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I had thought that this week would be a lazy one, and that I would be able to tell you about all of my summer adventures thus far. But it is looking like this nothing week between my travels and my job will actually also be wild and crazy, so maybe I'll start there.
Today: running about four miles (already done), printing out and putting together my submissions for some writing contests that I know I won't win but will feel good about myseelf for having entered, reading, being lazy, etc.
Tonight: Jill is staying at my house - hooray!
Tomorrow: lazy stuff, like Hillel work, practicing guitar, etc.
Tomorrow night: all night Shavuot study at Olam Tikveh (Conservative synagogue) with Rebecca and her friend
Friday morning: 9:30 am Shavuot service at Conservative synagogue. No other plans until evening.
Friday evening: either Shabbat services with Rebecca, or buying lawn seats at Wolftrapp to see Pirates of Penzance while my parents usher.
Saturday: nothing planned.
Sunday: running in a race with my parents.
Monday: Work starts.
It's been wild - Rebecca graduating, moving in with her girlfriend, starting what she wants to be her lifetime career, and coming out to the family has really occupied the foreground of my thoughts, along with reading a terrific book (thanks for the reccomendation, Laura Eve), and... well then before this week there was a whole long vacation with Daniel that I didn't write about at all. I'm not feeling like I'm in a particularly writing oriented mood - I wrote a lot yesterday - so I'll tell you about it in list form.
Wednesday 5/17: Daniel and his friend drive here from Roanoke. We walk to a coffee shop together, and when we get out it is raining, so when my mom calls and offers that my Dad can pick us up, we take him up on the offer. We drop Daniel's friend of at her GMU dorm, eat a fabulous fancy meal that mom has prepared for us, Daniel plays ping pong with my father
Thursday: I make Daniel french toast for breakfast. We go into DC and go up the Washington Memorial, go to the American History Smithsonian and spend what is for Daniel a painstakingly long time looking at the Brown vs. The Board of Education exhibit, then go to the Natural History Smithsonian and look at the insects. We sit on the lawn chatting in the rain for a while, share an ice cream, and when the rain clears up, we go paddle boating on the tidal basin. We meet my parents in Gorgetown and they take us to a fancy Asian Fusian restaurant for dinner.
Friday: we drive to NYC, park, go for a walk to Colombia University and back, split a bagel, a slice of pizza, and a giant hamantaschen for dinner, and go to services at B'nai Jeshrun, a beautiful synagogue in the city, where chairs are set up in a circle around a number of leaders who sing the prayers and play instruments and encourage dancing and try to create a spiritual experience. We arrive at my grandparents' house late at night.
Saturday: we eat breakfast with my grandparents, and Daniel meets my Aunt Sara. We go into the city, park at a relatively inexpensive lot, and then try to figure out where our show is. In the mean time, we run into the 9th Avenue Food Festival, and Daniel buys me a candied apple. We find our show, located in Greenwich Village, and it doesn't start for a while, so Daniel gets lunch in a falaffel place and we explore a bit. We take a bunch of pictures of ourselves in front of the theatre, and then we go in and see "I Love You Because", a terrific musical of four actors with brilliant voices who sing about love troubles on a very intersting stage. We walk to the next show (a long walk), and once we find it we walk to a restaurant called the French Roast, where we have a French meal, which is very nice. We see Slava's Snowshow, a Russian clown show that is very interesting and moving in parts, and certainly unusual. We go for a walk back to the car, taking a detour to stop in the Strand, a giant used book store, where I buy three exciting books for two dollars. We buy New Yorkish desserts in a deli, walk through Times Square, and end up back at our car, arriving late at Grandma and Grandpa's house.
Sunday: We spend the day with Grandma and Grandpa. We have breakfast with them, then we go to see my Uncle Boris, visit with him for a while, return, and go to the movies. We see Keeping Up with the Steins, which my grandparents love and Daniel and I think is cute and tolerable. Grandma and Grandpa take us, Aunt Sara, Uncle Andy, and Gabriel out for dinner at the Edison Diner, where Daniel experiences New Jersey diners for the first time. We play cards with Gabriel, watch Funny Girl, and then go to sleep.
