Shabbat and First Day Back to School

On Friday I did what I do pretty much every Friday; slept late, went to the shuk, went to kabbalat shabbat (at Yakar), ate dinner at Beit Nativ, hung out, and went to bed.  Saturday morning I went to services at Chovevi Tzion, ate lunch at Beit Nativ, took a nap, did mincha with Nativ, ate dinner (not really, dinner was horrible so I ate cucumbers and tomatoes), and then went to get frozen yogurt with some friends.  After frozen yogurt we decided we were actually hungry so we ordered in Shnitzi's.  After waiting an hour for our food, my friend called to see where it was and it turned out the delivery man had gotten into an accident.  Don't worry though, he was fine and our food eventually came.

Today was my first day back to classes after sukkot break!  I woke up around 9 and then went to breakfast with one of my pilgrimage staff, Naty,  and two friends who are also on Nativ and were also in my pilgrimage group.  We went to this cute little coffee shop on Emek Refaim Street.  I had eggs and hot chocolate.  Then Naty took us to this place called Valley of the Holy Cross where they supposedly got the wood for Jesus' cross.  It's this beautiful little path with lots of olive trees and there is a big monastery there.  After that I went to the gym and then had Art History and Foreign Policy.  They were both good, but I like Foreign Policy the best.  I made a peanut butter and jelly sandwich and brought some other snacks that I ate in between classes.  After class we had girls football practice.  It was kind of chaotic but fun I guess.  Now I'm going to bed, I have to be awake for services at 6:30!  We have a schedule where each of us have to go to services twice a week, and my days are Mondays and Tuesdays.

Lila tov!

-Sarah