After I finished my post on Saturday night it started to rain. Let's discuss rain. Rain is wonderful thing that comes out of the sky, and I realized that I have taken advantage of it throughout my living-in-Seattle life. Honestly, I think I've done a pretty good job of appreciating it. But I didn't quite realize how special it is that Seattle gets a whole lot more rain than many other places around the world.
Obviously an aspect of my excitement for Israel was the change in climate- more specifically: the sun. Throughout Early Start and the beginning of the school year, I have definitely loved the soaring temperatures at all hours of the day. I've loved the ever-improving tan, and consistent beach weather. But, over the past couple of weeks I've noticed a change in the weather. First it started to get a little cooler at night, then it wasn't a billion degrees at 7:00 in the morning... A shift began to occur. All of the sudden, last week it started to rain. Not a whole lot of rain, but rain nonetheless. On Saturday night, at some time around 12:30 AM, I heard that oh-so-familiar sound of rain pattering on the ground outside. The only way I can explain my reaction is by saying that I jumped. Because I really did. I started in a sitting position on my bed, and ended in a standing position on the floor. Haha. Despite the fact that I was wearing shorts and t-shirt, with no socks, I ran outside and just stood. I soaked up the rain. I can't even really describe the feeling that I was having, other than by saying that it really gave me a "breath of fresh air." The external wetness and fresh smell of the wet greenery around me somehow converted itself, through my body, into internal satisfaction, appreciation, and happiness. What a wonderful feeling. I guess I really do have some Seattle blood in me.
Not only did it rain on Saturday night, but it also rained on Sunday morning. What a great feeling it was to be able to wear sweatpants and a sweatshirt to my Ulpan class. That was a joy in and of itself. After Ulpan I had Magen David Adom. But instead of the usual six hours, it was shortened to four hours. I'm not so sure which one I like better... It's definitely easier to only have four hours, but in the long run it could be far more worth it to punch it out in less classes. I'm not so sure. On Sunday night I just hung around on campus and got some work done.
Yesterday school was great- as always. Mondays are short, so it's a whole different ballgame. I kind of forgot what it's like to get back at 4:00 instead of 6:00. I got some work done and decided to work out afterwards. I went to the gym place on campus, and started my normal workout routine with some Cappy's-style jump roping. Good stuff. After a couple of minutes it started to..... POUR. And when I say pour, I really mean pour. Seattle doesn't even get that kind of rain very often. Within like four minutes the ground was covered in an inch or so of water, which was surprisingly great. I totally could have decided to call it a night and run for cover, but that is very much the opposite of what I did. Like Saturday night, I soaked up the rain. But even more this time because it was raining SO much harder. I loved it. My clothes were as absolutely wet that they couldn't have been any more wet. They were just completely and totally soaked through. Haha. I wish I could convey my tone of voice while saying that a little better, but I hope you get the point. The workout was amazing, the rain was perfection, and it put me in a totally awesome, Seattle loving mood.
Today was great. On Tuesdays I only have my two morning Judaic classes and we're done at noon. What's there to complain about that? Answer: nothing. Afterwards I went to Yerushaliam with the Israel Advocacy Internship program, and we went to the Menachem Begin Center. It was definitely an interesting museum, and I learned a lot, but it wasn't my favorite. It was all video, and I wish there would have been more interaction/movement because it definitely emphasized the tiredness within me.
Random Fact: My new goal is to buy a crock pot. I realized that there really can't possibly be a better thing for me to buy, because I can just stick things in it and food will be cooked. I don't know why I haven't thought of that before, but that is on my agenda for this week for sure. Yay!
Wishing you all a good night or good day, depending on where you are in the world, and I would advise you to look up The Piano Guys on youtube.com (thank you to my madricha Ronit for telling me about them)!!
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