life and shavuot

I've been pretty busy lately, going to Ulpan, the gym, and hating my job. Anyone want to hire me? anyone??

Anyhow. Things have been going fine. I got called "Upstairs" (to the 5th floor, where management is) the other day at work, where they picked my brain for a bit on how the project is going. I tried to hint that they need me up there, but they laughed. I think they thought I was joking. Not the reaction I was looking for.

Thursday was the start of Shavu'ot, a holiday that encompasses a lot of things, including the day that the Torah was handed down from Mount Sinai. It is also connected to the start of the harvest, and it is celebrated with eating just milk and other dairy, bread, and other grains. Although it's not one of the more famous Jewish holidays, it is one of the three holidays when it is customary for Jews to make pilgrimage to Jerusalem.

The weather is hot but not humid, which makes it all right. At work, though, they keep the air conditioner on superultramegacold, I guess so people don't fall asleep over the night shifts, but I hate it. oh well. We don't even know how long I'll be there, do we? And if I become a supervisor, well then maybe I can do something about the temperature situation. Haha ya right, but it's a nice thought.

I don't think I mentioned the other week, when there was a security threat to downtown Jerusalem. I was on the bus on my way to work, and my roommate called and was like, Are you at home? I told her no, and she was just like, Ok good, there's a security thing downtown and I don't think it would be very pleasant to be down there this afternoon. Apparently there were swarms of police and soldiers and whatnot. And then sometime last week, there was some kind of demonstration by one of the religious groups, and one of the main streets in the center of the city (the one I live right off of) was closed off. Again, there were all kinds of security peoples hanging out. It was kind of crazy. I have no idea what they were demonstrating about, so maybe they didn't do such a good job, huh? fun times.