Best Shabbat of the Season?

Could have been among the top few . . .

It began with a leisurely wakeup, contained a wild game of Ultimate Frisbee at its mid afternoon core, continued with me making french toast for Brown House for dinner, and concluded with a late night party in the K'far (K'far-ty?—perhaps not) hosted by Adamah for all who wanted to come. We jammed and sang and enjoyed the heat of the bonfire and the sweetness of chocolate fondue-dunked strawberries and bananas!

This shabbat was also a major relief after our busiest week. There were both Shomrei Adamah (6th grade Guardians of the Earth) and Shomrei Chayyot (4th grade Guardians of the Animals) programs for four and three days, respectively, plus a two-day Shomrei Adamah introductory program for an Orthodox school whose students have never been to Teva before and didn't leave until after dinner Thursday. This made for a continuum of work and little time to stop and breathe, which I was really happy to do when Friday evening finally came around. Teva enjoyed its first quaint Shabbat in Brown House with no guests, which we notably enjoyed.

Now, we are once again in a "regular" week, normalized to a smallish group (about 60 kids), only 6th grade Shomrei Adamah among them, and the calm, smooth, soothing workflow we probably haven't experienced since the first week. I've spent my weekend and today handling mostly office technical upgrades, cleanup, and organization. Maybe tonight I'll get to watch another episode of CSI:. Thursday night I'll be showing What the Bleep Do We Know?! to our community of "TevAdamah," as we've cleverly named it.

I've been sharing the GreenList with TevAdamah and now many visitors to the DC Energy Office booth at Green Festival are also receiving it. Nili commented last week about how grateful she is as a recipient as each time she sees in the GreenList all the news she's missed during the past week, she's been frustrated because she wishes she had so much time to read it, too. Let me know if you're interested in receiving this compilation of environmental headlines and news summaries I send every Tuesday morning.

Dinner's in half an hour and I have more maintenance to handle between Nili and Adam's computers. Back before long!