Day 17

Mysterious Plug-in Thingy Contest results, a run in the afternoon sun, and small bananas.

	I've had some interesting responses in the recent "Mysterious Plug-in Thingy" contest including: an "ionizer", to clean the air of pollutants and promote restful sleep an electric room deodorizer a night light

After consulting Dov, the correct answer is...

• an ultrasonic bug repeller, to keep off the mosquitoes. However, I think someone should turn up the volume a little bit, because I've got a couple of bites that say the thingy needs more juice.

Janet at The Learning Company gets credit for the correct answer. I'll attempt to return with a suitable prize, yet to be determined.

This morning I carefully extracted a cereal bowl from the blue cupboard while avoiding the rogue red pan nearby. I ate the rest of my Quaker Oat Squares, and put on my new Asics running shoes. They are much too white, and need to be dirtied up because I bought them just before I left for Israel.

my new shoes need dirt

I drank a lot of water, tucked my keys and a 50 shekel bill in my pocket, and left the house around noon. For an hour and a half I ran around the local neighborhood streets in the bone dry afternoon sun. By the end of the outing, I was dehydrated and alternating between walking and running. Privately, I resolved to run during a cooler part of the day next time. As I neared the apartment, I found a grocery store and stopped in to buy the following items:

• bottled water
• grapefruit soda
• 1 can apple juice
• 2 cans carbonated apple juice
• a bunch of little bananas

The bananas here are much smaller than the ones I'm used to in the Unites States.

bananas here are small

It was good to finally get some exercise after almost none at all for two weeks. The sun had drained much of my energy for the day, and I fell asleep until dinnertime. That evening I returned to the place where I ate Chicken Kashmir a few days ago, and ordered it again.

It feels weird to drive without a knob on the gear shift.