Sunday, August 16, 2015
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bearshortyMostly a quiet day. I made Tanya's soup in the morning and chicken for us. Got a chance to read too while Bear took her out for playground and nap. I finally finished a current issue of National Geographic. Now I just have to catch up on July and June.
I also read my Dante chapters for the week in the afternoon: we are up to Inferno, Canto 21-22. I read this book twice before but it was so long ago that I don't remember the details. How I forgot demons who make 'trumpet sound out of an ass' I really don't know. I'm definitely having fun with this project. I think after this year of reading Dante is over next June, I'll tackle 'Paradise Lost' this way - I read 2/3 of it before stopping aND wold lIke to finish at some point.
At 4:30, we went over to Yeva's since her Mom wanted to show me the plants I will need to water while they are all on vacation in a few weeks. (I'm a terrible choice since I'm not great at keeping plants alive but Yeva doesn't trust many people to do it). We hung out there with Yeva, her Mom and brother for a few hours. Yeva's Mom also put together a lovely dinner. Tanya had some bread and had an Israeli yogurt with a spoon. She ate by herself, clumsily, with a lot over her hands and face but she ate most of it sitting on my lap. It was great to be more social again. We also checked out Yeva's Mom's new apartment renovations (Yeva bought an apartment two doors down from her parents in the same apartment building. Her Dad, who died last year, wanted her settled in before he died.) It was really well done renovations. Great floors, especially.
Yeva got us thinking about buying our own place. We wanted to wait a few more years, to get better jobs perhaps. But with the price of rents lately, as I read just today, it might be cheaper to buy sooner. And we do have some money saved for downpayment. We'll see. We do need to think about it and crunch the numbers for sure.
I also read my Dante chapters for the week in the afternoon: we are up to Inferno, Canto 21-22. I read this book twice before but it was so long ago that I don't remember the details. How I forgot demons who make 'trumpet sound out of an ass' I really don't know. I'm definitely having fun with this project. I think after this year of reading Dante is over next June, I'll tackle 'Paradise Lost' this way - I read 2/3 of it before stopping aND wold lIke to finish at some point.
At 4:30, we went over to Yeva's since her Mom wanted to show me the plants I will need to water while they are all on vacation in a few weeks. (I'm a terrible choice since I'm not great at keeping plants alive but Yeva doesn't trust many people to do it). We hung out there with Yeva, her Mom and brother for a few hours. Yeva's Mom also put together a lovely dinner. Tanya had some bread and had an Israeli yogurt with a spoon. She ate by herself, clumsily, with a lot over her hands and face but she ate most of it sitting on my lap. It was great to be more social again. We also checked out Yeva's Mom's new apartment renovations (Yeva bought an apartment two doors down from her parents in the same apartment building. Her Dad, who died last year, wanted her settled in before he died.) It was really well done renovations. Great floors, especially.
Yeva got us thinking about buying our own place. We wanted to wait a few more years, to get better jobs perhaps. But with the price of rents lately, as I read just today, it might be cheaper to buy sooner. And we do have some money saved for downpayment. We'll see. We do need to think about it and crunch the numbers for sure.