I really spent the majority of my afternoon sitting outside at the picnic table reading, but that activity of course led me to snoozing so I took a nice nap. Mincha, Seudah, and Arvit began at 4:30 so I made my way over there for that. Not everyone who was on campus came, but of the people who did come we had a nice little Tefilah and Seudah together. We made havdalah at our Av and Em Bayit's house, and when Shabbat was over I assumed my position at the picnic table. Haha.
There, I was kindly invited to hang out with the Jacobsons for the evening so I made my way to the bus stop to catch a 7:00 164 bus. Of course the bus didn't come until about 7:29, which meant that I had already missed the 567 bus which I was supposed to take at 7:11 but also that I had a chance for the 7:36 bus. When I got off of the 164 at Tzomet Geha and had to walk across the street to catch my 567, it of course was already at the stop. I started running, but the the distance was definitely too far to catch it so I stood where I was and waited for it to come to me-- hoping that the bus driver would have some sort of kind soul. Unfortunately, no such kind soul was found and I was left there, at Tzomet Geha, with no 567 bus in sight. I had to wait for about twenty-five minutes until the next bus came, so I whipped out my i-pod and found a not-so-comfortable seat on a railing. It came, and I arrived at my destination within fifteen minutes. Carol so kindly came to pick me up, and we made our way back to the Jacobson household.
I always love being in the presence of Jacobsons, so I obviously had a really fun night with them.. We watched The Dark Knight, which got seriously mixed reviews amongst our crowd, but it was fun to watch it with everyone and listen to all of the commentary haha. Carol and Shana very nicely drove me home after the movie, and when I got home I was sure to avoid my computer and I got right into bed.
This morning I went to Shacharit at 7 at the house of my one of my Rabbis, because as I previously mentioned he is sitting Shiva so we had a minyan there. Afterwards I hung around for a little while, had some breakfast, and talked with Rabbi Menaged. Then I went to the post office to recover a package that my mom sent me, which I've been trying to hunt down for like two weeks. With the tracking number in hand, my mission was semi-successful. The post office chick did some serious work for me, which I totally appreciated especially because it was super unexpected, and arranged it so that this dude would drop off my package this afternoon. Basically as I was writing that sentence I got a phone call from this guy, so I met him at the front gate of our campus.
Honestly I have been quite excited for this package for a some time now, so when I knew that it was finally going to come I was totally ready for it. Unfortunately Mr. Do'ar (Mail) wants to charge me almost 300 shekel (about $90) to accept this package. Despite my harsh words that I exchanged with him, I was forced to accept the fee in order to get the package... Worth it. Tooooootally worth it. Here's a pic of the contents:
I'm going to name a couple of the focal points of the package... Ridiculous number of ziploc bags = HEAVEN, non-dairy rice milk chocolate to last a loooong time = beauty and perfection, Seattle calendar and sick map = clutch, among many other much appreciated items. I was, and am, one happy camper despite the arm and a leg that I had to cough up for the box.
After my whole mail fiasco, I helped some of the madrichot and Meir clean out this big nasty storage room in preparation for the rest of the people to fly in tomorrow. Though the room was totally full of stuff, and pretty nasty, we made it happen and totally accomplished our goal in minimal time. Unfortunately, in attempt to complete the last round of driving the golf cart we learned what happens when a person maybe gets a little too confident in reverse....
Basically, an important water pipe may be run over and end up bursting. If I may say so myself it was quite the scene to watch. Water was spraying everywhere, people were trying to fix the pipe, and the whole outside of one of the dorm buildings was flooding! It was totally insane, but I felt bad for the golf cart driver because it was a total accident. After about five minutes of water shooting all over the place, the maintenance guy came and actually could not have responded to the situation more calmly. Cigarette in hand, he told us to "get our swimsuits." What a guy.
After the situation was handled, we had Mincha at Rabbi Menaged's house. Immediately after I headed back to shower, as the students who helped clean out the storage room were invited to a nice dinner with our program director Meir. At 6:30 the three of us met him at the gate and we got in the car and headed off to a beyond lovely Fish establishment. Let me tell you, my friends, it was good eating. First they brought out a plethora of salatim, bowl after bowl of warm and delicious bread, a free veggie salad on the House... Yummy!! Then, our main dishes came. So good. I ordered a Salmon Fillet, and-oh my goodness-was it great. Here's a picture:
The BBQ flavor was so rich and deeply seared into each tiny bit of salmon, that one fork-full of a bite created a burst of flavor that lasted much longer than the bite itself. It was totally awesome to be able to eat a filling and delicious meal that wasn't meat... Never happens.
Now I've been back at my apartment for about half an hour, and we are all about to head out together for the last Early Start night out! Everyone is coming tomorrow morning, so we're going together for dessert and some Billiards action... Should be fun!
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