Since February 8th...

I wanted to make a cool post and make a list of big things that have changed in the world (or maybe even only in Israel) since February 8th. But that required me to look at a huge amount of news articles, and I'm tired. Then I thought maybe something big happened that day that I could write, but that didn't reduce my work by much.

So I don't have any particularly interesting way to introduce my first post in almost three months. Or maybe that's better, because then you don't know just how long ago my last post really was.

Anyway... I'm back! I know I've been a very bad girl. Wow, that was horrible. I didn't post anything for close to three months. That just may be the longest I've ever gone between posts.

Well, it's not like I've disappeared off the face of the earth. People who I see or talk to (or even my Facebook friends) knew I was still around. It's just that I've been neglecting my blog.

OK, now I'm going to stop rambling about my lack of blogging. What's new with me?

• Well, there was Purim in the last three months. That was a long time ago. A week before, we undertook a big project in Ariel where we printed up a thousand yellow balloons with smileys and stayed up all night tying them onto cars and decorating the city. That was a lot of fun, though tiring and a lot of work. But the compliments the next morning made it worth it.
• I checked out a couple of Midrashot, and then the whole thing got put on hold (because I didn't get around to making a decision or checking out any other places) but I think I'm going to go to Nishmat in Yerushalayim. I'm not sure yet, but I hope I have a good year!
• Our other huge project in Ariel was a pre-Pesach secondhand bazaar. Again, a lot of work, but fun.
• I've subscribed to a bunch of new podcasts. (Someday I'll list them all.) One of them actually read an e-mail from me on the show and then posted a link to my blog, which, of course, hadn't been updated anytime recently. That's a bit embarrassing, but I'm over it. I would have posted a shout-out to anyone who came here from there, but it's not relevant anymore.
• Right before Pesach, I took my psychometric test. I didn't study as hard as I could have, but I think it went OK.
• Pesach was great! We had the whole family together for the first time in years. And then we all went down to the Dead Sea for the second half of the Chag. I drove. Honestly, (family members, don't read this:) I think the highlight of my Pesach was the driving, especially because on Wednesday of Chol Hamoed I became legally allowed to drive alone. I've actually done that (barely) a couple of times. But it's exciting!
• A piece of news that got me last night was that was the first week since December 1998 where there was no Harry Potter book on the bestseller list. I'm sure they'll be back, but it's just awesome that they've been there for so long- that's close to a decade. And sad that they're not there anymore. In other news, today is the tenth anniversary of the battle of Hogwarts at the end of the seventh book. THE climax of the entire series. The day it all became over. The day the good guys won.

I think those were the big things. It's great to be back. Live long and prosper. Shabbat Shalom and Yom Ha'Atzmaut Sameach!