chicken and bread

while there is a lot going on in the world politically, I thought I'd turn the focus back on ME. No thats not M.E. as in Middle East, I'm talking about yours truly, the person who runs this blog! Everyone I talk to someone back home (on email or phone) they always ask "how are things going with you? what have you been up to?" my response is generally, "its on my blog." While my blog's focus transcends the local and assesses the global, in reality there's a lot that goes on with me. Besides the fun random parties (which are actually quite rare with my crazy schedule), which hat my friend Alan is wearing, and who's who at the shuk. well, not too much more, but here goes. Can I do it...

Lately I've had the craving for chicken and bread (dajaaja wa hubs in Arabic). I have not been able to go shopping for 3 days because all the stores close during Shabbat (every Friday and Saturday). Totally inconvenient. There ARE a few stores in town that are actually open like the Russian markets, but you need a car to get there. The bus does not run on these fine days of Shabbat either. Something in the Bible about "a day of rest" which to this secular society (founded on Judaism, and at that time there was a religious justification for the creation of a Zionist state) really means TWO days of inconvenience for non-Jews. Soooo... you caught me. I can't blog without getting political, or religious, as the two are intertwined and such a big part of MY life, here in the Holy Land. The good news is that the classes I am taking right now are all so very much what I want to learn about, thus I am quickly becoming an expert on these matters, thereby gaining legitimate ground to stand on.

So about the chicken. You've heard me mention "schwarma" stands here on this blog, and as much as I LOVE schwarma, eating out more than once a week does not comply with the limits of my current bank account (ie overdrawn). By divine intervention (ok, via the bus), i had the opportunity to visit my favorite grocery store "supersol" (written in Hebrew characters) and load up. Not only did I buy a loaf of bread (unheard of for me) but also one of those pre-cooked rotisserie chickens, you know the kind sitting under the heat lamp. mmmmm tayyib (tasty in Arabic). both items together cost me about the cost of 2 schwarma pitas... and will last me quite a few days longer. so my tummy is happy, my cravings satisfied, and I also had a little time to meditate tonight, much needed in this tumultuous part of the world.