1. eating the best hummus in my life with one of my favorite shopkeepers here. he invited us in the shop and just stuffed pitas in our hands and insisted that we eat this huge platter of hummus! and juice. it was so delicious.
2. literary society. this is legitimately SO fun. we all gather after dinner outside with our laptops and think of a one-sentence prompt. then we have 20-30 minutes to write a story, monologue, poem, whatever you want! then we get in a circle and read what we've written. it's the best. AHH, i love to write.
3. taking a break from studying to play soccer. it was so refreshing.
4. meeting one of the JC gardeners that i see all the time. i've decided that i want to meet every person that works here. i was sitting on my balcony reading and he was pruning roses and we had a really great 2 minute conversation. his name is muhammad and he's been a gardener at the JC for 26 years!
5. going to the western wall at 4:30 AM to watch the shavuot sunrise service. shavuot is a jewish holiday that commemorates receiving the torah from mt. sinai. it was really fun, especially since we aren't typically allowed outside of the center before 6. and i've learned so many jewish traditions and practices that i understood a lot of things that people were doing there that i wouldn't have a month ago, so it was really cool to see the rituals we learn about in practice!
6. mashed potatoes for dinner. yes please.
Even though you may give up blogging after your experience in Jerusalem, don"t stop blogging yet!! I love your writing! Blogging may be kind of self serving but I think you have an authentic voice and a spunky spirit that should be heard! I love your blog. What an awesome record of these fun years of your life.
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