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'''August 24th 2007'''

This week was a very active one.  We spent shabbat in Haifa as I mentioned we
would last week, and got to the customs office there early so we could free our
shipment.  They told us we would get our shipment by Thursday at the latest; we
actually got it Tuesday - finally, something moved faster than we're expecting!

Most of this week has been spent lugging boxes from here to there, unpacking and
trying to find a good spot for each item.  I would like to report I lost weight
from all the physical activity, but not just yet...

Daniela arrived on Monday, and we met up with her at the Kotel (the Western
Wall) and had dinner with her.  She was exhausted from her trip, and we were
tired from our Haifa excursion so it made for interesting table conversation.
But B"H, she made it and now the Aaron family is together again (more or less,
she's in Jerusalem and we're about an hour's bus ride away from where she is).

Now that the house is filled (literally) with our stuff, it is beginning to
actually feel like home again.  Even more so since I stuffed our empty boxes
with the packing paper, and have been building a sound-insulation wall between
us and the neighbors downstairs.  The woman there has a shrieking scream that I
am sure can wake the dead - and she screams all the time.  But now, B"H, thanks
to the RonWare "Let Me Sleep (tm) Sound Barrier", life has improved here.

Sarah began her school this Thursday, much to her chagrin.  It seems that
although it's a much bigger school than the one she came from (27 in her class,
which is one of three in tenth grade), it is no better organized than the Chabad
school was.  I guess it's a Jewish thing...  She has made some acquaintances,
and one of the girls we met over Shabbat two weeks ago is in her class and can
give her help understanding what's going on. 

This shabbat we are staying home, and having home-style food (our home, that
is!).  We are really looking forward to that.  It's a learning process,
figuring out how things should be arranged, what works, what doesn't.  We'll be
trying out a new synagogue tonight and tomorrow - it's almost next-door, which
is a big win with the heat being so ferocious right now.  Hopefully we'll feel
comfortable there.  I'll let you know next week...

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