I can't say it better than Jen. I do appreciate that you take the time to check in. Sending love.

Absolutely Nilly, it's always a relief to hear from you that you're okay. Love and safety vibes to you and yours.

The checking-in is very much welcome, Nilly!

What everybody else said, Nilly! Thanks for checking in

Catching up, after traveling for Passover for a while. Thanks for checking in, Nilly and Shir.

I started watching women's hockey after the Olympics, and it's really fun. It's kind of making me want to go skating, though, and I'm pretty sure that would be a terrible idea with the current state of my knees. Maybe it's something to have as a goal, though -- motivation to do my physical therapy exercises more regularly than I have been.

There was a PWHL game at Madison Square Garden last weekend, and my friend's eight-year-old daughter, who plays hockey, got to be one of the kids standing with the players when the starting lineup was announced, so that was pretty cool. That game set a US record for attendance at a women's hockey game. (Canada's record is higher.) I just watched it on TV, but the excitement was palpable even through the screen.

That's all really cool, Hil.

(apologies for grammar/typos, no sleep until almost 4am)

They say there's a ceasefire and I really really wish to believe it, but it only took 9 minutes between the ceasefire announcement last night and the early warning to be near shelter, and until almost 4am I could hear interceptions from nearby areas. It's now a tradition to get one last round of fire exchanges just before/when they're announcing end of fire, but that one lasted for two hours. So, kind of disorienting. And it's not like my own government bothered to tell anyone what's going on, we need to guess by reading the news (and I hear another jet flying as I'm typing this).

Also, there's still Lebanon. But I am - can't believe I'm writing this - getting back to my apartment, and there's a good chance I'll be sleeping again in my own bed tonight. And having a proper shower without worrying about sirens.

And there's a tiny bit of me that's fantasizes on what would have happened if we would have managed to end Netanyahu's government pre Oct. 7th, in the 10 months protest period we had against the government (including general strikes). Not that we had any idea what would be the cost of him staying in office, but man. Could have saved a whole lot of lives.

Shir, thought of you lots at the seder I went to Saturday. (Wherein I was shocked my friend’s step kids did not kill him—he started many years ago using a Haggadah that is for kids, when they were new to this and younger, but they’re now 14 and 14 and 16, and he’s still using that one and I would’ve been so much less polite than they were, at that age, being talked to like I was about 8 years old…)

One of my favorite parts of the haggadah I edited is the seasonal songs (about spring, not about Passover). It was originally intended for young kids, but it's still fun to sing them as an adult.

One of my favorite parts of the haggadah I edited is the seasonal songs (about spring, not about Passover). It was originally intended for young kids, but it's still fun to sing them as an adult.

Is it really even Passover if I don't get to sing the Frogs song? The parts for kids are the best parts!

Dylan (who is almost 19) attended a Seder in Boston with my brother's family, and since my nieces are 4 and 2 he wound up reading the 4 questions as the youngest literate person at the table.

I worked Easter but Matthew cooked her ham earlier in the week so we had our Easter style dinner early.

I missed seeing the newest baby because I was working. I want to see the babies

Inventory is coming up next Wed and somehow almost everyone on my team will be off on Saturday so that will be interesting. We all asked for time off before inventory was scheduled.

Saturday we are going to the comiccon. I keep reminding Matthew that he should look on the website at what artists will be there and pull out comic books he may want signed.

There is a panel I think he will want to go to first thing so that means getting there early and waiting in line which isn't great for his back but at least he will be able sit

David, I hope you got out into the lovely weather. I took some photos of flowers in the neighbourhood, and my roomie and I are headed to the farmers' market later.

As the Beatles sang, "it's been a long cold lonely winter," and I'm starting to feel marginally more alive now that Spring is going sproing.

But by Great Chthulu's Tentacles I need these assholes in power to cut it the fuck out, already.