Today marks the first time I have ever been in Israel in February. Yay to me. It is raining and cold and I'll shortly need to walk to synagogue about 40 minutes away, which will not be fun.
But beyond that, a little recap. After the whirlwind of travel (Pikachu came to say goodbye to me on my way home from Japan), I have gotten right back into the swing of things, taking and passing all but 1/2 of my finals (retake on Monday, woot Moed Bet), play practice (4 nights a week, totally just did not go yesterday), and my limited social life outside of those things. Oh, and I'm teaching español tres y cuatro. ¿Qué? ¡Sí! For the next two weeks (and today and yesterday), I am substituting for high school Spanish. It's good I kept mine up for all of these years (maybe I should start dusting off the Japanese too a little more). I can't work if I'm not really under pressure, so welcome to my world.Otherwise, Beersheva's been rainy. With the good wet kind, not the bad rocket kind. Although the news tells us we may see some of that as well over the next few months. Stupid Syrian chemical weapons stocks. But yeah, that's life in Israel sometimes, although not truly the norm.
Ummm, what else is new? Not much, just finished the curriculum brushing for Spanish 3, and just wrote a quiz for Spanish 4. Oh, and I FINALLY booked my ticket home after my last one was cancelled by Aerosvit (which rhymes oddly well with what I think of them as right now) after three nearly sleepless nights (not kidding, only 3-5 hours each night) getting constantly disconnected due to my wonderful reception with American Airlines. And thanks to my credit card point transfer, I have a ticket to Chicago as well. I can't wait to be back in the states, but first I gotta get my workload done, passed, and over with, at least until I have to learn it all again for the USMLEs...
Meanwhile, if anyone wants to work on their Spanish, below is the first Spanish quiz for year 4, semester two. ¡Qué diviértense mucho!
Nombre: _____________________________________
Español 4
Prueba 1
1. Si
________________________________ (I could do it), ________________________ (I would forge) una
moneda de oro con una representación de Atlantis.
2. Alguien
______________________ (brought me) un taco, y ___________________ (I want to)
agradecerle, (darle gracias) pero _________________ (it looks like) que
________________ (he left).
3. I
ran from the hill next to my house before the bombs (las bombas) fell and blew
up.
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
4. While
I was crying onto my thigh I said: I surrender! I was very angry (con or sin
“estar”).
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
5. With
the grace of God, I fled, sitting in the background and yearning for (por)
home.
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
6. I
had wanted (imperfect: querer) to be firm and avid to fight for my homeland
(not país), but the war undermined my spirit (espíritu).
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
