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!

When you smile the whole world stops and stares for a while...

I'm listening to Boyce Ave version of that song which has been recently playing on the glee cast pandora station ( which im obsessed with i know for shame for shame) but it reminded me of you since you were so happy they did a dance to this version of it on sytycd. How are you? How is your face for I have not seen it in wayyy too long. If you are this busy now I hate to think of what will happen when the semester picks up more but either way once we get a set time down hopefully I can get to see you more consistently! yay.

Soo lets see on what I can update you on. I got upgraded to bronze level on the ballroom dance team so that was exciting. I dont think Im ready to compete at that level yet but I can join in on the bronze lessons during team practices so thats still exciting. This week is going to be super busy since the next week I have this cultural program thing my sister and I are doing a dance in on Saturday so thats all day Sat and then on sunday is RHA's leadership development day so Ill be busy with that from lik 6:30am (boo) so I reaaaallly should catch up on my work during the week so I wont die the week after. I also have a barcap dinner on wed this week at Stage Left (exciting! that place is super pricey so what better time to go then when I dont have to pay) but it means ill have to be late to ballroom club which I guess is fine since I know the basic steps they teach now anyways ( its so nice being a returner I actually helped a couple of nervous girls last week it was amazing). But thats pretty much it next week will be a blur and then maybe Ill have time to catch my breath but probably not. And with all this I actually though i would have time to join another club ( I breifly considered joining RU Toastmasters but it doesnt seem plausible now) ooh but I am taking a rec class for the first time Im taking bellydancing so looking forward to that too.

This entry came out a lot more positive then I intended so I guess thats good. What is happening in your life? How is your friend doing? ( i hope you know the one im referring to I forgot the name because im terrible like that) . Lets try to work out a time to see each other this week? I can come to you! But mornings usually work for me. If you want I can share my google calendar with you so you can find a time we are both free. let me know! Love you and miss you lots! <3

It's been a while...

It really has and for many of that time I didn't realize it was my turn to bowl (hah pun!) so here we are again. So the internship is officially over and it was very bittersweet leaving I must say which is a welcome change to both my other internships where I couldn't wait for them to be over and while I am looking forward to having these two weeks off I think I need to get used to not having work everyday as weird as that sounds. No wonder people never take vacation when they work.  But anyways as usual I've gotten overexicted when I have time off and made wayy too many plans for myself but I'm sure itll be fine/fun as long as I can stop being so lazy. How is your summer/internship(s) going? I can't believe its been a whole month since we've seen each other definitely one of the fastest months this year by far but then again we are already halfway through 2011 and I can hardly believe it.

And this whole RHA things is also kinda bleh because I keep finding things to do after the 22nd and being like oh wait..I have training.-_-. At least I'm not President then I would be reaaallly annoyed but either way the whole senioritis thing is already starting to kick in, meanwhile when I was in high school i was one of the few who never really got senioritis I worked hard in my APs till the end so maybe Ill only get it with RHA and not actually classes(well heres hoping anyways cant really afford to let my gpa tank senior year job or no job). Anyways why am I talking about such uninteresting things, cant wait to see you and the SYTYCD finale this Wed.! and also your new crib. Remember that show cribs? That was cool. Yeah. Ok then we can finish catching up when we see each other whoo!

Love/Miss you!

Catmandu

I know we often go months without posting in bowl, but it feels like it's been a while. I wish I was seeing you this week! But next week is pretty soon and it'll be so fun yay! I miss you!

Hopefully you aren't yet too disappointed by FlashForward. I never watched the last episode but I heard it was really good and thus frustrating since the show didn't get renewed. Bummer.

I didn't watch all of SYTYCD this week because of my STUPID DVR which cut out in the middle. I downloaded it but haven't gotten the chance to watch it yet. I mean I kinda got the chance but I really wanted to watch Battlestar Galactica before bed, not SYTYCD. I know who was voted off this week though and I'm getting a little peeved by this season. I'm sure we'll talk about it plenty next weekend.

JenEric's wedding was actually really fun. It turned out to not be too bad that I was the only one wearing a long dress (although Shaina was supposed to be also and walked in and said you're going to hate me but I'm not wearing long. so I said "I hate you" and walked out- which felt nice considering the serious influx of facebook messages from her leading up to the wedding.) But in any case a lot of people told my mom that I looked the nicest because I was wearing long and my hair was done nicely. Good Stuff. Also I knew about 90% of the people there between neighborhood, rutgers and eric's family- which led to some other stuff that I will tell you about when you are here (next week yay!)...

I can't wait to hear all about you work! Also I got a haircut and it looks nice and it's so light! I can put it in a ponytail with so little effort and it STAYS! I'm thrilled with it. Lucky for you (me) the cleaning ladies are coming this week so my prep work for them will preempt and eliminate the need for prep work for you. Also my toe is finally getting better. phew. Talk to SEE you soon!

