Tel Aviv
Wednesday, September 26, 2007
Tuesday, OLeif became CPR-certified for a year. He pulled out a signed card from his wallet. Collette was relieved to know that if she were ever to find herself choking to death, she knew someone who could save her life.
Wednesday morning, Carrie had news:
“So Kitts called me. And it looks like the trip to Israel starts December 30th.”
Collette suddenly had a tantalizing opportunity: Capernaum, Nazareth, Jerusalem, Megiddo, and perhaps one of her most favorite places in the world: Masada. Not only was it a tour of the ancient, somewhat dangerous country, but the two weeks included archaeological excavation in Tamar. Those who were interested could tack on another three days to visit Petra (another marvelous site) and the Red Sea.
“So far, Kitts and I are going, and probably Relevance. And if you come, then I wouldn’t have to be bunk buddies with some stranger.”
Collette had a lot of thinking to do on the subject.
Meanwhile, Joe returned from class. He pulled on a pair of slightly worn purple shoes and tied the laces.
“Climbing shoes. Worth two hundred dollars – for free. A guy at The Green Lantern gave them to me.”
Collette knew what Joe’s next hobby would be.
Puck had discovered the art of sticking his tongue between his lips and sucking on it. He thought this was a wonderful thing and smiled while doing it.
“I found some Halloween costumes for him,” said Rose. “One’s a skunk and the other is a chili pepper. They’re so cute.”
Puck squealed, holding on to both of his feet.
“He’s going to be in my trouble maker’s club,” said Rose. “Wait till he starts crawling. We have some plans.”
Rose then made him a turban out of a hand towel.
Carrie was in the kitchen baking lemon poppyseed muffins and preparing lunch: fried eggplant and mushrooms wrapped in sour cream, Romaine lettuce, and a tortilla. Then she taught Collette the Arabic alphabet.
Mom was packing for her weekend in Ohio with Grandma, Aunt Petunia, Joy Tecumseh, and Joy’s sister.
It was a gray day, mostly from start to finish.