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Barring any late night surprises (and yes, we had quite a few of those) I see no reason not to keep this report short. It's presently 22:30 and we're sitting quietly in front of the television, though Tzippi is working on a crossword and I've been reading and experimenting with the rendering of graphics in HTML for an archive newsletter I'll be sending out at the beginning of the week.
From the morning I was at the college, though most of my time was devoted to working on the archive newsletter. I had a minimum amount of work of the sort I'm actually getting paid for. We also had a pre-Pesach Zoom meeting, instead of the intended holiday toast. Very few of us were on campus. There were two preliminary alerts a bit before noon (Tzippi reports that they were here as well) but that was the extent of our war "involvement" for the day. But though by us it was quiet the north was under constant barrage, and there were also missiles to the middle of the country. In other words, at least for the time being Hatzor is getting the luck of the draw - almost to the point at which we're hardly aware of how things are in much of the rest of the country.
The monthly Zoom lecture for the Yiddish authority was early this evening, so I was busy (or more accurately, a bit busy) setting things up, making sure there weren't any glitches, and then posting the recording to YouTube. None of this was stressful. Quite the opposite - all of today's activities simply came together to make this an ordinary day. One of the advantages of being involved with these normal tasks is that other than seeing part of the news (part of the time I was washing the dishes) I was basically detached from the constant updates that are usually a central part of my day.
Of course in the background to all of this we not only have missiles I'(ve already noted that) but the ongoing question of whether some sort of deal and ceasefire will be reached, or whether all hell (as opposed to the present semi-hell) breaks loose. And to add to the stress I wonder whether the definitive decision of ceasefire or attack depends on how well Trump's golf game goes.
I'm out of the shower. The television is off so I don't know if there have been any alerts outside of our area. By us it's continued to be quiet. And it's time to go to sleep.
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