Summer's starting...

• There are two more days of school. That is just so sad. It's the beginning of the end. No, scratch that. The end has already begun. I could start rattling off how many of this and that we have left, but I'm not going to. It would just make me sadder. So yeah, after this Monday, there are probably a lot of kids in school I'm just not going to see again, and that's sad. It's been tough at times, but I'm going to miss them. And the teachers too...


• Since my Sherut goes until the end of July, for the next month (almost) I'll be working in a day camp in Ariel. I don't have any details yet, but hopefully it won't be too bad a way to end the year. (*sniff*)


• That was an interesting night. It was a bit crazy at home because my sister Sarah is leaving tonight for the US. As for me, I'm doing the usual come-home-for-20-hours thing before I go back to Ariel for Shabbat tomorrow. My parents were at a Bat Mitzvah. And in the middle of all that, the elementary school near our house decided fireworks would be a nice touch for their graduation. Somehow, everyone else in the house freaked out during the first round, thinking it was gunshots, while I saw the light outside and knew what it was. Then there was a longer round, and everyone else was outside watching, and I thought it really did sound more like gunshots than fireworks and dragged Noam into the protected room in the basement. Looking back, it was a bit funny, but they really shouldn't do that kind of thing.

I think the end of school is the biggest thing that could be happening right around now, so I guess that'll be it.

Hakuna Matata! Shabbat Shalom!

Just popping in to say hi...

I don't have much to say at the moment... I was just in Ariel for 9 days straight, then I came home on Thursday and I'm going back tomorrow. What else is new?
Efrat celebrated its 25th birthday this week. It's not too exciting, but there was an event on Thursday that was OK.
That's it... I'm tired. Shavua Tov!

What a week.

So I haven't posted in two weeks... OK, I'm allowed once in awhile. I got home this past Thursday and will be here until after Shavuot. Woohoo!

I'm recovering from the longest week ever. Not because anything particularly bad happened, just because. Maybe because I was in Ariel for Shabbat, maybe because I had something every day. Maybe just because.

Anyway, you might say the highlight of the week was Yom Yerushalayim. On Yom Yerushalyaim every year there is a huge event in Yerushalayim called the Rikudgalim that something like everyone goes to. It's a really nice thing, and so much fun...

The day before, we had a big thing in Ariel. I guess it was kind of an imitation Rikudgalim, but it was a lot of fun. There was some kind of march (for lack of a better word) which was followed by a lot of dancing and a ceremony, which was great.

What else? Our birds learned how to fly and left. We'll miss them. Though they do come back every night. No, I take that back. I'll miss them, and one of my roommates. The rest couldn't care less. But that's not to say the nest and poop are all cleaned up, or that the risk of bird flu is gone. Not that I really understand that stuff. Anyway, check out our gorgeous babies!

In other news, Ariel turned 30 this week. We actually missed the festivities because we were at a Torah dedication in memory of our friend's father who passed away recently. But I don't seem to have missed much. Anyway, the city is rather obsessed with this big birthday, but the fact is it's a big thing. It started out as nothing, almost. Look how much it's grown...

I just had Esti, a very old friend, over for Shabbat. That was a lot of fun. Except that she's going home to the US in a couple of weeks, and I've only seen her this once. But it was great to see her.

I think that's it. Tomorrow night is Shavuot, which means theoretically staying up all night, and a lot of dairy products. I just won the game of Sfirat HaOmer. The year is close to over, and the closer we get, the more depressing. Our summer plans are quite possibly changing drastically due to some kind of tax thing I don't understand. Anything else? I think we're done.

Mind the Gap. Shavua Tov!