I had the oral surgery.  Finally, after months of putting it off because no time was convenient to be out of commission for a few days.  Life was tangled up in the way.  Good life: finishing finals, camping, graduation, Shavuot, work, the ongoing projects of wedding and living situation, but still, no time to be getting surgery ( Read more... )

Is it mature to delegate responsibilities which I am too overextended to do myself to people who are willing and able to them, or is it childish to allow my parents to visit wedding venues and talk to caterers for me ( Read more... )

My wedding day might be among the happiest days of my life, if not the happiest.  My surprise proposal was definitely at the top of the best moments of my life ( Read more... )

Things I have learned since getting engaged:

1. Ari really can pull off a surprise.  He told me an approximate time frame for the proposal (and I was glad he did) and I even picked out the ring, and I was still surprised.

1. Platinum is heavy.

1. Pirke Avot 5:22.

1. Planning Jewish weddings sucks.  At first I thought everyone does the same thing all the time ( Read more... )

Yesterday, I dreamt I was surrounded by very religious people (mostly men whom I didn't know).  Someone dropped a Torah.  No one noticed, except for me, and I was thinking that I shouldn't pick up the Torah lest I offend the religious men. The dream was realistic enough such that when I first woke up, I thought I was supposed to be fasting ( Read more... )

It would have been better off if I'd never gone to Reston, VA/Baltimore, MD in the first place and just made last minute Shabbat plans in Highland Park ( Read more... )

Allentown Fair

A fair scam, I knew, but for $15, I belted
my favorite Sugarland song and nailed it. 
My Idol moment: There I stood - my lucky black lace
top and grey Macy's clearance jeans, ripped with giant
holes through which the entire city of Allentown
could see my cat print underwear - and it was amazing.
The crowd of 40 cheered, only you ran off to ( Read more... )

Rosh Hashanah was annoying this year.  The chaotic timing between work and school.  The difficulty with keeping the laws of yom tov when staying by parents who do not keep the laws of yom tov.  The sheer boredom of a three day yom tov:  2 days of Rosh Hashanah immediately followed by Shabbat.  My allergies acting up constantly, so I spent the ( Read more... )

I've been feeling more of a need to post thoughts here lately.  Not sure if anyone is still updating or reading, but just in case, I think it is necessary to post a brief current life summary in order to put everything in context ( Read more... )

Living at home, I spend a lot of time with my younger brother.

I hate that he is about a million times smarter than me, in every possible way, and that he knows it and hasn't rubbed in my face yet.  I also hate that for all my bravado and all my sarcasm and insults and bitchiness, he knows me better than I'd want him to.