Wello...

no the W is not a mistake ;)

So basically, I had thought i was all caught up and that I would write about Benei Brak shabbos and then get back on schedule... but unfortunetely, the play directors had other plans. But its fine because I didn't do much of anything in the past month besides for hang out with Sarah, practice for the play, um- practice for the play, .....try on my costumes for the play, eeeh- try them on again, practice a bit more for play, OH- and did i mention i've had a few play practices lately?? ;-P
So its not that play directors aren't great, in fact i think we have great ones.... but they do All seem to have this thing agaist eating, sleeping, and ever seeing daylight. :P haha, jokes on u tobi. lol
Oh- and i would like everyone who knows me for at least a year to note the change in the About Me section of my profile. :} u may get a kick out of it.

Okay, so the last thing I remember is Benei Brak Shabbaton which was flippin awesome and starting me seriously thinking about my life and the direction its going.... and i don't think i'll expound upon that concept anymore. :-X lol- nothing to awefully serious. don't worry, i haven't fallen in love with Chassidous or Chabad. Right, after that I spent practically the whole next two weeks with Sarah.... um, the first shabbos after I actually went with a sem friend to her grandmother's-friend's-grandson's Bar Mitzvah. Where we both slept on a half inflated (notice i didn't say half deflated) air mattress. Which wouldn't have been as bad as it sounds if the floor had not been freezing!! lol, no really, i had a really fun time. They were really really sweet people. The next Shabbos I went with Sarah to her cousin's house which was also fun. I got to learn all about a Mezumenet and some other Daati Leumi fun customs...... right and then the rest is all play practice..... which btw- is on MONDAY!!! AAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
so i'm totally not nervous... whatever. :P
lol- kk. gtg. love u all!! bye!

Lol

Okay so this was just a totally random post. The other day I sat down to write down some of the things that I think are either funny or ironic about sem, or about me in sem..... and I figured you would all enjoy something up to date to read. For sure those of you who either know me well, or have been to seminary will laugh at some of these funny things i've listed below.

So, this is for all of you who were wondering about the new me... :D Enjoy!

This year in Seminary....

1) i've learned to not be picky about what i eat... seriously, i've can eat cottage cheese or chumus out of the container... or soups of various thickness and colors- including orange and purple... :)
2) i sleep on a matress that is less than 4 in thick with a wooden board underneath.
3) i've learned that despite what everyone has told you- air conditioning is not a necessity, even in 100 degree chamtzins.
4) my room is, surprisingly, warmer in the winter than my room at home ever was. :P
5) I still can't always differenciate between the crying of a cat and a baby
6) I no longer need to hear the words "Ani Tzarich Ezra LaChatzot Et HaKvish" in order to understand that the 3-year-old on the busy street corner wants me to cross him.
7) I still can't bring myself to imagine spending 30-40 shek on a box of cereal when in America we pay 2-4 dollars.
8) I learned that it's possible for ones room to be emaculetely clean for a month straight (even with 4 girls living in it), but as soon as one of us has a hard day and her bed is a mess, Pitom- everybody's space is messed up.
9) i've learned that there is no depression that some blasting jewish music and a manicure party can't cure.
10) Practical advise for life: If your carrying an UZI, they will put you up first for karaoke... and every other time u ask.
11) My dictionary of English words- Buscuit= cookie, Plaits= braids, Fringe= bangs, Knickers= pants, Trainers= sneakers, Dodgy= sketchy. O, and don't ever say bloody... not even if you've just cut yourself and are bleeding everywhere.
12) Being sharp in class only gets u nicknames.... like Bamboo for instance.
13) I can now recognize a Frenchy from a mile away.
14) I've learned that sometimes staying away is the best way to keep someone close.
15) I've come to appreciate rain and bushes
16) I can now understand sentences like- "I love chinked peeks"
okay that's enough for now. hope u enjoyed hearing about the totally true, funky things in my life. So long folks!!
love you all!

