More to come. Just be patient. Be the english patient.

#1. Baruch ata, Adonai Elohèinu, Mèlech ha-olam, she-hecheyànu v’kiy’mànu v’higi-ànu la-z’man ha-zeh.

(Praised are You, our Eternal God, Ruler of time and space, who has kept us in life, sustained us, and enabled us to reach this season.)

#2. Actually, vivacious and positively cheerful, right up to my end.