Mid-Year Report (plus or minus)

Yeah, yeah. I know; no posts since the snow. Oy. Plenty of things, not limited to but including food poisoning on the way to Eilat three weeks ago and two sinus infections, classes are OVER for the semester! Woo hoo! One down, three to go!

It has been approximately 9 months since I arrived in Israel to begin my graduate program. And in true Shayna-fashion, I thought I would create a top-ten.

Shayna's Top Ten Kickin' Things That Shayna Has Leaned in the Past Nine Months
10. Shayna has learned at least five ways to tell a guy he is an asshole...in Hebrew.
9. Yoseftal Hospital in Eilat is good only for sunburns and food poisoning.
8. Israeli macaroni and cheese: bad (see number 9).
7. "Allo?" is the proper way to answer your cellphone...in Hebrew.
6. Home Center. A terrible, terrible place to find a date for Thursday night.
5. French toast and french fries are the only good things to have come out of France....
4. Hold onto the handle bar while standing on the bus. You don't look cool flat on your face.
3. Post Office workers are even more disgruntled in Israel than they are in the States. Always provide them with a courteous smile even if they ask you to pay $100 in customs for your own Chanukah present.
2. When a guy is bugging you at a bar and you ask what he wants from you (Ma Ata Rotzeh?), he will more that likely answer "Green Card."
1. Falafel: breakfast, lunch, and dinner.

All is well.