Monday: We eat breakfast with Grandma and Grandpa, and the go to Liberty State Park, and take the ferry to Ellis Island, where we spend the day touring. We see a play and a movie there, and look at lots of interesting exhibits. Unfortunatley we miss the ferry for the Statue of Liberty and return without having gone there. We go back to Grandma and Grandpa's house and Grandma makes us dinner. In the evening, Daniel and I play cards.
Tuesday: We spend the day at Six Flags, riding all kinds of roller coasters including the "Stuntman Freefall" which Daniel thinks is a little much. We have a lot of fun. We then go to the University of Delaware and have dinner on Main Street with Rebecca and a bunch of her opinionated politically minded friends. After dinner, we go to Alanna's apartment, where we spend the evening being silly with Alanna, and then go to sleep.
Wednesday: We go in to Philidelphia, wander around for a bit, and look at a historical Quaker meetinghouse. We have lunch and go to the African American museum, where we take our time looking at the artwork. We tour Independance hall, and then return to the University of Delaware, where we and Alanna have dinner with Rebecca and her roommate. Rebecca leaves to take her last final, and retrns to find us still in the restaurant. She joins us, and we talk for a while, and then Rebecca, Alanna, Daniel, and I go to Alanna's apartment, where we hang out for a little while, and sleep.
Thursday: we have brunch, Daniel leaves, Alanna, Rebecca, and I plant a tree, wander around a lot, I take them out to dinner, we go to a party and then sit in a pizza parlor and talk to a bunch of Rebecca's friends.
Friday: I go for a run, Rebecca and Alanna pack, mom and dad come, more packing, then dinner, then ice cream, I go to mom and dad's hotel room and sleep on the floor.
Saturday: Rebecca's graduation, followed by fancy dinner
Sunday: Rebecca's graduation party, with lots of family members present
Monday: Mom and dad go to New Jersey to make a shiva call, Rebecca comes along, I'm at home reading and writing
Yesterday: Reading, writing, home movies and Rebecca time.
OK, that's all folks. :)
Today: running about four miles (already done), printing out and putting together my submissions for some writing contests that I know I won't win but will feel good about myseelf for having entered, reading, being lazy, etc.
Tonight: Jill is staying at my house - hooray!
Tomorrow: lazy stuff, like Hillel work, practicing guitar, etc.
Tomorrow night: all night Shavuot study at Olam Tikveh (Conservative synagogue) with Rebecca and her friend
Friday morning: 9:30 am Shavuot service at Conservative synagogue. No other plans until evening.
Friday evening: either Shabbat services with Rebecca, or buying lawn seats at Wolftrapp to see Pirates of Penzance while my parents usher.
Saturday: nothing planned.
Sunday: running in a race with my parents.
Monday: Work starts.
It's been wild - Rebecca graduating, moving in with her girlfriend, starting what she wants to be her lifetime career, and coming out to the family has really occupied the foreground of my thoughts, along with reading a terrific book (thanks for the reccomendation, Laura Eve), and... well then before this week there was a whole long vacation with Daniel that I didn't write about at all. I'm not feeling like I'm in a particularly writing oriented mood - I wrote a lot yesterday - so I'll tell you about it in list form.
Wednesday 5/17: Daniel and his friend drive here from Roanoke. We walk to a coffee shop together, and when we get out it is raining, so when my mom calls and offers that my Dad can pick us up, we take him up on the offer. We drop Daniel's friend of at her GMU dorm, eat a fabulous fancy meal that mom has prepared for us, Daniel plays ping pong with my father
Thursday: I make Daniel french toast for breakfast. We go into DC and go up the Washington Memorial, go to the American History Smithsonian and spend what is for Daniel a painstakingly long time looking at the Brown vs. The Board of Education exhibit, then go to the Natural History Smithsonian and look at the insects. We sit on the lawn chatting in the rain for a while, share an ice cream, and when the rain clears up, we go paddle boating on the tidal basin. We meet my parents in Gorgetown and they take us to a fancy Asian Fusian restaurant for dinner.
