last day of work

i realized once i got to work on wednesday that my last day was really on thursday. since i said my last day was thursday, everyone assumed i was coming in even though wednesday would have been the cap on how many hours i usually work a week. 

wednesday was a bit annoying because aviva and i didnt have much to do except bartend this reception outside and also daniel was in a very pissy mood. finally we realized we would be there till 11:30 at night and there was no way around it so we made the best of it. we took a lot of pictures and goofed off. here are pictures of aviva and i being obv annoyed how we have to fold napkins, however i always secretly love it because i dont have to be on my feet ha.

 i think i can upload video onto this thing so i am going to try and upload a short video i took when someone got stuck in the elevator. the big russian guy in the video is alex, who is one of the event supervisors. 

from 7:30-9:30 we bartended. it was as the sun was going down over the water. 

Alex, me, and Roman by the bar (i am secretly in love with roman. ok not really, but hes fun to look at and oh so tall)

Today, i went into work at 11:30. last night i was up until almost 5am though because i couldn't sleep so needless to say i was a bit tired. i had my last lunch in the cafeteria with aviva and nataly. i hung out in the office for a lot of the day talking with nataly and whoever else came in throughout the afternoon. i ran around the hotel passing out thank you notes to certain people as well and said good bye. 

Aviva and I in the hotel lobby

Alex, Peter, Me, and Tongo. Tongo is probably one of my favorite people at the hotel. He is from Sudan, and has the BEST attitude of anyone I have ever met. He is only 17 and I told him to come visit in CA and I really hope he does. He's just a very beautiful, heart warming person.

Me and Nataly. Nataly is the one that taught me the most about how to have an israeli attitude. I'm going to really miss her.

At around 3:30 Aviva and Peter came into the office with a beautiful cake with amazing spelling (see banknetting) and champagne. It was so nice and so thoughtful. All of the banqueting team was in there, and Daniel said a very nice speech and then I said a few words about how much they enriched my experience in Israel. 

Overall the day was really great, and while i am ecstatic about not having to work another day at the hotel I am going to really miss all of the people that were in my life the last 4 months. i've learned so much from all of them about life in general. 

Soo thats, that! i came home, went to the gym, and then came home. a bunch of us are going to a 90's night that is a fundraiser for children in need in israel. i decided that i am not going to go to egypt on monday because i feel like its really important i teach english since i already committed to it. HOWEVER, i may go the next monday. it is my last week in israel, but i think after having a week straight here without work i'll be up for a little adventure outside of the country. gotta go get ready and life goes on...