Kavanah--Intention ( Read more... )

I have spent the past week and a half, engrossed in Judaism. Not that I don't spend every other day involved in Judaism, but the High Holidays are a different time of year. I go to shul, where I don't necessarily agree with everything that is said and my Rabbi's sermon..well, thats another topic. But I go, with my parents, sit with them, pray with ( Read more... )

so BCI 2007 was an amazing 26 days of my life...no words can explain it, seriously, and as much as i've been trying to for the past 2 weeks, I can't. Pictures are posted on facebook, along with everyone elses and I walked away from the experience a little different. For those 3 1/2 weeks I focused on myself, and really tried to find new ways of ( Read more... )

as of today i am the proud owner of a 2006 Chevy Cobalt, it is four doors, blue-ish silver, has a sunroof, a cd player that actually works, and drives beautifully! just hours after i received the keys, i drove down to chicago. yes, i put 300+ miles on my brand new car, just to spend my birthday with my best friend and others! not that i wouldn't ( Read more... )

the email that I received tonight ( Read more... )

just found out i'm not going to be staffing EMU Hillel's birthright israel trip this summer....not exactly happy with that...

why do i constantly do this to myself? i set myself up for disappointment, i set myself up for defeat, i set myself up for heartbreak. i get my hopes up, and listen to others and hope for the best, and in the end, i'm the one sitting here, frustrated, angry, upset, but not at you, at myself, for yet again allowing my guard down, allowing myself to ( Read more... )

work..well march was a horrible month. asb was a great experience, extremely challenging at times, especially being the only staff member. things became even more complicated when we had to take david to the hospital, and while there he had a seizure. for the first time in my life, i had to step in the role of primary care-taker/decision maker. ( ( Read more... )

i am so incredibly sorry that i havent kept up with talking to you. its been a rough couple of weeks and things are only looking to get worse. it really sucks that in now have a different schedule than what i did a year ago or even last semester. but know that i still love you and miss you and miss talking to you, so please feel free to call me in ( Read more... )

After having a very good conversation with a collegue yesterday, my life and what I thought has been thrown up in the air. I feel like I am back to where I was a year ago, not knowing what the future held after June. I know that I cannot stay at EMU Hillel if Clara continues to be my boss, I cannot stay at EMU Hillel if I am getting the salary and ( Read more... )