CARNIVAL & exams...

Today was a fantastic day.  I woke up at 6:45 a.m. to go to the carnival I wrote about in my last post.  There were about 25 volunteers all excited and ready to go.  We all took the bus together to Talpiyot where we met Dov.  A bunch of us got to actually go into the gan and play with the kids there, then we walked over to the gym in another school where the carnival was set up.  There were a bunch of different games like the ones you would see at a purim carnival in America: ring toss, basketball, soccer, etc.  There were 3 shifts: gan, 1st grade, and 2nd grade.  The gan was a little bit young for the carnival games so this lady named Leora played with them with one of those giant parachutes and also tug of war.  All of the Nativers helped out during this.  For the 1st and 2nd graders, there were 2-4 of us at each booth and they loved it.  They each got a bag to put the points they won at each game in.  At the end, everyone got a bag of candy.  The kids were so cute.  They loved playing with us and I think everyone there had an amazing time.

After the carnival I had to take my art history midterm.  It was exactly what I expected so it was okay.  I had foreign policy, and then I came home and skyped with Hagesher at fall convention!  It was fun to see all of my USY friends, and my sister, and talk about Nativ.  Then I went out to dinner at Le Pasta.  I got ravioli.  After that I did some Hebrew homework and then studied a little for my Talmud midterm tomorrow.  I'll study more tomorrow morning before the test.

I should go to bed.  It's late and I went to bed late last night too.  I guess I kind of do every night, but I have to go to services tomorrow at 6:30 a.m. so... yeah.

Lila tov!!

-Sarah