Nothing I say will be as exciting as that last entry

Seriously though. She is so adorable and everything you said she does I just imagine her doing and I can only imagine how awesome it must be too see. I saw pictures of the adorable outfits and I must say they are so freaking cute you could just eat her up. I'm very jealous of your snuggles. Sometimes all I want to do is snuggle with a baby but theyre hard to come by or something like that...

But on my end work is going well! So I only started at my desk last week (in case I didn't tell you i'll be in the city for this year and my office is 54th and 6th pretty close to Radio City) so yea I havent actually done much yet because I've just been waiting to get set up and stuff but people on my team say I look busy already which I guess is a good skill to have. The people on my team are really awesome and we are actually getting a new person this week so it'll be good to see if shes cool too. I think I actually get to start doing stuff this week so thats awesome and exciting and scary at the same time. I get assinged clients who I have to manage so I'll get to talk to people and whatnot so thats a yay.

Being in the city is also really really good. I think I never realized the scope of opportunity for a social life that working in the city lends itself to. And since I took a part of the CPA last week( which was alright I just really hope I passed and dont have to take it again but I wont find out until end of august which I guess isnt that far away) and am only in the beginning stages of studying for my next part I can actually have a social life for a little while.  Last week I actually did stuff 3 days of the week which was a pretty big deal considering my activities have been consisting of working, studying, sleeping repeat. But yes I would love to see you sometime this week Im open to dinner or happy hour-- I usually get out of work around 5:30.

So thats pretty much me. Tell your mom I said hello and let me know when you're free this week! Miss you! <3

A Message from the Auntie

So I've been in St. Louis for about a week and a half. It's been awesome getting to know Hannah (whom we still call Duckie sometimes). I love holding her. Her toes are adorable her hands and feet are actually proportionally large so maybe she'll be tall! She has monkey length arms too. And she is so cute for the twenty minutes at a time that she is content and awake. She sleeps a lot, which is fine because she is super cute to stare at while sleeping.

She gets the hiccups constantly and they vary from the silent ones that just shake her entire body, to the scary sounding ones that make you just stare at her nervously to make sure she's not choking or anything, to the ones that sound like she has a squeeze-toy in her stomach and you can't help but laugh because it's hilarious. Everything she does is adorable and miniature. Sneezing, coughing. I am of the opinion that she's even cute while crying, but others are of the opinion that this is only because I don't wake up with her in the middle of the night. She sleeps a lot at night though, so they're pretty lucky.

My sister puts her in these adorable headbands when we go out. Half because she wants people to know immediately that she is a girl and half because they are just soooo pretty. We're not supposed to take her out much, so we limit. We went to the zoo today. She slept through the whole thing.

She's also so cute in the bath. She got her first bath while I was here. We put her in this sunflower sink insert and run water on her head and she just sits and coos a little. She doesn't even care that there is water on her head.

I'm coming back on Wednesday night. It'll be nice to be back home and see friends and snuggle with my cats, but I can't imagine not getting to see her and get to know her and her quirks. They'll be in for like ten days in mid-September and then again in November, but considering how she grows so noticeably overnight sometimes, a month or two seems endless. Sigh. I'd love to see you next week! Tell me in detail about how work is going! My mom asked...

Auntie Jenna.

Why Hello Auntie Jenna! I would say Aunt J but then you'd sound like a character from the help so not sure I want that to happen. But Congrads! Mazel Tov!(Hoping its appropriate in this situation) Vazhthukal(this is how you say congrads in tamil in case you were curious..thought id mix it up a bit you kno) I dont blame you for staring at her ever since you sent me the picture Ive been staring at her as well (# confessions).
But I can see why its killing you to not be able to see her in person I would want to just hold her all the time she is so darn cute. And I like Hannah as a name too because you know Jenna...Sabrina...Hannah. Yea. I could rap like this for hours. But anyways do send me more pictures if you have them I would love to see them! And yea birth is really weird man its all like where did she come from and how is she real. yea.
 Well on my end finally got through my first week of work even though it feels like ive been working for about 3 months. Not that the week itself was long it just seems like last weekend was legit forever ago. But its been good so far Im only in training which is practically like school because its just class all day. The first day went really well it was nice seeing/ talking to everyone after a year and I even met some new grads. After that it got a little meh because people went into the whole.. I have my friends now and will only talk them mode really fast. And while I do have friends I feel like im dont belong to any set group and am just testing waters in many. Im sure ill find a group once I know what office im in for the year since Ill have to eat lunch with the grads and whatnot.
And while I would complain about the whole school aspect of it since Im learning all day and then I come home and study i realize its actually better than working for real since theres never any guarentee there. But in terms of who we like..on the first day I saw this new grad who was in my calc class freshman year of college so that was pretty crazy. I dont dislike too many people although I must say that girl Jenna who was an intern..I totally stared at her from across the room today and she made no effort to make eye contact and smile..so yea. Haha anyways tell me more baby stories and Shabbat Shalom!

