Apparently this is supposed to be my “nesting week.” According to my pregnancy book, many women feel a desperate urge to clean\u00a0under shelves and behind cupboards and need to be restrained.\u00a0 Thankfully this is convenient timing as there is a lot of work to be done on our new house.\u00a0 Finally, our kitchen is unpacked and kashered, you can walk from the front door to our stairwell without having to dodge boxes and our bedroom is habitable.\u00a0 Now we just have to find a way to eradicate the cigarette smell that hits you as you walk in.\u00a0 I think we may have to start burning incense.<\/p>\n
Unpacking stuff is actually quite fun (don’t laugh, I have never done this before) and whilst I was thrilled to see my cadburys drinking chocolate, Jojo was really happy to see his cot.\u00a0 In fact he snuggled up with his stuffed animals and went straight to sleep.\u00a0 Poor thing hasn’t been very well, with 3 days of fevers.\u00a0 I went along\u00a0for my checkup with crusty gynacologist and mentioned that he\u00a0hadn’t been\u00a0well.\u00a0\u00a0The Doc\u00a0took one look at me, decided I clearly wasn’t the nervous jewish mother type and marched Jojo off to the paediatrician next door.\u00a0 He\u00a0seemed to think\u00a0I had enough on my plate without the extra worry\u00a0and has clearly encountered women who subconsciously delay their labours as they are concerned about their families needs.\u00a0Very common, apparently.<\/p>\n
Happily, Jojo was given the all clear, and was even\u00a0more cheerful when he got to spend his evening in an outdoor\u00a0sushi restaurant with our hosting friends.\u00a0 A result all around as the waitresses were all very happy to babysit, and were thrilled when Jojo picked them flowers from the pavement and handed them over whilst smiling, bashfully.\u00a0 I am really impressed at how quickly he has taken to flirting.\u00a0 No idea where he picked up his skills.<\/p>\n
Yesterday we attempted to shop for some basic furniture items that our new apartment lacks.\u00a0 The service\u00a0in Office Depot was beyond appalling.\u00a0 I have NO IDEA how anyone makes any money in this country.\u00a0 You actually have to beg them to serve you.\u00a0 There is no “madam, can I help you? Would you like to see it in the mahogany?”\u00a0 You have to wait until an assistant brushes past you, and flag them down like a New York taxi.\u00a0 If anyone tries to cut in front of you then you have to literally shove them out of the way.\u00a0 In the end, whilst navigating the enormous labyrinth that is \u00a0Home Centre we sat down by the desk we had chosen to buy and demanded that they serve us immediately.\u00a0 By which point I was so exhausted from walking around\u00a0the place looking for an assisstant that\u00a0my friend ended up pushing me to the service desk in an office chair.\u00a0 A\u00a0couple of\u00a0people tried to tell us off but we smiled blankly and pretended we didn’t speak hebrew.\u00a0 One has to be cheeky in this country, and besides, at nearly 38 weeks,\u00a0I was past caring.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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