2 Down, 14 To Go

In preparation for today's two Judaic finals, I held two study sessions for the other girls in my classes.  We went over all the material, and it was a wonderful way for all of us to learn it all together.  First we had Dr. Tannenbaum's A Survey of Biblical Literature final.  In that class we learned one perek (chapter) of eleven different books of Navi, and we had to know them well enough to be able to answer essay questions and recognize which story related to a Pasuk that she gave us... It was good stuff.  Honestly, I like finals.  And I really liked hers.  I knew the material a bit too well, and my first essay was about triple the length that it should have been-- which kind of threw me off in terms of the time that I had available to me.  But I spent the remaining hour and a half writing as quickly as possible, and I managed to get it all down on paper and only be a couple minutes late to my second final.  I actually would have been on time had the classroom we were in not been in the middle of a bunch of trees-- a.k.a. un-findable.  That final was on Women in Halacha, which was a classic Halacha test.  Easy as can be-- so long as you know the material.  And that is just how I like it.  You either know it or you don't, and there's basically no other excuses for not knowing the answers to questions.  Good stuff.  That one took me about forty minutes which was nice, though I expected the test to be much harder.

Tonight, Adina and I went to Yerushaliam to meet the Jacobsons and present Genauers for dinner.  What a treat!!!  It was so nice to sit across the restaurant from the Jacobson and Genauer parents along with Carol, Rena, Shira, and Adina.  The food was great, and the company could not have been better.  I always love getting together with Seattle people, but there was something specifically lovely about being with this crew.  I think it's just because there's a whole lot of love, and it's all so tangible.  I really really enjoyed that.  Also, Rena brought me the world's best present! Not one, but TWO bottles of MY mousse! From America!  Beautiful.

I'm going to bed early tonight because I have one final tomorrow and a whole lot to do to prepare for other finals that I have later this week.  And.... I might even be playing basketball again.  Craziness.

Wishing everyone success in all that you do this week! Take care of business, people.