mid week update

TRY is in full swing now. Between classes, Tiyuls (trips), and attempt at homework/studying, free time is a rarity. It’s so fun living in dorms and feeling more independent. At night when we all study in the hallways people order in food or walk to the falafel stand. We’re starting to build a community and it’s really exciting. The weather has been super pleasant lately. Not too hot where you’re uncomfortable and not too cold either. The sun is always out and it reminds me of early spring in Boise. The school schedules here are so odd; a lot like college. Tomorrow I have classes until 6:30 at night, but a bunch of random breaks throughout the day. On Sundays (yes we have school on Sundays), I have a three hour mid day break. It’s about the only time of the week I have alone time. Today we went on a trip to Sataf, I can’t tell you what it is because no one knows. Shoshana says it’s a place where they grow agriculture in the mountains. Miriam says it means ripening. Obviously Israeli Core Course is SUPER helpful J. In a nutshell, it has a bunch of stuff growing on it, and a water tunnel. It was absolutely beautiful and luscious. You could literally see for miles. One of the coolest parts was walking through the water tunnel. It was insanely narrow and claustrophobic, but there were tiny candles in crevices and it opened into a huge room. Water was dripping from rocks, and it was super humid. The space was pitch black, but we all gathered around with flashlights and then walked back. After coming back to the Chava, Miriam and I walked to the falafel stand for dinner. Trust me, there’s only so much chava food I can take. It’s literally HORRIBLE. I have never had worse food in my life. Lunch today was some random meat on popsicle sticks, rice, eggs, hummus, cereal, and some unidentified substances. It’s not food. Anyways, after that we had cleaning night, which was surprisingly fun. Our room was a pig sty and we all got really into straightening it up. The hallways are sick too so we soaped and hosed it which ended up with a huge flood in which everyone got soaked. Everything is just more fun here. Living with 35 teenagers makes life so much more exciting. Life is good, I’m happy, and this is crazy fun.