The Diary Game: The Weekend is Coming — 18 Sept 2025
I keep trying to write something for my blog, but I catastrophically lack time for anything. I try to be a good husband to my wife, and that’s why my free time after work somehow dissolves into household chores. I don’t know how it is for other people, but that’s how it is for me. I’m afraid to imagine what will happen to my personal time if we suddenly have children.
In recent days I’ve just been worn out at work like a working animal, and that’s why in the morning I get up with great difficulty. Maybe it’s because of smoking, but still fatigue takes its toll on my condition. The road to work took about 40 minutes. Morning traffic jams remain heavy regardless of what day of the week it is. Today is Thursday, the last day of the week, and the approaching weekend cheers me up.
How can I briefly describe my workday? It’s the circulation of a flow of people through me. A tight schedule, barely keeping up with the rhythm of work. I try, and I manage to finish work on time. My employer with such a fantastic and philosophical expression on his face speaks about lofty things in human nature, about the good we do for people. I hope he understands that I go to work for money, not for “lofty things.” I think if he realizes this, he’ll have a heart attack.
Right now, the economic situation in Israel is very unstable because of a failed government that is simply destroying the country. At the same time, there are military actions in some regions. It seems to me that because of this most civilians have become nervous, even edgy. It has become harder to work with people, harder to communicate. It feels like the whole society is slowly going insane. I would really like to develop political topics on the Steemit platform, but I can’t close my eyes to the things happening in my life, around me. Nevertheless, I still try to live my life, find bright moments, create joy in my family, so as to focus less on politics, because politics is dirt and lies.
In recent years prices in Israel have risen dramatically on almost everything. My wife and I have cut out visits to pubs and restaurants from our lives. We try to replace these outings with pleasant time at home or go out for a walk somewhere, to some beautiful places. Recently, we haven’t managed to go for walks, because we’re so tired from work. But every Thursday we have a barbecue, and in this way somehow decorate the weekend. Yesterday we bought 1.5 kg of pork ribs with meat. My wife knows how to skillfully marinate meat before grilling it on fire: she uses a lot of onion, spices, and lime juice. Tonight we’ll have a pleasant time in the yard by the fire, when it’s no longer hot and there are no urgent matters.
By the way, next week is the Jewish holiday Rosh HaShanah, the New Year according to the Jewish calendar. I am Jewish only by a small percentage from my father. And my wife isn’t Jewish at all. That’s why we don’t celebrate this holiday. Not that we don’t like celebrating holidays from another religion. We’re just not religious at all and don’t celebrate religious holidays, including Christmas, even though we’re considered Orthodox Christians. We’re indifferent to religions; it’s just “not our train.” So next week I’ll work only two days, on Sunday and Thursday. I don’t yet know what we’ll do on the weekend. Maybe we’ll go somewhere for a walk closer to nature.
I wish everyone well. Take care of yourselves.