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\"\"<\/a>Number of Cockroach Sightings:\u00a03 <\/strong><\/p>\n

(2 baby escapees\u00a0in\u00a0the flat\u00a0and\u00a0the other\u00a0dead in the yoghurt section of Supersol)<\/strong><\/p>\n

It’s not exactly rocket science.\u00a0 I mean, what’s everyone’s first word here?<\/p>\n

Bamba.\u00a0 Obviously.<\/p>\n

He randomly started asking for it \u00a0by name in the middle of Supersol, sounded very cute I have to say.\u00a0 Husband very peed off as he can’t abide the smell of peanuts, so if\u00a0I give them to Jojo then he has to be hosed down afterwards.\u00a0 (I told him I had to put up with a lot more horrendous smells in pregnancy, and he will just have to cope).<\/p>\n

I interviewed a lovely\u00a0doula<\/a> today, who took one look at me and asked when the baby had dropped.\u00a0 I told her and she confirmed exactly what I was thinking, baby looks very<\/em> low.\u00a0 Slightly concerning as we have nowhere to live and haven’t unpacked our shipment (although thank goodness I packed a labour bag and some new baby essentials in our suitcases – just in case!)\u00a0 Anyway my new plan of action is to eat loads and loads of food and lie on the on the sofa in a zen-like trance\u00a0so that the baby decides there is no reason to move out just yet.<\/p>\n

We were invited to a brit today, which we declined as we had plans (yes I know you are not supposed to do that but you are also not supposed to be “invited” in the first place)!\u00a0 Anyway at the last minute our arrangements were cancelled so we called our rabbi-friend 15 minutes before it started and asked how to get there and what the dress code was for these things.\u00a0 He told us shabbat clothes so I dug up a skirt, the\u00a0boys got ready in minutes and we bummed a ride with\u00a0him expecting a dingy hall, casually dressed Israeli with\u00a0a few burekas\u00a0and maybe some cake.<\/p>\n

Never have I been so wrong in an assumption!<\/p>\n

We walked into what looked like a wedding. <\/em>Beautiful hall decked out all in white, smartly dressed Israelis (yes really!), a gorgeous reception, everything laid out for a proper dinner all centred round a beautiful GIANT throne like you have never seen.\u00a0 Jojo and I headed straight for the sushi, husband for the meat counter.\u00a0 I was introduced to the mother of the baby who\u00a0had that amazingly calm demeanour that some Israeli women seem to have even during stressful times.\u00a0 The mohel turned out to be the brother of the half-yemenite guy I met in shul.\u00a0 About 6 foot 5, dressed in white from head to toe and generating the most marvellous atmosphere I have ever witnessed at a brit.\u00a0 The singing was absolutely beautiful, and seemed to calm the gorgeous new baby, who\u00a0lay there in a princely manner, enjoying copious amounts of wine (my son was only given\u00a0crappy sugar water, poor sod).\u00a0 They handed out hadasim (myrtle branches) to all and sundry, a custom I have never witnessed and the mohel gave the baby a very long sefardi-style\u00a0blessing, wishing him success in life as far as his chupa.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Of course I started\u00a0weeping as soon as the little baby did, what with the raging hormones.\u00a0 \u00a0Jojo was very excited pointing “baby! baby!” and I was relieved\u00a0to see that it\u00a0didn’t bring back his own experience or dredge up any kind of post-traumatic stress disorder.\u00a0 Not so for the older men though, and although many were standing bravely near the action, I did see quite a few of them turn pale.<\/p>\n

Anyway I got hold of the mohel’s card, just in case we need him (apparently he shlepps all over the country and only asks for what people can afford, a true mensch) although I didn’t get much chance to interview him.\u00a0 He sat at our table and was quickly brought his meal and as he looked rather hungry I decided to leave him be, since in my experience it’s never a good idea to come between a man and his meat.\u00a0 The food was truly wonderful, it seems that one gets a lot more for ones money in terms of cuisine, which is something we discovered when organising our wedding here, years ago.\u00a0 The salads in this country are inspired, and people do amazingly creative things with aubergines.\u00a0 Jojo ate like a king and after helping me with giant slab of chocolate-thing dessert decided to\u00a0burn off\u00a0his sugar rush by running and spinning\u00a0all over the place and chasing a little girl about his size in a red-checked dress.\u00a0 What a goer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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