'Smile Time'
Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
One of them, a boy who looked about five, asked if he could lead me in the blessings. I didn't need the help -- I know the blessings -- but he looked so proud of being able to do it, so I let him tell me the words one at a time and I repeated each one, and told him he did a very good job. Then his older brother criticized my lulav-shaking technique.
That's the most adorable thing I've heard all week.
It was very cute. (Chabad Houses in places outside NYC or LA or Israel generally tend to be run by young married couples, and people within Chabad tend to have a ton of kids, so a Chabad House rabbi with a whole lot of pre-teen kids is pretty common. This family said that they had six sons, and four of them were there. I think they usually send the older kids to NYC or Israel for high school, to live with relatives there.)
Until he started getting a lot of migrant workers and realized that having the note signed "Jesus" might not be the best idea for his Jewish customers.
LOL!
So, remember that critical math final, the one that decided if I'm starting the MPA program next week or not?
I've passed!
(And now trying to remember how to breath again and how to process success after living most of the last three months in a bulb of stress, and do this before Sunday, when grad school starts).
Congrats, Shir!
Well done, Shir! I hope you find some good stress control methods for dealing with grad school. I'm excited to see you succeed with this next step.
Go Shir! You go get yourself that education! We are so proud of you!
Congrats, Shir!
Congratulations, Shir! Must be a huge relief. Well earned.
Congrats, Shir!
Anyone wanna make me do stuff? I spent practically the whole day at home yesterday (I walked over to a place for breakfast, and then...sat around the house all day, went to the grocery store, and slept for 12 hours last night). I don't have a ton of stuff I urgently NEED to do, but there's a bunch of stuff I SHOULD do...and am not managing to make myself do...or just ought to get my ass off the couch??)
Congratulations, Shir! Enjoy getting your brain all filled with new knowledge!