A Week Without a Post

I've gone a week without a post. So here's what you missed:

Friday:
Went to the Wadi Nisnas market in Haifa and bought some pitas and fruit. It was a good shopping trip. The Israeli who my friend and I were having dinner with that night called me while we were out and he told me all of the details for that night in Hebrew and I actually understood. When we got back to the university I changed for Shabbat and then my friend and I walked to the synagogue and met up with the family. They were nice people. They spoke mostly Hebrew to us and didn't try to convince us of any particular ideology or beliefs, as previous families have done. Instead, it was a very pleaseant meal with lot of food and good company. I think my Hebrew got a lot better because of that night. Afterwards, my friend and I walked back and played backgammon.

Saturday:
I made shakshuka for lunch and spent the day stressing about my Hebrew exam. The shakshuka was good, but the stress was not. That night my friends and I went out to a pub for happy hour. After that, we went to the supermarket and went grocery shopping. One of the things I bought was a bottle of scotch. While on the bus back, I was having a conversation with a friend of mine about alcoholism and when the bus stopped the old woman in front of me got up, stuck her finger out, and said really loud "It is not good to be an alcoholic". That was a very Israeli thing to do.

Sunday:
Studied. All day. Except for when I had the make up class for Arab-Israeli Relations.

Monday:
Hebrew Exam. I got a C. Much better than last time. Hebrew is hard, but my teacher doesn't make it less hard. In fact, she makes it more difficult by forcing us to write with vowels which is not done by Israelis.

Yesterday:
Terrorism and Responses exam. Complete waste of time. All multiple choice/ short answer and only 20 questions. That class is garbage. My group did our presentation about ETA. The teacher liked it, but I wish that we could have studied it as a class.

I'm still eating from the massive pot of vegetable soup I made. One of the things I bought Saturday night was a bag of soup nuts to eat with the soup. It was a smart purchase.