lets get married

last week was a bit of whirlwind. monday night i went out with jonathan to an amazing restaurant in hertzilya. it was on a cliff over looking the water and the whole patio was covered with thin white fabric. we sat on one of the balcony's and had lots of sushi and wine. i got home around 2am but had to wake up 6am for work the next day. 

tuesday i worked all day long at a boring seminar for 600 people, came home, went to the gym, and then went out that night dancing in the namal with the girls. wednesday i cant remember what i did besides eat shakshuka haha. 

anyway so on thursday i had to work from 4pm-12:30am. there was a georgian wedding at the hotel for 500 people. this event was ridiculous. 

the ceremony

dance floor that lit up different colors

The head table

1/6 of the room

There is a new girl working in banquets from the program who is here for the summer session. Shes great and it was nice to have a partner in crime. i may have corrupted her though because i found myself continually saying things "don't do that kind of work" "dont work too hard" "if  you need a break just take one and dont ask" . 

we both were at the bar during the reception pre wedding ceremony. it was nuts and i kept taking all of the orders in hebrew. i'd say 80% of the time i understood what they said but the other 20% i'd have to ask them to say it in english or totally guess and hope i got the drink order right. a couple people were extremely rude when i couldnt understand what they were saying, which is such bull because i am TRYING to speak their language vs acting ignorant and only speaking english. nevertheless, when they acted rude i didnt want to speak hebrew anymore, but i kept going.

anyway, bar-tending was great because it made the time go quickly. i watched the ceremony of the wedding and the whole time this opera music was BLASTING--not good opera music. the whole ceremony was like a production and they had video cameras on crane like machines spanning the audience as if they were filming a movie. through all of this madness, the rabbi came on the microphone and said the blessing over the wine. it still baffles me when i hear the jewish prayers said in such a different cultural experience than i am used to but i can chant along with them.

i worked till 12:30am and had to be at work early the next morning. i got off work on friday around 3, went to an open mic event zo held for hillel, had shabbat dinner with everyone on the roof, and then went dancing at clara with the girls and michael.

the next day i didnt wake up until 2pm. granted, i had not slept much the 3 nights prior, but i can't even discuss that i woke up at that late. i still can't believe it or get over it. what a waste of life i was! the girls and i went to "brunch" at 4 to our favorite place for regular breakfast food and that night i watched a movie "towelhead" with mia.

tomorrow i am volunteering in the morning which i cant wait for. i dont have work on tuesday either so i'll prob volunteer then as well.

this post is tres boring. im going to jonathan's to watch a movie tonight but im starting to seinfeld. i think my close friends know what this means--im trying to keep this as top secret as possible just in case as this is public viewing.

okie thats all.

yalla bye