Yesterday we drove to the three hospitals in our city that I might deliver the baby in. Because Major Man is relatively new to the city, he doesn't have that inate knowledge of the roads as I do. I've been here for almost 20 years. Because we are with midwives, when the time comes to push this baby out, the midwife will phone to the different hospitals to see who has the most availablity. Unfortunately the one closest to us is the busiest, so we will likely have a 20 minute drive at least to get to the other two.

As we were driving, we passed some youths at the side of the road waving flags and brandishing a sign... because I wasn't driving, I was able to gawk at them (I'm ususally the driver). They had a "Honk to end the war in Lebanon" sign and a U.N. flag, and a Lebanese flag.

One glared at me... we didn't honk, and we have both a Canadian and an American flag on our truck.

Major Man chuckled, "I didn't hear any honks."

"No," I replied, "not only is this city full of Americans, but they are standing at the entrance to the largest Jewish community in this city to boot."

Their faces were covered. As if they didn't know which community was directly behind them. By the time we drove back, they were gone. Peaceful protests never last long.