Day 2

Full disclosure, not to expect that every day will have a post. Although that might be fun, like how I counted all the traffic circles that drove the husband crazy. Haha. But driving in Israel, lord, it'll be a while till I'll try it.

Thankfully everyone slept last night. At 2 am we heard crying from our eldest, that he misses Sharon and a particular friend who will try to video later today when the hours match up. This stage is hard because while you do meet amazing neighbors, it's the kids who make new friends and then parents have what groups to connect to. We'll get there, it just takes time.

We are taking it easy today. Enjoying the central ac in the house (one floor doesn't work). Later we might venture to Super Hatzlacha where we understand Snapple and other American products are available. Around 4 pm our time we will eat dinner by a friend and hopefully a playdate.

Josh went to Rabbi Rosner's shul where people introduced themselves unlike the other shul he went to for morning services since we arrived on Monday. Understand that most places we visit, Josh recognizes someone, so this was a first.

Beit Shemesh is a huge city. And what we still have to wrap our heads around is that you can buy kosher meat and chicken, have it home delivered. It still feels like vacation, but with lots of luggage and our stuff.

This will definitely be a process.

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