Honestly not much different than I felt before. It was a great Friday night Service and the Rabbi was as sweet as always. We said a prayer and I read a passage from the book of Ruth and I got a certificate stating that I have diligently studied Judaism( and we already spilled olive oil from the leftovers of our Italian dinner on it)It was a really beautiful ceremony but I don't really feel anymore Jewish than I felt before. I think that comes with time. During the service I was thinking that the conversion is not the goal we have studied to achieve, it's the beginning of a lifelong journey to explore who we are and what exactly is our relationship with God.
OK, enough theological rambling.It has been a while since I have written and I wanted to write so many things but forgot most of them any way. I'll have to do with what my invalid pregnant brain remembers.
We flew to San Francisco and that was not a pleasant flight. Despite my best efforts to stay hydrated and walk around every 20 minutes or so my calves were the size of a fire hydrant, throbbing and hurting and looking gross.
The landing got a bit rough so all safety instructions aside I got up as we were about to touch ground and waddled down the aisle, where a seated flying attendant forgot all he was ever taught about safe landings and just pointed me to the lavatory, strongly suggesting that he did not wish to clean up a mess after me in the main cabin. Despite all the turbulence I threw up safely and returned to my seat while we were approaching our gate.
By the next morning I was fine and ready to enjoy my stay in SF.
We drove down to Carmel where we stayed overnight. It is a gorgeous little town but quite bring if you don't have enough money to spend $100 on meals and shop in unbelievably overpriced boutiques.WE drove down to Big Sur and fell asleep on Pfeiffer beach.
On the way back we stopped at Monterey but instead of visiting the Aquarium we found a nice Mexican restaurant overlooking the bay and enjoyed our fajitas while watching a lazy sea lion sunbathe for over an hour and three more active ones jumping in and out of the water.
It was quite a nice trip yet I think I prefer the wine country.
We had a day back in NY on thrusday where I had to meet 3 brokers, go to 2 Doctor's appts, have a glucose test done and go to school. And on top of all that I managed to see my friend Hris visiting from Vegas with her Family.
Early Friday morning we headed to Tampa and I converted to Judaism- I went over that already.
I think all this commotion and flying right and left tired and Maddie and she became very quiet and scared because I wouldn't feel her move for very long periods of time.Then by the time we drove from Tampa to Boca Raton I wasn't feeling very well and spent the rest of the day in bed trying to catch a movement in my belly.
By nighttime, however, I was feeling better and she started to move and by the time I was trying to go to sleep she started kicking again.
So in a nutshell this was my week.
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