Zipping out

We tend work in 2 modes here. Relaxed and fast-forward. On the average day, we move along, taking care of errands, visiting people, having guests over, doing shopping and any other things that come up. Every so often, we suddenly start zipping around trying to cram days worth of work into just a few hours.

It turns out that I going with the kids to new York in another week and a half. Of course we knew this was coming up, but we were hoping to push it off and go a later. Unfortunately, Baila has to leave the country, since she has been here for 90 days. On Monday, I went with our secretary to the head of immigration to beg for an extension. Our secretary prepared the documents, letters from our organization, and pleaded the case. My job was to smile. I thought I did my job well, but unfortunately, we were not granted any extension.

If Baila was a threat to the national security at 2 months, you can imagine, that by now, at 5 months, she is really dangerous. Not only does she has to leave, but she has to stay out for 90 days. We hope to circumvent that by getting new visas for all us, but they won’t be ready until the end of August. So we are leaving on July 7, and returning at the way end of August.

In the next week and a half, I have to, among other things: prepare and run a women’s program on Sunday; teach the youth classes; organize a director, curriculum, and location for our Hebrew School next year; decide and plan what type of preschool program we will be having next year; fill the freezer with bread and some other basics for Yisroel to eat while we are away; pack and prepare for the way.

So I don’t mean to neglect this blog until I go, but if you find that postings are not all that regular, consider yourself warned.