Too much food, not enough sleep

I had wanted to post this on Friday afternoon before the start of Sabbath. But in the middle of composing it, I had a problem with my laptop. First things first, I ran the virus detection software and it found upwards of 260 items! When I tried to remove all those items something weird happened and the list disappeared, so I started running the program again, and it was still running when Sabbath began. Fortunately, this evening we were able to successfully delete all those files, and things look okay, at least for the moment.

We have had a wonderful Passover so far. But no matter how you do it, Passover is an exhausting holiday: too much food, a good deal of energy used preparing, serving, and cleaning up that food, and not enough sleep. We took as many shortcuts as we could, using catered food and disposable dinner ware, but we are just not so young any more, plus we have both been fighting colds. So it is only as we begin to regain our energy that I can really begin to appreciate just how nice it all was.

Our Sedarim were quiet, just Dina and her family and the two of us. Joshua and Ella were active participants, and Ella was especially determined to read in Hebrew, which she did quite well. The weather during the first days continued to be cold so we were not able to spend time out of doors. But today was a beautiful day and much warmer. Although we were primarily indoors, it was nice not to feel that arctic blast the minute we walked out the door. We went to synagogue in the morning and then the whole family had lunch at Simmie and Ronen’s house. 

In the days before the holiday began, many of our inboxes were filled with various amusing bits, including parodies of the Oscar-winning song “Let it Go” from the movie Frozen. If you have not yet seen this one, take a couple of minutes to watch.

There have been quite a few videos made with the song “Happy” by Pharrell Williams; I shared one a few weeks back. Here's another you might enjoy.

A few more days of the holiday, then we put our apartment back together and head back to New York for a bit. I will check in once we are settled. Meanwhile, have a great week!

Love,

Rebecca