April 8-11

I’d first just like to apologize. I’ve been slacking.

That said, I will not be able to provide you all with pictures for this post yet. Today we have an all-day tiyul and then go to Yokniam for the weekend to stay with host families. I will tell you all about it upon my return on Sunday.

Anyway, the post:

The last few days at the Shiller house were a lot of fun. Matt and Tomer came to join the mix, and we swam, played games, and watched a whole lot of movies. The last night of Pesach we were invited to a very Sephardic feast with borekas, tons of odd candies, and other delicious pastries…all of which I couldn’t eat due to food allergies. Those Sephardim love to use nuts in everything! Anyway, we sat a little awkwardly at the party, then made our way home. On the way we stopped and bought pita and hummus, and at 11:30 in the evening we sat down to eat a nice big dinner, steaks, pitas, hummus, and other yummies included. I like eating late!

The next day we came back to Muss. Now, I do miss living in the cozy Shiller house with their nice food and really cool pool, but there is something good about coming back to be with all my friends here. Upon arrival we all sat and chatted about our breaks, and, believe it or not, everyone seemed to have fun. I got an adorable care-package from my mother along with a beautiful gift from Mrs. Fixelle (thank you both so much!), and the evening we returned we had a friendly matza tower building competition. The girls of course won with our spectacular rendition of the Eiffel Tower.

Yesterday we had classes, and it was, well, not very much fun. After classes I napped, did a little work, should have written this blog, and then, finally, went to see 300. I enjoyed the movie very much, although not quite as much as I had anticipated.

And now I’m here, writing this right before I run to grab some food at breakfast. I’ll tell you all about our weekend on Sunday, as well as add pictures to this post.

Sorry everyone!

-Jamie