Getting up at 7:30 to hear the morning megillah reading after losing an hour due to DST and going to bed really late as usual Motzei Shabbos wasn’t too fun, but it was a nice Purim anyway. Delivered my mishloach manos, took a nap, then went to my rabbi’s for the seuda. “Chassidish rebbe” seemed to be a popular costume this year.
The advantage to living in Israel - our clocks don’t change for a few more weeks.
One of the few really good thing about living in the state of Indiana was that we didn’t change our clocks. Thanks, Mitch. :mad:
I rarely drink, so when I do, it takes very little to get me tipsy as heck. I took my first Uber this Purim. I tipped.
Today was Shushan Purim. I has 1/2 day off, so I took enough food for what I calculate to be 10 meals to the local food pantry, then I drove around and handed out food to the panhandlers. I know some people think the latter is wrong, but some of them tell me no, they don’t want it, and others sit down and eat it right away, so I think most of it gets eaten by people who are needy.
So I fulfilled all he mitzvot this year:
- The fast of Esther
- Shlach manos for friends
- Got drunk and hear the megillah
- Gave meals to the needy
Yay!
Also, took my son out for his Purim gift. It’s a tradition that he gets a really nice gift on Purim. He has his first 10-speed bike. I got my first when I was 10, and so did my brother, so it seemed reasonable. He is so big for his age, he has an adult-sized bike with the seats and handlebars all the way down.
It’s a really big deal, though, because he was late in learning to ride a bike. He’s very slightly ataxic-- not enough for a diagnosis, but he’s klutzy-- he was hypoxic at birth, and I think it affected him, but he is also left-handed, and his father is nisht so graceful, so it may just be inherited. Anyway, he only learned to ride a two-wheeler two years ago, and that was after I got a tandem to teach him with.
So this was a Very Important Purim.