This morning, Shoshi and I went on (half) of an outing with the ulpan group. We got a guided tour of Beit Shean and the old Kibbutz Gesher, then drove back (in Shoshi's car) to our kibbutz to nurse our babies while the rest of the ulpan group went on to another hike. I had a very nice time (as did Shoshi): it's nice to get out and see the sights. Our minds were thoroughly blown: in the Roman period, our dinky little nothing of a Beit Shean was the trade and fashion center of the region. Huge, I tell you. It's crazy: today's "city" of 16,000 was a metropolis of 50,000. I'm still reeling. Also, it's beautiful.
Baby update of the day is that he plays catch (kind of). If I put him in a cardboard box with a bunch of plastic fruit/playpen balls (thanks, Grandama!), he will throw the balls out of the box, and--much to his delight--I will toss them back into the box. It's catch!
In other news, I filed my taxes in under 2 hours tonight. Yay, TurboTax, right? Well, they are still amazing (note the "I filed my taxes in under 2 hours"), but they changed the rules, and I had to pay $75 this year, instead of last year's $30, even though nothing changed on my end. (Before you say, "But you moved overseas!" I'd like to remind you that I moved in 2014.) Now they make you bump up a level if you have a 1099-SA form, and I do. Boo.
Also, this is no fault of TurboTax, but because of how my maternity leave pay was filed, I have to mail my return rather than e-filing it. Not technically a huge deal, but it means (a) finding a printer and (b) getting a real copy of one of my forms, rather than just knowing the value of every box. It also means I have to mail envelopes overseas. Fat envelopes.
So good news and bad news, but mostly good news. Oh, and Babe-O is crying. Incentive for me to get my tush toward bed!
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