I was able to list 10 things, pack the things that had to go, and get out of here in plenty of time to stop in Japantown to buy a can of coffee, donate some stuff, then go to the post office to mail stuff, then go to the bank and deposit my latest pay check and the bank's calculations and mine even agree.
I had my Hebrew books with me, planning to hang out at the Starbucks and study, but I decided to go to Walmart instead and got stuff there. Then I went to Whole Foods and ate a slice of pizza and had a no-alcohol beer.
I used the loo and saw, wayy up on the wall so it would not be easy for someone to take it down, an idiotic sticker of the flag of Israel with the red circle with line through it over the flag. I went back out to my bike and got my reacher thing, sharpened it up a bit on the concrete, went back in and got to work. It took some scratching away to get the sticker down but I got it. I looked around for any others but didn't see any.
I went over to the service and had forgotten my glasses but what's fun is, I'm starting to be able to read the Hebrew writing for the songs and prayers, not just the English transliteration. In fact, at the check-in desk in front the lady working there asked me how I liked the Intro to Judaism class, and I raved about how fun learning to read Hebrew is, and she said that in her case she had to just accept that she could convert to Judaism and be Jewish without knowing Hebrew. I'd have told her how no less than Isaac Asimov hadn't been able to learn it either, but it was busy there.
Honestly, the Hebrew reading part is fun, and over and over again on Reddit I hear that the one thing that really matters if you move to another country is to learn the language.
There was the requisite amount of schmoozing after the service, and I went to the gift shop, which was open, intent on buying something. I'd broken one of the fancy "lead crystal" candle holders I had, and after looking at every set they had, got some round ones that are probably just regular glass, but may have been made in Israel or something cool like that. And they were only $10.
The ride home was very calm, which was nice.
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