THURSDAY:

On Thursday Boaz and I didn't get out of bed until 3:30!! I woke up every now and then, but he was out cold! Sometimes I would get woken up by my phone and being stressed for a bit-because of me being last minute. I am really going to stop! Anyway, I forced us to get up to go eat because I talked to Rachel a couple of times and I needed to get going so I could meet up with her and Katie at Katie's apartment. I had 2 bowls of sugary, chocolate cereal. YUM. After watching another episode of that 70s show, Boaz walked me to the bus stop. I got on the bus and it took so long for me to get to Katie's apartment. Shockingly, I got off exactly at the right stop! Check me out!! I changed into more appropriate clothing for the kotel and the nigh time cold weather, and off we went! We weren't sure when the ceremony would start, but as we approached it, we heard a lot of cheering. It was the soldiers singing and dancing. So many people were there. The ceremony didn't start until an hour after we got there. We couldn't see too much, so I got on Katie's shoulders. It was a completely different view and incredible. I tried to take pictures from Rach's camera (mine sucks), but nothing looks as good as the real thing. There were so many soldiers and after some prayers and speaking, fun music played and then the soldiers got their guns and Tanachs. It was beautiful to see.

However, I do think I got more pleasure watching the soldiers go to their proud family and friends. Rach, Katie, and I tried to get pics of that, but that didn't work out so well. Then after seeing some friends and finding eitan, we were freezing and decided it was time for dinner. After walking for bit we bumped into some friends and chatted with them for about 15-20 minutes. It was nice, but I was starving and couldnt feel my toes. We ended up eating and marakiah (soup.) It is this really chill place (like hippie style.) When we got there it was really quiet and katie almost fell and screamed. We were dying and from that point on we were just phycos. The waiter did not get our humor. The place only serves soup and only a couple of types. Also, it is all in different shaped, used bowls. The bread was so good and so was the soup. I got sweet potato. It was so full. As soon as we left, we all got so cold again. We were planning on going to a party, and went to the grocery store to buy some stuff-including a 1.2 liters of ice cream. We were so tired and cold when we got back and decided we would nap for a little and then get ready to go out. We all fit in the dream/romantic bed that i love. We just talked and decided not to go out- we were all too cold. Then we ate the ice cream in bed straight from the box. We thought we would have like 1/2 for another time. No. We all ate all of it. About .4 liters per person. Then we set the alarm in case we fell asleep, so we can get up and brush our teeth and change in pjs. We all passed out and did not brush our teeth or change into our pjs.