I don't mind growing older (I'm now wise enough to realize that it's a blessing), but I'm not crazy about having Happy Birthday sung to me. We've always done this at my job whenever someone has a birthday, and I've always found it embarrassing - like, aren't we too old for this? This year, I had it sung to me twice, once at work and once during the ( Read more... )

Our May has been unseasonably cool so far, which I'm really loving. I got to sleep with my window open for large portions of March and April, and I’m still just able to get away with it for now. I love sleeping with my open window, and I haven't done it since we lived in Smallpartment! (That place was the size of a shoebox, but oh, how I loved that ( Read more... )

Last Saturday was the day that I'd been waiting for ever since I first became obsessed with Les Miserables! I saw a production of the musical in person for the first time ever!!!! It was performed at a theater downtown, and it was a very good show. I was so excited that I thought I'd never get to sleep on Friday night, and I left way early on ( Read more... )

What did Rebecca do this weekend? Well, on Saturday, I slept in, went to the library, crocheted, and wrote fanfiction. In other words, a whole lotta nothin'! In my defense, I did wake up with a headache that never really went away. Besides, I enjoyed it ( Read more... )

This Jewish girl had a very enjoyable Christmas. We never did go out and see Saving Mr. Banks like we meant to, but it was still a good day. I slept in. Lazed around. Played with the cats. For the last few years, Sara and I have cooked ourselves a BIG breakfast on Christmas Day, and we did it again this year. Of course, we slept in so late that we ( Read more... )

Tonight was the last night of Hanukkah until 5775. I haven't posted in a while because it's been a busy week. What have I been up to ( Read more... )

Sara and I have decided on Mayim for our new cat's name. It's a Hebrew name that means water, which suits her because she just goes with the flow. Seriously, she's so calm. Almost nothing startles this cat -- not loud noises, strange people, getting flicked with water (I did this to her at dinner, when she jumped on the table and made for my goat ( Read more... )

I didn't get as much packing done over the weekend as I should have, but progress was made. A lot of stuff was donated to a neighbor, my temple, and Goodwill, and a lot of other stuff that we won't need right away was stored at Mom's house. We still have a lot left to do, though ( Read more... )

Athena was in town this weekend, and on Sunday, she, Sara, and I went to see The Possession. (AKA the Jewish exorcism movie I posted about here). I was pretty disappointed. Some scenes that were supposed to be scary just felt stupid, and its treatment of Judaism was borderline offensive to me. The only highlights were the two young actresses and ( Read more... )

This is a short entry because work lasted forever tonight, it's late, I'm tired, and I'm waking up bright and early tomorrow morning to leave for summer camp! I'm not sure how often I'll have Internet access there, so posts may be sporadic for a while. My back-up plan is to keep a paper journal of my experiences, take lots of pictures, and put them ( Read more... )