made it home without any further mentions of the forgotten sweater. Hadassah went straight to the couch when we walked in and reminded me to put on the movie about the princess with the long hair. She also said we should put the air conditioning on because apparently, it was hot outside.

Next week I start my second rotation in the hospital. This time I'll be working in internal medicine which I've been assured is much more interesting than E.N.T. and I've heard only good things about the staff. 

I'm pretty excited to be in a ward where I can learn a lot and really be hands on with the patients. 

Maybe we'll even get some good stories out of it! 

The Trials And Tribulations Of Traffic Circles

I'd like to take a moment to share my feelings about traffic circles...

I don't get them.

My driving instructor has gone to great lengths to try and explain them to me, including drawing some diagrams and raising his arms in frustration and despair almost every time I unsuccessfully try and use one. But I just can't seem to figure them out.

The idea is simple enough in itself. You slow down as you approach the circle and if there are no cars coming at you, you enter the circle and somehow maneuver the wheel in a complex series of twists and turns to magically get the car to come out of the circle where you want it to.

I've discovered that the most important part of this delicate procedure is to NOT use the blinkers (or as my Israeli driving instructor likes to call them, winkers). Using the blinkers helps the other drivers know where you want to go and we can't have them knowing that because apparently, its a secret.

Aside from my difficulty using traffic circles, driving lessons are going all right. I've been told that learning how to drive is a bit of a learning curve.

Between you and me, I'm just glad that its not a traffic circle.