Kiss Me I'm a Vegetarian

We were supposed to go to the Jerusalem Biblical Zoo. We got up early. We bought bagels for lunch and we waited at the bus stop. And we waited. And waited. Max bought a deck of cards at the shekel-and-a-half store. We played War. Max beat me. We played War again. I won. Still, no bus.

Finally, the 26 pulled up and we hopped on. But at the that point it was already 11:30 and when the bus driver said the route would stop running around 2:30 I knew we would have to get off at the next stop. 2 hours at the zoo (when it costs more than 40 shekels to get in) just wouldn't be enough. We ate our bagels on a little spot of grass on the side of the road and then headed home.

I defrosted the freezer which was, I guess, a plus to the day. It was a 2 hour ordeal and involved a lot of hot water, a bent knife, and the growing feeling that I had to "beat" the ice. I took a lovely afternoon nap before dinner with our neighbor Darja. I made spaghetti and "meat"balls (from a great Israeli brand of frozen vegetarian products) and strawberry salad.

The night ended with an episode of The Wire, a Skype call with my parents, and the promise of fruit shakes and lunch tomorrow from Darja.