Friday: we drive to NYC, park, go for a walk to Colombia University and back, split a bagel, a slice of pizza, and a giant hamantaschen for dinner, and go to services at B'nai Jeshrun, a beautiful synagogue in the city, where chairs are set up in a circle around a number of leaders who sing the prayers and play instruments and encourage dancing and try to create a spiritual experience. We arrive at my grandparents' house late at night.
Saturday: we eat breakfast with my grandparents, and Daniel meets my Aunt Sara. We go into the city, park at a relatively inexpensive lot, and then try to figure out where our show is. In the mean time, we run into the 9th Avenue Food Festival, and Daniel buys me a candied apple. We find our show, located in Greenwich Village, and it doesn't start for a while, so Daniel gets lunch in a falaffel place and we explore a bit. We take a bunch of pictures of ourselves in front of the theatre, and then we go in and see "I Love You Because", a terrific musical of four actors with brilliant voices who sing about love troubles on a very intersting stage. We walk to the next show (a long walk), and once we find it we walk to a restaurant called the French Roast, where we have a French meal, which is very nice. We see Slava's Snowshow, a Russian clown show that is very interesting and moving in parts, and certainly unusual. We go for a walk back to the car, taking a detour to stop in the Strand, a giant used book store, where I buy three exciting books for two dollars. We buy New Yorkish desserts in a deli, walk through Times Square, and end up back at our car, arriving late at Grandma and Grandpa's house.
Sunday: We spend the day with Grandma and Grandpa. We have breakfast with them, then we go to see my Uncle Boris, visit with him for a while, return, and go to the movies. We see Keeping Up with the Steins, which my grandparents love and Daniel and I think is cute and tolerable. Grandma and Grandpa take us, Aunt Sara, Uncle Andy, and Gabriel out for dinner at the Edison Diner, where Daniel experiences New Jersey diners for the first time. We play cards with Gabriel, watch Funny Girl, and then go to sleep.
Monday: We eat breakfast with Grandma and Grandpa, and the go to Liberty State Park, and take the ferry to Ellis Island, where we spend the day touring. We see a play and a movie there, and look at lots of interesting exhibits. Unfortunatley we miss the ferry for the Statue of Liberty and return without having gone there. We go back to Grandma and Grandpa's house and Grandma makes us dinner. In the evening, Daniel and I play cards.
Tuesday: We spend the day at Six Flags, riding all kinds of roller coasters including the "Stuntman Freefall" which Daniel thinks is a little much. We have a lot of fun. We then go to the University of Delaware and have dinner on Main Street with Rebecca and a bunch of her opinionated politically minded friends. After dinner, we go to Alanna's apartment, where we spend the evening being silly with Alanna, and then go to sleep.
Wednesday: We go in to Philidelphia, wander around for a bit, and look at a historical Quaker meetinghouse. We have lunch and go to the African American museum, where we take our time looking at the artwork. We tour Independance hall, and then return to the University of Delaware, where we and Alanna have dinner with Rebecca and her roommate. Rebecca leaves to take her last final, and retrns to find us still in the restaurant. She joins us, and we talk for a while, and then Rebecca, Alanna, Daniel, and I go to Alanna's apartment, where we hang out for a little while, and sleep.
Thursday: we have brunch, Daniel leaves, Alanna, Rebecca, and I plant a tree, wander around a lot, I take them out to dinner, we go to a party and then sit in a pizza parlor and talk to a bunch of Rebecca's friends.
Friday: I go for a run, Rebecca and Alanna pack, mom and dad come, more packing, then dinner, then ice cream, I go to mom and dad's hotel room and sleep on the floor.
Saturday: Rebecca's graduation, followed by fancy dinner
Sunday: Rebecca's graduation party, with lots of family members present
Monday: Mom and dad go to New Jersey to make a shiva call, Rebecca comes along, I'm at home reading and writing
Yesterday: Reading, writing, home movies and Rebecca time.
OK, that's all folks. :)