A double snow day in Jerusalem? Who would have thought. Not that it took much. I was unaware of this, but school for today (Thursday) had already been canceled as of Wednesday night. The municipality realized that it simply was not equipped to deal with the quickly melting slush. Everything was closed, and buses weren't running... not that you could find out that useful piece of information from the Egged website. This morning I looked outside and saw snow and checked to see that ulpan had been canceled. A few hours later Alissa and I bundled up in four or five layers ready to finally escape from being cooped up in our unbearably cold apartment only to go outside into the bright sun and almost clear sidewalks. And yet... it was a snow day. It was absolutely gorgeous outside today! The restaurants on Emek Refaim were all packed with customers. I was worried that there wouldn't be any snow left for my scheduled snowball fight this afternoon. Yes, I made a facebook event for a snowball fight. For some STRANGE reason I had much difficulty finding people to go outside and play with. So much so that I had to trudge through the snow/rain/sleet/hail (all of which happened in the span of twenty minutes) to Katamon only to have to go INSIDE to throw a snowball at someone. The things I do to make sure I have fun. Thanks to Lisa, Alissa, Efrat, and Rachel who joined me for a fabulous snowball fight in Gan HaPa'amon... and for the random little Israeli kids who joined us. And to their father who had no problem with me throwing snowballs at his children, and even took a picture for us.
I can't believe I was playing in the snow just five weeks after walking barefoot on the beach.
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