Oh the places you'll go!

Hey all.
So here's another update from the life of an almost Israeli. Sunday to Monday was the holiday of Shavuot, this is a the day when G-d supposedly delivered the Torah to us at Sinai. Jason and I went to dinner and one shiur (lesson) at the Fuschberg Conservative Center and then headed over to Pardes to hear another shiur. Usually, people stay up all night studying Torah and then go to the Kotel to pray at sunrise but I was just too tired to do all that. Monday we just spent a lazy day at home hanging out. Tuesday I went back to work and started to have responsibilities on my own. My job for the summer is at a place called Career Israel, which is a 5 month MASA program in which the participants do internships while here. I am working mostly answering tons of emails and interviewing participants for the upcoming fall session. I really really enjoy working there, the people are nice, the work is exactly what I want to be doing, and it is a great connection to have for the future. Wednesday I headed up to Hebrew U to turn in my books at the library and my final paper. I also, amazingly, got my $2000 MASA grant check, which I will be using to live on this summer. So now I am officially done with Hebrew U and have no more school work to do for the whole summer! It is so weird, new, and nice to have my summer free to do what I want, this is my first summer not up at camp in 13 years. I never knew how nice it is to come home after work and not having any school work to do at night. Jason and I have been cooking dinner a lot and going out and seeing friends. On Wednesday, Jason's friend Eli stayed with us. We went out to sushi, at the best place ever, Sushi Rechavia, and then took a fun walk downtown. Thursday, my friend Emily stayed with us. That night we went to dinner with some family friends of Jason's from Buffalo. After, Emily and I came home and had a girls night and watched a movie while Jason was out having a meeting over coffee with someone. Friday, Jason and I went to the Israel Museum to see the art exhibit of art from the past decade 1998-2008. Then we went over to Mamilla mall by the Jaffa Gate and I actually found a pair of jeans in my size in Israel, it was a miracle. However, these jeans are about a foot longer than I am tall so I have to find a tailor to shorten them. Friday night we went to Shira Chadasha and we were hoping that we would be able to get an invite to Shabbat dinner, but really annoyingly there was no one there who was inviting people for dinner. So we came home and made our own dinner. It actually turned out very delicious however, I got burned by the steam from the water heater half way through making dinner and it really hurt. This morning, Jason dragged my to synagogue at Yakar, a very nice minyan in Katamon where his friend Inbal was having a kiddush because she is getting married this week. After that we had been invited by Yaeli, who is a Brandeis grad who is visiting for a little at her brother's, to come for Shabbat lunch. It was a very yummy lunch and it was nice to hang out with some old friends. Then we came home and took a very long Shabbat nap. Now, we are about to go out to a bar with my roommates. It should be fun.

Thats all for now, keep tuning in for more updates.