The Placebo Laundry Effect.
So, Adam arrived last night. We are so happy to have our family reunited!
So, I'm becoming increasingly convinced that my laundry machine doesn't actually clean my clothes.
Here is my evidence:
1. Stains don't come out. In fact, I feel like it gets more stained.
2. Sand that was on my clothes from the beach remained in the clothing.
I think it smells better.
So I'm assuming that my laundry machine is essentially wetting my clothes and making them smell better.
This got me wondering whether in general laundry or other cleaning products might really psychologically be making us think things are getting clean, when deep down, they aren't really doing a lot.
Now, am I going to actually start doing my laundry by hand?
I don't think so.
I'll just wander around in my stained but smelling good clothing.
We spent Shabbat in Tel Aviv. I think what impresses me most about Israel is just how family-oriented it is. People love my children. Because they just love children. Despite how high strung Israelis can get, they smile and want to associate and help my kids. Muki, Adam's tour guide for the military trip, took Matan on his shoulders and just was so happy to play and associate with them.
In Tel Aviv, we saw a beautiful shabbat sunset on the beach. At that point, most Jews were preparing shabbat or going to dinner (we were waiting for our hotel dinner) so the ENTIRE beach was Muslim/Arab. I felt like I was in a different country compared to Modiin where you don't really see Arabs. They were kite flying, barbequing, etc.
We had a nice time in hotel, but Adam had a bit of a rough time parenting his cadets (hard to apparently control 20 year olds in Tel Aviv).
Modiin is definitely my ideal little Israeli city. It's clean, the people are nice, the parks are plentiful...it's not crazy, stressful, or dirty like other parts of Israel. Yeah, maybe it's "Kansas" but I like that. I do like Jerusalem though and am excited to go in tomorrow to meet some woman who is director of a Center of Medical Decision Making. I want to talk to her about fellowship/research opportunities in the future.
Matan cries at drop-off every day he goes to Gan but he has pretty much joined Sivan's group and hangs with her. Sivan seems to do fine, although she of course, tells me with her unique little Sivan spirit how she "hates it". The funniest thing is Sivan trying to argue and protest in hebrew now. I think Hebrew is starting to become "cool" because other kids speak it.
So, I'm becoming increasingly convinced that my laundry machine doesn't actually clean my clothes.
Here is my evidence:
1. Stains don't come out. In fact, I feel like it gets more stained.
2. Sand that was on my clothes from the beach remained in the clothing.
I think it smells better.
So I'm assuming that my laundry machine is essentially wetting my clothes and making them smell better.
This got me wondering whether in general laundry or other cleaning products might really psychologically be making us think things are getting clean, when deep down, they aren't really doing a lot.
Now, am I going to actually start doing my laundry by hand?
I don't think so.
I'll just wander around in my stained but smelling good clothing.
We spent Shabbat in Tel Aviv. I think what impresses me most about Israel is just how family-oriented it is. People love my children. Because they just love children. Despite how high strung Israelis can get, they smile and want to associate and help my kids. Muki, Adam's tour guide for the military trip, took Matan on his shoulders and just was so happy to play and associate with them.
In Tel Aviv, we saw a beautiful shabbat sunset on the beach. At that point, most Jews were preparing shabbat or going to dinner (we were waiting for our hotel dinner) so the ENTIRE beach was Muslim/Arab. I felt like I was in a different country compared to Modiin where you don't really see Arabs. They were kite flying, barbequing, etc.
We had a nice time in hotel, but Adam had a bit of a rough time parenting his cadets (hard to apparently control 20 year olds in Tel Aviv).
Modiin is definitely my ideal little Israeli city. It's clean, the people are nice, the parks are plentiful...it's not crazy, stressful, or dirty like other parts of Israel. Yeah, maybe it's "Kansas" but I like that. I do like Jerusalem though and am excited to go in tomorrow to meet some woman who is director of a Center of Medical Decision Making. I want to talk to her about fellowship/research opportunities in the future.
Matan cries at drop-off every day he goes to Gan but he has pretty much joined Sivan's group and hangs with her. Sivan seems to do fine, although she of course, tells me with her unique little Sivan spirit how she "hates it". The funniest thing is Sivan trying to argue and protest in hebrew now. I think Hebrew is starting to become "cool" because other kids speak it.
Here's an example of these amazing playgrounds. Really, I think I'm going to write a book about playgrounds. Maybe tour playgrounds around the world....hmmm...this sounds like a good topic for a dissertation in sociology or something...what playgrounds reveal about cultures.
they are just awesome.
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