Whither from here?

Posted at 10:32 PM, Tuesday, May 27, 2008

It's been twelve days since my last blog entry, and although I've had several very fine ideas for entries since them, I haven't been able to muster the time or energy. I admit I've spent some time tracking down people on Facebook. Joel Neft, my very first bar mitzvah student at the Beth Samuel Jewish Center, is my 30th friend. Joel has 433 friends on Facebook, which makes me feel rather socially inferior. But it's true that I have been a grumpy Facebook user and routinely turn down offers of plants, hugs, and causes.

It may well be time to sign off for a while. As a Beit Shalom member and regular reader noted, "You're here." I think I'm mostly settled, despite the occasional bumps and surprises. We move from challenge to challenge with our kids, which makes us pretty much like all other parents. Other activites include trying to keep the cat off the dining room table, gearing up to pick several hundred oranges off our tree, and calculating whether we can hang out the laundry without too much fear of rain--we have had 2 1/2 inches of rain so far this month! My days and evenings are pretty well filled with synagogue or family-related activities, and I look forward to collapsing at the end of each day.

One way you can keep with us at least a bit is to check out the synagogue's website www.bshalomadel.com You can download our newsletter, see photos of what's been happening, and read my monthly attempts at wisdom. And it's entirely possible that I'll get enthusiastic about the project in a month or two and start writing again. Why stop at 146 entries?