and the Megilla.... ;)

Hi, sorry its been so long. Life has a way of living you sometimes and catching up takes being in shape... and so since i've been in seminary for 2 yrs almost you can imagine how well that's working out ;) pun intended

Either way i didn't have much to write about but lately things have gotten more interesting so here is the latest.....

I started a job about a month and a half ago where i wake up at 6:30 in the morning and get to work at 7:00. I get kids ready for Gan (playgroup or nursery school) and drop them off. A double stroller with a 2 yr old and a baby and also 2 kids holding on to the sides. Speaking of being in shape- i'm sure i'll be by the time i'm done with this gig. lol

I took the job b/c i doesn't interfere with my college or sem schedule and helps me keep focused on a schedule. Also, if i don't leave the dorm in the morning... i just will never get out that day. Which is fine by me but in truth ones skin starts turning bluish when they haven't been outside in a few weeks (cough... not that i would know such a thing personally) and besides, it doesn't seem to healthy. :D

I also started 2 new online courses and for those of you who heard about my burn out session in Jan-Feb.... well that's OVER. We're back in business, thank G-d. I'm just trying to snowball and after not doing any solid work for 2 months, i need all the divine help i can get. I'm now taking Physiological Psychology and History and Systems of Psychology. They are actually really interesting. So interesting, in fact, that i'm sitting here writing on my blog rather than opening my text book- lol.

Pesach break came at a great time. I also did a small data entry job for a few days at an international company called Oramed which created an orally administered insulin medication for diabetes. cool right??

I went to froyo the other day with a friend and got the most amazing frozen ever! [lol, no i'm not kidding they call frozen yogurts 'frozen' here.] I put in strawberries, mango, halva, sugar coated peanuts, white mekupelet and it was YUM! for all of you who are not farmiliar with what a froyo is b/c its a native to israel thing- its a frozen yogurt place that you pick what gets blended... like all types of fruits, chocolates, candies... etc. And then they blend it with the frozen yogurt/ice cream stuff and its really really yummy :) So that was my 3rd that i ever got... 2nd that i bought for myself. It was also really nice b/c i had good company.

My friend finished her psychometry last month (SAT equivelent only way harder... she was in class from 8:00 am to 9:00 pm with a 2 hr break in the middle 5 days a week for 5 months for it.) and we made a book burning party for her. I made the fire and it was very impressive. Thanx tatty for teaching me how to make a tepee b/c it impresses ppl and it works rlly well! :}

Another friend who didn't come back to P'ninim was in Israel for Pesach and i saw her a few times. It's really nice to be with ppl who know who you used to be... u know what i'm saying? I feel really comfortable with her... more than with most ppl i think. Either way it makes me happy.

Chedvas had a bondfire and we FROZE.... i brought like 10 sweatshirts and just handed them out and it still wasn't enough. ppl were turning colors so we didn't end up playing frizbee. A different night all the girls who stayed in Israel [who live in America] went out to pizza and it was also really nice. We went to a packed place in shefa mall. 


O- and i drove for my first time in Israel too! Rabbi Meisels needed s/o to do errands and there was no one else besides for me and a friend who's name is also shayna but neither of us were comfortable driving here in Israel so we decided to do it together for emotional support... it ended up being more like emotional abuse b/c we were both nervous and we're both terrible back seat drivers. :) We went to Har Nof, and Givat Shaul, and Kiryat Moshe, and Geula, and Shefa Mall and back again. It was so much fun!

It's like, this whole year i feel like a little girl in a little seminary with my little roommates and e/t is rosy and college is grand and i'm in my little bubble... and then i got behind the wheel, put my shades up, and its like reality changed. I felt suddenly so much older... idk why but it was cool. Either way it was sooo much better than walking or busing. I think i have to get an international license this summer before i make aliyah though b/c once ur a citizen you can't drive with a foreign license anymore.


After pesach i restarted my walking kids to Gan job and started taking some serious tests. I Since pesach i have been to Ramat Gan and taken 2 other big tests, one by Shmuel HaNavi and one in my school building. Hopefully it will keep going. Chedvas has also started again and i'm super happy to get back into a schedule. Unfortunately though, its not the most ideal schedule.... dorm is usually noisy until late at night but i wake up sometimes hours earlier than most of the girls so it gets annoying when i can't sleep all night and then have to wake up and either take a test or go to work. Besides for that though, i'm totally managing to accomplish and that's really all that matters. 


O- MAZAL TOV YOCHEVED AND MINDY!!! in case you didn't know these are 2 of my 4 best friends in the whole world and they are both engaged! lol- i feel soo blessed that i'll be able to go to both of their weddings imy"H!!!!!!!!!!! I'm sooo excited! 
Can't wait for the summer!!!
can't wait to come home and see everyone! Can't wait for Rivky's graduation! can't wait to spend the summer with family and friends. 
Love you all!
shayne :)