Mucus Music

Between Ben, our landlord Haim (lives next door), and myself we can call our apartement a real symphony of coughing. We are really a pathetic pair right now, but are trying to enjoy our time together as Ben leaves for two weeks straight starting Sunday. The wonderful news however is that Irina (Ben's mom) is coming to ISRAEL!!!! In only about 3 weeks...we are SO excited! I'm sure that will keep us going for a bit:)

I missed three days of Ulpan this week, which in terms of learning the content I think I will be alright, but it was actually rather disappointing not to see my friends in class. Tuesday after Ben left I went to the doctor and they said I had the flu (whatever that means). I was at the pharmacy afterwards just getting some throat losenges and suddenly felt like I was going to pass out....so I sat down. It was rather embarassing (I even threw up in front of the pharmacy staff). I had really low blood pressure, which is weird for me because I think mine is usually pretty good. About 20 minutes later (I think, I guess it could have been two hour or even two minutes), I felt a bit better and called my friend Tatiana to come get me. Ever since then I have felt better (now just a cough/cold/no voice). The good thing that came out of it was that I know I can call Tatiana and her husband David anytime for help. They even said if I need something in the middle of the night to call them. It's nice for me to know they are here for me when Ben is on base.

Despite being sick, we are still enjoying living in Karmiel and making friends here. Unfortunately my camera has decided that it is at the end of its life and is no longer functioning so new pictures/video are a little difficult (impossible) right now. Ben took his camera to base last week though and has some pictures to share from that (it's pretty great to be able to see what goes on and where he is living, it's hard to imagine sometimes). I'm sure he will be sharing those pics here soon.

Take care!