People always say, "life can pass you by in the blink of the eye", or something along the lines of that, and it's true, life moves at a fast pace and if you don't stop and appreciate it, you will miss out on many opportunities. This past weekend was a perfect example, while many people on my program were traveling away in parts of Israel (that being my original plan to), I ended up staying local, cooked Shabbat dinner with my roommates and a couple friends, trying to get my tan on at the Gordon Beach on Saturday and spontaneously decided to take a day trip with my 3 other roommates to Jerusalem on Sunday (it might have been a decision we made while intoxicated but that's besides the point). Because when you're in a country as small as Israel, it's imperative to take advantage of every and all opportunity. While in Jerusalem, we walked down Ben Yehuda street and admired all the small Judaica Jewelry shops and wandered throughout the Mahane Yehuda Shuk. Although I've been here for a little bit over a month, this was the first time that I've really hung out with my roommates, just us four as a room and it was really nice. The night before our adventurous trip we checked out the club Solo, this time in the back in the "Green Room" where we met a new and upcoming Rapper from Israel, it was super casual, he gave us his CD too...bringing that back to America, everyone get ready for it! Flip-flop to Monday where I decided to skip class because I'm sick, again. Might as well just call me the sickling, hopefully my immune system will get stronger with the air out here (one can only hope). In case you were all wondering, I am taking classes here - they're just not that important to talk about...my favorite so far is called Jewish Education. And tonight we have our first walking tour of the surrounding areas of campus during my 100 Years: The History of Tel Aviv and Jaffa walking class! In the next coming weeks I have so much to look forward to: the OSP (Overseas Studies Program) South trip to Masada and the Dead Sea, one of my best friends from camp is coming next weekend, and then my brother comes to Israel!!!!! Finally, I cannot wait for the two Marines to be reunited, it's going to be magical. And then Purim is in three weeks!!! The time is flying by, so I have to savor every moment and seize every day!
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