Ben and Bethami's Musings

Sitting here tonight, not feeling too great, provides time for Ben and I to talk, as opposed to doing dishes, doing laundry, cleaning up, work. We read together, joke, read blogs and news over eachothers shoulders.
Our findings:

• There can be deep meaning in Douglas Adams. I knew this before, apparently its something new to Ben. Hooray for Gold spouses convinced! Hat tip to the other Gold in-law. Hamevin Yavin.
  

• One of the good things about our parenting is that we aren't really addicted to TV, we have Shabbat, and we have only one child. We have a lot of time to talk about our days, Eden's day, analyze, criticize, and improve. I don't know how people do it when they don't have Shabbat, watch extraordinary amounts of TV, or have 3 under 5. Since most people we know have one out of the three, and most people we know are also really great parents, I suppose that everyone must find a way to do it well.

• The picture on jpost of the soldier killed today in Gaza, St.- Sgt. Dvir Emanuelof is a really great one. He looks like a wonderful person and we are mourning his death tonight.

• We have two close friends waiting to give birth - my friend triLcat and Ben's sister. Those happy waitings mixed with the dreadful waiting coming from Gaza makes for some mighty waiting this month.

• Found a blog written by someone who says about themselves, "I am a hard-to-define Orthodox Jew." Haven't you just defined yourself now? Aren't you an Orthodox Jew? If that's not a label, I don't know what is. Bloggers are funny - don't we all over-analyze ourselves in our little bios?

What did you find the last time you sat with your SO/best friend?