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LUE: Mid-Week Update
Feb. 19th, 2025 09:49 pm1. Tuesday's lesson went better than I expected, though not as well I'd hoped. Constructive feedback from Sezgi afterward helped a lot, as did our 1.30 pm input session with Marisa, the director of our CELTA center in Athens. I took a lot of notes. Sure, Marisa recorded the input session, but I remember better if I write things down. I'm hopelessly old fashioned in some ways (I also prefer reading physical books, and have kept my notes from ulpan to review when I want to polish my Hebrew). At any rate, I felt good...and things improved immensely when I got my resubmitted paper back. I passed on resubmission. Yay!
2. Today I worked on my third paper, designing a reading lesson in three parts: an initial task, a subsequent task, and a productive skills (i.e., writing or speaking) task. I didn't finish, but I designed the first two tasks (complete with answer keys) and wrote my justification for the text (an article about using music for stress management) as well as my justification for the first task. Tomorrow I'll design the third task, write up the justifications for the last two tasks, polish the paper, and send it off to Sezgi.
3. I think I've downloaded just about all the resource books from the CELTA website. While I do prefer physical books, I'm not going to look a gift horse in the mouth. I only have four resource books in dead tree format. While one of them is absolutely crucial to the course (seriously, I've cited it a lot), I've also been seriously hitting the PDFs. Some of them are out of print or would be very hard to obtain in Israel.
4. Non-CELTA: I have done laundry every day this week. Usually I alternate my clothes with Eyal's. However, Monday I did towels. Tuesday I did Eyal's clothing. Today I also did Eyal's clothing, as he complained about having nothing to wear to the office today (he did have what to wear, don't worry). However, I saw his point: he has fewer options than I do, and he goes out in public more often (whereas I, since CELTA began, have rarely left the house, thus I wear mostly sweatpants/pajama bottoms and fun t-shirts). When he got home from work I suggested a trip to his favorite menswear store, Celio. He was amenable. I also ordered him a snarky t-shirt and a snarky hoodie. He rather worriedly asked if I needed new clothes. I said no, I was just fine, but if he didn't mind, I'd like to do a clear out of my stuff. The relief was palpable. I also suggested a clear out of his stuff, and he agreed.
5. Non-CELTA: I switched body lotion recently. Until the beginning of this year I'd been using Curél Hydratherapy In-Shower Lotion. However, I was still having issues with dry skin. Disappointing, but not a total surprise. While the colder season in Beersheva is allegedly the rainy season, the air is still a good bit dryer than even Jerusalem. I decided, after doing some research and reading reviews, that maybe what was good enough for Grandma (literally, it's what my Grandma used) was good enough for me. I got a big bottle of Jergens Original Scent Dry Skin Moisturizer. Hey, the price was right. And it's fantastic. The texture is light and non-greasy. It absorbs quickly. A little goes a long way. The smell is divine. And the price is awesome. So sometimes you just have to go back to basics. Grandma knew her stuff; because of her, I remove my makeup with Pond's Cold Cream and put Vaseline on my lips at night. I love Cherries In The Snow lipstick from Revlon. I draw the line at blue eyeshadow, though. Grandma wasn't right about everything.
6. Non-CELTA: Related to Item 4. While I don't dress up much lately, when I do put in the effort, Eyal praises it. He likes it when I choose an outfit carefully, put on jewelry, apply makeup, and spritz on perfume. And he notices little things, like how my cardigan matches the print on my blouse, and my shoes match my watch band. He has his preferences, of course. He does love a bold red lip, and seems mildly turned on by my tall boots. He also prefers very femme, floral perfume to unisex scents. For him, I compliment him on his outfits. He has a good instinct for colors that flatter him, and for what colors go well together. He usually wears his "Eyal in the streets" cologne, but occasionally he'll wear his "Eyal in the sheets" cologne. He always looks amazing. I started calling him shu'al kasuf - Hebrew for "silver fox." He enjoys that.
7. Plans for tomorrow: other than the paper writing? Observe my last lesson for CELTA, wash a load of my clothes, therapy. Friday is lesson planning, then Shabbat. And rest.
2. Today I worked on my third paper, designing a reading lesson in three parts: an initial task, a subsequent task, and a productive skills (i.e., writing or speaking) task. I didn't finish, but I designed the first two tasks (complete with answer keys) and wrote my justification for the text (an article about using music for stress management) as well as my justification for the first task. Tomorrow I'll design the third task, write up the justifications for the last two tasks, polish the paper, and send it off to Sezgi.
3. I think I've downloaded just about all the resource books from the CELTA website. While I do prefer physical books, I'm not going to look a gift horse in the mouth. I only have four resource books in dead tree format. While one of them is absolutely crucial to the course (seriously, I've cited it a lot), I've also been seriously hitting the PDFs. Some of them are out of print or would be very hard to obtain in Israel.
4. Non-CELTA: I have done laundry every day this week. Usually I alternate my clothes with Eyal's. However, Monday I did towels. Tuesday I did Eyal's clothing. Today I also did Eyal's clothing, as he complained about having nothing to wear to the office today (he did have what to wear, don't worry). However, I saw his point: he has fewer options than I do, and he goes out in public more often (whereas I, since CELTA began, have rarely left the house, thus I wear mostly sweatpants/pajama bottoms and fun t-shirts). When he got home from work I suggested a trip to his favorite menswear store, Celio. He was amenable. I also ordered him a snarky t-shirt and a snarky hoodie. He rather worriedly asked if I needed new clothes. I said no, I was just fine, but if he didn't mind, I'd like to do a clear out of my stuff. The relief was palpable. I also suggested a clear out of his stuff, and he agreed.
5. Non-CELTA: I switched body lotion recently. Until the beginning of this year I'd been using Curél Hydratherapy In-Shower Lotion. However, I was still having issues with dry skin. Disappointing, but not a total surprise. While the colder season in Beersheva is allegedly the rainy season, the air is still a good bit dryer than even Jerusalem. I decided, after doing some research and reading reviews, that maybe what was good enough for Grandma (literally, it's what my Grandma used) was good enough for me. I got a big bottle of Jergens Original Scent Dry Skin Moisturizer. Hey, the price was right. And it's fantastic. The texture is light and non-greasy. It absorbs quickly. A little goes a long way. The smell is divine. And the price is awesome. So sometimes you just have to go back to basics. Grandma knew her stuff; because of her, I remove my makeup with Pond's Cold Cream and put Vaseline on my lips at night. I love Cherries In The Snow lipstick from Revlon. I draw the line at blue eyeshadow, though. Grandma wasn't right about everything.
6. Non-CELTA: Related to Item 4. While I don't dress up much lately, when I do put in the effort, Eyal praises it. He likes it when I choose an outfit carefully, put on jewelry, apply makeup, and spritz on perfume. And he notices little things, like how my cardigan matches the print on my blouse, and my shoes match my watch band. He has his preferences, of course. He does love a bold red lip, and seems mildly turned on by my tall boots. He also prefers very femme, floral perfume to unisex scents. For him, I compliment him on his outfits. He has a good instinct for colors that flatter him, and for what colors go well together. He usually wears his "Eyal in the streets" cologne, but occasionally he'll wear his "Eyal in the sheets" cologne. He always looks amazing. I started calling him shu'al kasuf - Hebrew for "silver fox." He enjoys that.
7. Plans for tomorrow: other than the paper writing? Observe my last lesson for CELTA, wash a load of my clothes, therapy. Friday is lesson planning, then Shabbat. And rest.
