Jet Lag

A post about my apartment will come soon with pictures. For now I'll tell you a bit about it. My apartment is across the street from the Prima Kings Hotel, it is in a prime location and very close to the main street. To get to the apartment you walk down a path from the street and then enter the building and go up to the first floor. The apartment is what I would consider very Israeli, and has been deemed amazing by others who have seen it - yay! You enter the apartment to a square hall that all the rooms are off of: my room is to the left, then the kitchen, then the chetzi washroom (just a toilet) and the full washroom, then the living room, and 2 more bedrooms. My room is pretty much all bed - it's big - and lots of storage. 


My friend, Jessie, came to meet me the day I got here and served as my brain for the day. She made a list of the things I need and helped me purge the room of all the things that were taking up space. We went shopping and made my bed - the key thing that needed to be done before the end of the day. By the time Shabbat came in the next day I had fully unpacked and put my bags away. Success!


As part of the efforts to stay awake - I say "the" instead of "my" because my classmates are awesome and made it their mission to keep me awake too - I had dinner with my roommate Jay and Manda at the The Gimbel's apartment, it was delicious - thanks Jeremy and Sarah!


After dinner, we walked over to a jam session at Emma and Rachel's "Palace" of an apartment on Ayin Chet. All day I wasn't sure if I would make it this long, but I'm so happy I did. There were about 12 of us sitting around in the living room singing whatever our wonderful guitarists could play for us. It was amazing just experiencing the energy in this room - it was a great way to start this year in Israel and I am really excited for the many future gatherings to come.


Here's a link to a video Jeremy and Sarah made of the song sesh: https://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=10100447613615553&oid=131987360202697&comments


For now, I still feel like I'm rocking on a boat, but I am sleeping through the night.