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Thats the title of default blog templates dunno why or what it means. I had actually written another entry on my iphone titled bubbly toes but it got deleted which was annoying. But in any case very sorry to hear about your toe that sounds quite awful and i hope it gets better very very soon! Toe problems are always annoying since you know you use your feet so much but Im sure it will get better soon. 

So Im watching this indian movie where the main charc goes back in time to like medival india and I must say it would be awesome to go back in time to that era because all the women seem to do( the royal ones anyways) is lay around all decked out in their womens quarters. Ok that was a sidetrack but anyways when your toe does get better do let me know and we will def schedule a dinner. Also July 8 is fast approaching (yay!) hopefully the weekend still works for you but I need to figure out logisitcs. What is your friday usually like? Because my two options are either coming to the city via the path or going back to harrison where my car is usually parked and then driving to queens. Id obviously rather go the public transport way but if driving ends up being easier then that is what I will do. I usually leave work around 5 on fridays so Ill plan according to that lemme know what you suggest.

So i started watching that show flashforward which you told me about a year and a half ago and I had on my laptop ever since then and its pretty good. Im about halfway through season 1 but i dont know whether its even still on air because its been a while since iv heard anything about it. But it brings me back to my heroes days so yea. Also the only show im actually keeping up with is sytycd and while I wasnt too heartbroken over anyone who went home (except Nick just because I thought he was really cute) I still dont think Ryan or Ricky are going to last very long. And I was surprised they decided to keep Ryan over Melissa ( well not like shocked just like oh weird)  because they kept saying she didnt do anything wrong.

So my last intern event was at this really upscale bowling alley in the city called lucky strikes and it was like a bowling alley/ bar/lounge and it reminded me of that place by your house thats an over 21 bowling alley. Ok so let me know about the 8th but enjoy your week otherwise! <3

Karma Karma Karma Chameleon

It's funny, because right before (or possibly a couple of days) it was on So You Think You Can Dance, I sang Ain't no Sunshine in a VYou response. So when I saw it on the show I was like WHAT. It was cool. But still, not a Ryan fan. I would've like her performance with a little more subtlety, but you already knew that because YOU FOLLOW MY BLOG. I officially put it in my bio section for VYou yesterday. Exciting.

So I was at internship number 2 yesterday, but I had to go run home to a podiatrist appointment. I don't know if I told you this, but my toe has a death wish. It's the second toe on my left foot. I stubbed probably two and a half three months ago, and I'm sure it hurt at the time, as such things do, but I guess it didn't really seem especially painful. Following that, there were some times that it hurt- not crazy, just noticeable. And it caused me to say "huh... my toes hurts... weird." At one point (since this was still at school) Tali suggested it might be an ingrown toenail. But it was pretty minor and I forgot about it. I remembered again when it starting hurting at home but then forgot again because we went to St. Louis.

A little while after that the pain got a tiny bit worse. Still not what I would call bad, but it went from barely noticeable ache, to recognizable pain I guess. So my mom made me go to the podiatrist. My regular one wasn't there, so I saw the other guy, who told me there was a small fracture, to which my reaction was "really? Huh... I can't believe there's actually something wrong with it." So I went on wrapping it in clingy stuff as instructed for about a week and a half. On the day of the Israeli Day Parade I walked a lot in sneakers, which the doctor had told me to wear (I spent the other days in sandals, obvs, but for the walking I thought doctors orders would probably a good idea).

The next morning I woke up at about 6:30 am in pain. Actual pain this time, which gave me a sneaking suspicion that it was not doing its part healing. I called the doctor and went in for an appointment that day. This time I got to see the right guy. He said there was (I'll bleep out the details for grossness reasons) ------ that was caused by walking in the sneakers and made my toe worse. He cleaned the ---------- and I bandaged and soaked the toe twice a day for a week.

The next week I came back and learned that the -------- was really cause by a -------- under the ----------. Part of the --------- came off and he took some off and said now it would heal. Then I went again last night. Did I mention I wait an hour every time I go? It was still not healing properly so he gave the toe Novocaine shots and took off the rest of the -----------. Now it's super gauzed and it hurts a lot when I walk/move it. Needless to say it's frustrating.

And that's why I couldn't do dinner. Don't think I can do Wed. either because I end at 3 and it might be ridiculous to stick around. But we'll see. Next monday, shock, I have another podiatrist appointment. However, after next week I think I'm going to switch my workdays so I'm in the city Monday and Tuesday and in NJ Wednesday and Thursday. I'll be in NB but maybe we can hang out on Wednesday nights anyway. Plus it'll be after THE WEDDING so I'll be able to breathe do stuff again. Hope to see you or maybe just gchat or skype soon!

<3 J