This whole scenario is not easy. I have tons of school work, all of which is assigned for but of which I can do on Rosh HaShannah, Shabbat, or any other Yom Tov for that matter. It's a fast day, but there isn't even a minyan to do minchah. Why doesn't my Jewish day school want me to be observant?

I'm not happy anymore.

To think, it's been five years.

Fall Board weekend was really good.

I don't really know what else to say. Just, I miss you.

Encampment 2006 - the third and final encampment of my USY career ( Read more... )

And tomorrow morning, I leave again. I return the 30th, but I'm only around for a day seeing as I leave for again on September 1st.

This is my senior encampment. The beginning of the end. Let's hope its not too stressful.

Love, hugs, and kisses!
♥Ariel

Why am I such a doormat? I just let everyone walk all over me. The one thing that I really want to do, the one thing that I've been so excited and happy about, I don't end up doing. And why? Because I let other people discourage me or simply prevent me from going forth. "I think its a bad idea." "I think it's a waste." "All that travel for just a ( Read more... )

I'm home.

I'm a senior, and my life is hectic.
Where is the pause button? I need more time to get ready for Pilgrimage.

I'm going to poland in three days, and it has not even come close to hitting me.
I'm leaving.
So is everyone else.
It's summertime, and the living isn't easy.