Auntie Jenna?

Hi!

How is work? I want to hear all the details! Who do we like? Who do we not like? How goes the training?

I finally have an answer to "what's new" because of the adorable little baby girl. Her name is Hannah Sophia. And I'm in love with her. She has this little button nose and I'm so jealous of everyone who gets to touch it and kiss it while I watch through video chat. But at least I have that. She looks so snuggly all cuddled in her multiple blankets (something about regulating temperature). Birth is crazy. Like one minute she's inside a person and now she is a person. Very very weird. Even my sister says it's surreal.

Her new hat with a cute little bow

Her hebrew name, in case you're curious is Sara (pronounced Suh-Ruh) Chaya (pronounced with the 'ch' back of your throat sound) This is what it looks like in hebrew: שרה חיה. Chaya and the 'H' name (Hannah) are after my grandmother and Sophia/Sara are for Max's grandmother. I can't wait to go meet her. I think I'm going in a couple of weeks. Meanwhile I spend all day staring at her. She's just the cutest thing.

How do you feel about Auntie Jenna? I kinda like Auntie J but it seems a little too "stop trying to make 'fetch' happen." People have been calling me Auntie Jenna or Auntie Jen though, which I am happy with. People keep joking about Tanta- which is yiddish for aunt and also disgusting and I will beat them if they call me that. 

What a lovely thumbnail...

The whole video is pretty much this attractive. Stay tuned for the sneeze in the middle. Yay. Miss you.

Marching into madness

I loved reading your last post and could not stop looking at the pictures! Its so crazy to think about, when is the due date again?
Soo news in my life. My parents are going to India this week because my mom left her job and she wanted to take a break before she finds a new one. We are all going again in June but my mom is going for like the month of march and my dad is just going for this week to make sure my mom settles in alright. She wanted to spend some time with my grandma and also my sister is reaally close to getting engaged so to figure out stuff for that too. I think everyone is hoping for a June wedding just for the sake of convenience really but I guess we will see how things play out. Its crazy to think how many changes are going to be happening after April but Im excited and scared all at the same time.
Jen is actually doing reallly well so thats good, she actually even talked to Jeremy and it seemed like he wanted to get back together but she was like nah im good so thats definitely a good sign. Obviously though it still hasnt been that long but shes in a good place and im proud of her.
Do you have any spring break plans? I'm assuming you will be working but if youre up to grab food or a show in the city let me know and we can work it out. Im not doing too much as of now but trying to make some plans so that I dont just end up sitting at home rereading harry potter or something (although that doesnt sound half bad)
Ooh Im also super excited for the hunger games to come out! Nira, Jen and I were gonna go see the Lorax on friday but it didnt end up happening so hoping to reschedule that for monday...
Keep me posted. I miss you! Lets try to get together soon! <3

Playing Ketchup

Hi.

So this post is obviously way past due. I miss you. I don’t know why I seem so busy. I don’t feel busy, but maybe my free time is just all at the wrong time. Even though I feel like I have way more night than last semester, they are not the ones you have so they are irrelevant as a result. I’m having a terrible case of senioritis. Last week I had an article due that I had plenty of time to write. I interviewed my subject on the Friday before it was due- Thursday at 6:10 pm. I started writing it Thursday at 5.

I’m torn though because I keep wishing classes would JUST GO FASTER, but then I take a step back and think, this is really the last time I’ll be here doing this. Listening to someone talk about their opinions to me for an hour twenty. I won’t get this chance again. And even in my nostalgic bouts I think, actually wait, these classes aren’t so special. I’m taking infant and child development which is actually really interesting despite how long the classes always seem to last. It’s also weird with Sabrina being pregnant and all. I keep finding out things that make me freak out because there’s an alien growing in my sister. IT’S SO WEIRD!!! I have some pictures on my phone actually maybe I’ll upload those so you can see them.

I took a stand against the man yesterday and left Kol Halayla one hour early to go and watch the Oscars with Shua and his family. I felt really guilty, but I’m glad I did it because I love the Oscars and even though it feels like a silly thing when you talk about it, it’s actually pretty important to me. I mean we didn’t have rehearsal during the superbowl AND Scott changed rehearsal for the game BEFORE the superbowl. The difference according to him? If he’d had rehearsal those days the boys wouldn’t have come. So I proved him wrong. I shouldn’t be punished for being a good member. Anyway I think it was alright but we’ll see at tonight’s board meeting.

I know you have a thing with Black and White movies but I really think you should see The Artist. It was actually really good and smart and funny and charming. I think it has something for everyone. Blew the other nominees out of the water, in my opinion.

STUFF THAT WOULD BE BAD IF CERTAIN PEOPLE SAW IT USED TO BE HERE. 

I think you’re mostly caught up now. How are things with you? Classes? Friends? Job stuff? Jen breakup stuff? Fill me in!