Saturday March 13--shabbat

Shabbat at Trudys was interesting.

I got to her house friday afternoon at 430. She suprised me with hosting another girl from our Meor trip, Andrea, and one of her friends so I was really happy I knew someone. She was a really sweet girl, she stayed at Seminary after the trip and hasnt been home since, so shes been here almost a year. We all slept in the same room, there were 3 beds. Trudy and her husband left at 5 to go to their friends for dinner, and andrea her friend left also to go somewhere else. Trudy set me up at a families house down the road for dinner because they were going out. SO they left me keys and I chilled in her house until 730- it was a little strange. I read Dea John and relaxed. Then I left at about 715. Trudy told me there would be other girls at this dinner so it wouldnt so it wouldnt be awkward, but when i got there it was just me and their family. It was a husband and a wife and the husbands mother. They had 2 small kids who were sleeping. The wife was from Boston and went to brown and the husband was a film producer in Australia. They were a hasedic couple. Wasnt really prepared for that, but they were. They start dinner very very late, I was dieing- we didnt sit down until 830 and dinner wasnt served until like 10. They do all this weird singing and hasedic things that ive never seen before. The dinner was delicious. FIrst we had challah, hummus, and all these salads. Then we had soup. Then its their tradition in between courses to do Lachems and say a prayer for someone out loud. So they whooped out like 20 bottles of alcohol and a million shot glasses and we went around the table saying a prayer for someone and drinking a shot after each one, it was fun. I had a mix of chocolate and banana liquor it was delicious. Then we had the main course-- salad, rice, chicken wih olives and wine sauce, it was delicious. Dessert was frozen bannanas and rugalach. It was reallly nice, kinda awakward at first- i didnt expect to be the only one but hes a rabbi at a seminary so they are used to having girls come over every shabbat, just not this one. The night ended at 1130 and I walked back and went to sleep.

The next morning trudy hosted lunch at her house for us and a few other girls from seminary. The girls were extremely annoying, all they talked about was torah and hashem at lunch-- wanted to kill myself. But lunch was delcious-- lots of challah, salads, chicken, kugel, muffins, soooo goood. After lunch trudy and I walked to the park and sat on the bench and talked allll afternoon. It was sooo warm out, we had a relal nice afternoon. Then we went back, took a little nap and had 3rd meal. 3rd meal was delicious- tons of veggies, salads, hummus, muffins sooo goood. Then we did havdallah and I said goodbye and took a cab back

It was a really nice , different shabbabt. Very relaxixng and good to be away. Trudy is very very sweet, she kept relaly good relationships with all of us after we left. Shes really sweet

Saturday night we just hung out here and all watched man girls together on the couch and drank wine, it was nice