We were supposed to leave Israel on the 17th, so today was a rush to get everything done. We went to Kibbutz Yavne to pick up some things and then did a few errands, went back to the hospital for a visit, then took our friends Safi and Maytal Allman out for dinner, We've known both Safi and Maytal's families for decades and had a very nice time.

On Thursday morning we went to the hospital at 5:30 to get mom into the ambulance to get to the airport for our 9:20 flight to Toronto. EL AL wouldn't let us board due to a bureaucratic screw up on their part - how can you return a completed form to someone 48 hours before a flight if you don't give it to them until 30 hours before a flight?

Now we leave on Sunday morning at 12:50 am. See you then!