BABY!

It is so exciting that Tzipora has a new baby boy. I went to visit her on Thursday straight after interning. The maternity ward is a happy place- lots of balloons and buzz and flowers. I was the only one there at the time, so it was nice to have some one-on-one bonding time with her. The baby is actually pretty good-looking for a newborn, and so sweet and small. I’m happy I went.

Then I hung out with Dave and Danielle down on St. Marks at the Hummus Place, where we were with a large group of Dave’s friends. Chloe and Fred, a couple there, were really cute, and I hope that this general group hangs out more. It was fun. And thursday night, boy did it snow. When I woke up on Friday there was no chance I was going to go to work. So instead, I trekked down to the gym, had a wonderful long workout, and then met Ayala for a spontaneous coffee date in the Sony Wonder building. Note about that coffee- very expensive, but boy was it YUM! I have to remember that.

And then I took the bus home, and Mum sent me some fabulous text messages about how I should pick up some beer and chickpeas so we can have our own little shalom zachor. She actually wrote one text which read “aint it great to be legal?” It was quite funny to me, and definitely earned some chuckles.

It’s good to be chilling at home right now. I get lazy here, which is kind of good I think. I got my work in tonight, and now I have been spending the past few hours working on Chloe’s birthday present. It’s finished now, and very pretty. I made a collage online at snapfish, with a bunch of photos of us and some of the ‘co.’ as you’d call it. I hope it comes out as good as I think it will. On the bottom of it, it says “Chloe: With you I cry, but more laughter is the sound You’re the best friend I could have ever found.” Totally stole it from her V-day poem to me, but it works so well. I had to.