HAPPY GIMP

Yeah, yeah, I know, I usually moan and groan and gripe about nothing of consequence, but today I'm all smiles. What happened? Nothing earthshattering, just nice stuff. I finally got the letter of praise about Zehavit(the detested upstairs neighbor's daughter who is a guard at one of the entrances to the mall in town where my medical clinic is). I printed out a copy for her, one for the company she works for and one for the mall's management and gave them to her to run up to the top floor where the relevant offices are while going in for my annual blood test. After the nurse drained my arm of a gallon or so of blood, I stopped near Zehavit's chair for a fag break and we got to talking. Turns out I was her English teacher in 1994!! It took a while to figure it out as it was so long ago. She was amazed that I remembered her class so well. Teachers always remember their favorite classes and students who stood out for whatever reason. Just now I'm starting to get a picture of her in that class. She was one of the quiet ones and a pretty lousy student. Well behaved but a bit on the dumb side. That was fun and I grinned all the way to the coffee shop. From there I took the video remote to Yehiel, then went on a town wide search for a non electric kettle. I broke my rule about not buying exactly what I want because the one I want costs 350, is cast iron and weights 2 tons. It looks ok, but I really want a pretty enameled one. One day I'll find one and use this one as part of my electricity diet. Electric kettles use lots of the stuff and I'm cutting down where I can.
I rolled in at about 1145 and the phone rang just after TAT started. I answered anyway. Boy am I getting lax. It was from the health Ministry in Safad. They want to come tomorrow for the obligatory home visit for the electric chair. Hmmmm, something must be very wrong in the office. They didn't lose the paperwork yet, and it went really fast. Less than a month after the paperwork was handed in! A new record for the Safad office. I'd better get Orna in to do a quick floor wash, or maybe not...........sometimes a mess is good. I will be on the chair so as to be able to show them how hard it is for me to move it! So, I have a lot to be pleased about.
I was looking through the notes I jotted down while the computer was gone and realized that I forgot to write about the cop who almost got taken to the wedding last week. Monday was the day the settlers set for a quiet roadside demonstration by anti withdrawal drivers. We were all supposed to stop by the side of the road and hold up signs at 1800. We were driving past Rosh Pina when tens of cars stopped and there were cop cars escorting them. The cop cars were in the middle of a two lane part of the road and a cop was standing behind his car. I don't know where he came from, but he almost went to the wedding as a hood ornament! Luck was with me and I swerved and slowed down just in time to miss him. As I have discovered that I can not smoke and drive at the same time, we stopped at Amiad Junction in front of the other demonstrating cars and Child Genius, who went with me, asked "Why?" I told him that it was a fag break and to give the cops time to catch me if they so desired, and in front of everyone so as not to get stuck in the demonstration. Always thinking-that's me!
I'm going to stop thinking now, grab a beer and go out for a Sprintzak Council Meeting in Orna and Danny's yard.