Other stuff also happened today, but the biggie was getting BSM enrolled in daycare. This is important for both of our developments. He needs to be with other children, and I need some time off. Daycare starts Wednesday.
Also today, Mrs. Orna called me to tell me about Yishuv stuff, and then ended up inviting me to go swimming at a nearby Yishuv. Spontaneity (leaving within half an hour) is not generally my thing, but I figured friends are friends, and getting out of the house with BSM is getting out of the house, so I went for it. When we got there, it turned out that Monday afternoons are men's swimming hours: women are Monday morning and Tuesday afternoon, among other times. I was not at all shocked, so not terribly disappointed, either.
Mrs. Orna, who checked when women's swim is, was much more disappointed, but she luckily had a backup plan. So it was that instead of paying 45 shekel/adult (and 30-something for kids over 3) to go swimming, we paid 5 shekel/head and went to a mini-zoo, instead. Unfortunately, there was no one collecting money at the zoo; there was just a collection box with a sign explaining that non-residents should kindly pay the posted cost. I had exactly 3.40 in change, and some folding money, so now I owe Mrs. Orna 10 shekel.
I enjoy little zoos where you don't need to walk everywhere and get all tired. This was a nice-sized, shady park with a nice, in no way overwhelming, variety of animals. Surprisingly, BSM loved, loved, loved the rabbits. As in, he cried when I pulled him away from their enclosure so we could move on to other animals with the Ornas. Luckily, the next exhibit was birds, and BSM loves birds almost as much as he loves cats. So he was quickly pacified :)
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