The Rest of December

Shabbos of December 11th:

Okay, So Shabbos i went to Ramat Beit Shemesh with a friend and stayed at her old neighbors house. There daughter is in Rachel Factor's seminary for the arts, Midreshes Shmuel. Her and 2 friends also were home for shabbos. It was the first shabbos in a long time that was rainy and slightly chilly. I went to a sem friend for Shalosh Seudos.
Then on Motzei Shabbos I went to Rabbi Kahn, my halacha teacher's house for Melave Malka ( a different teacher makes one every motzei shabbos).

Week of December 12th-18th

Monday I was casted as a snobby upper class woman in the production. I got my script and we started practicing soon after.

The next shabbos was an in shabbos. Friday night I ate at Ariella Zilberman's- Sarah E's cousin. On shabbos day after the seuda in the dorm, i took Aviah and Efrat Zilberman to the park. While we were there, 2 chabadnicks came into the park and called all the children to come for a shabbos party. They started to call out passukim of Tehillim and some Pisgamim for the kids to repeat after them. To be honest it looked like a cult, but it was so beautiful. The kids were so excited... and they were screaming out words of Torah, and then at the end the boys (who were only younger twenties probably) gave out candy to all the kids. Afterwards I ate Shalosh Seudos by Ariella again.

Week of December 19th- 25th
Monday we went bike riding at this random bike trail. The trip was a smashing success!!!! ..... A successful disaster that is. :P 4 girls ended up in the ER. Because of all the injuries we lost all our guides one by one until certain groups were left to navigate the trails alone. Me and 9 other girls got lost and ended up in an Arab village. When we started seeing black water tanks and little huts we turned and rode the other way as fast as we could.
Tuesday I went out to dinner with a friend... we bought a pizza and some drinks and sat nearby to eat. the only reason this stands out in my mind was b/c it was the first time i missed tuesday night classes. It wasn't the smartest move, but it gave me a chance to chillax and unwind. specially b/c breaks in schedule don't happen nemore b/c of play practices.
Thursday I went to the Aish Hatorah Cumzitz and then went with my friend to her old sem dorm in Maalei Adeumim for the night.
Friday morning the two of us went from there to Beitar for Shabbos. We stayed at her Israelli cousins' house.
Sunday night a girl in the seminary made a Brachos Party for a Zechus for one of our teachers who doesn't have any children yet.

Week of December 26th- 31st
Monday we had the day to prepare for the Benei Brak Shabbaton. At lunch a girl had a seizure in the dorm. A lot of people were really freaked out. I wasn't there and I guess that's what Hashem wanted, but it still bothers me that nobody knew what to do. They told me that not only did nobody know what to do but nobody knew Hatzala's number!!! By the time i found out what was going on, it was all under control. The girl was taken to the hospital, and B"H she is now back in school.
That night I went out with a friend and got the Iced coffee I had been craving for almost 3 weeks. Then we went to all girls karaoke which was basically empty. So we got a lot of chances on stage and had a ton of fun!!
Wednesday Sarah Epstien surprised me. She had told me and everyone who might know me, that she was coming on Thursday just so she could surprise me. lol, boy was i surprised!!!!!! i was on the computer actually and she covered my eyes. The funny thing was that i had just been thinking about her. So i had a feeling it might be her, but i quickly dismissed it. When i turned around and saw her i totally freaked out!!!! For real- i haven't seen her in almost 2 years! Since then i've pretty much been spending all my time divided between class, practice, and sarah.
Thursday night we went to Daniella Jacobowitz's wedding. All you Detroiters know her husband and his family.... Rabbi J's son Shmoo. Afterward we went to stay at Sarah's cousins house in Beit Shemesh for the night. We stayed up basically all night talking, and I left at around 7:00am to catch a bus back to sem in order to be on time to leave with everyone to Benei Brak for our shabbaton.