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Rememer how I was saying in one of the early posts about the stupid principal? The English one? So, let's have storytime! Today's story is called "The Idotic Principal Who Shouldn't Have Graduated Kindergarten".
Our schedule is a bit weird. We have a different schedule on Mondays and Wednsdays than we do on Tuesdays and Thursdays. The day this story takes place on is a Thursday, where we have Language Arts first. I thought we would have science, gym, and then Civics, which on Tuedsays and Thursdays is normally in the homeroom-type-room. So, after science, I left my bag in homeroom. I came back down with only a minute to spare and... We weren't in that room. We were in the ninth grade classroom, and I had to get my stuff.
The class going on in the homeroom was language arts, and if you forget something in the room that that teacher is teaching in, she won't let you get it until she is done teaching. So I couldnt get my stuff. So, I went to the principal and told her that the teacher wasn't letting me get my things.
She told me I could get my things after the weekend.  AFTER the weekend.  Thank G-d, someone got my stuff for me.  Yeah, I look down on her a bit-and not just literally; she's really short.
So, I'm flying out to Pittsburgh today, and I won't be back until late March.  Thanks again for reading, and I'll try to post at a friend's house, or when I have wifi.

After skiing...

... Ow. That's honestly all I can muster up after yesterday... just ow. Now, I know that I said wifi is limited here, but the Greenbergs are being confusing about being out of town because their daughter had a baby. So I'm staying at a friend's house for שבת. Oh, that reminds me of another story...

So, its maybe the first/second break, and my roommate is going home by bus. So, he has his parents ask Rabbi Greenberg if he can drive said roommate to the bus stop downtown. Now, he doesn't like driving in the dark. So, my roommate- lets call him, oh, Reuven, his parents double, and even TRIPLE checked with Rabbi Greenberg to see if he can drive Reuven, being that his bus was at 6:30 A.M. He said "Yes, of course I can drive Reuven at 6:00 in the morning!"
The night before he is supposed to leave, Rabbi Greenberg tells Reuven "Oh, I just realized that is actually IS going to be too dark tomorrow morning, so I can't take you. Sorry!"

So, I have to be at shul for Mincha in 7 minutes, so I have to run. I'll try to post tomorrow! Good שבת!

At The Lodge

So... Sorry I haven't posted in a while, wifi is kinda limited. But now, we're on the yearly ski trip to the Hidden Valley Lodge, and its awesome. We're going to be skiing all day, and I'm so... Scared. I haven't even been skiing in 4 years!! But anyways, and now... Presenting the first... Actual... Story!! So, its the first night back from winter break, and my roommate gets hungry. Our hosts had just returned from Israel, and were out to dinner because they were so tired from jet lag. So, he calls up Mrs. Greenberg, and asks if he can heat up some of the ravioli in the fridge. She says "Yes, but save some for my husband and I." So, he puts it in the oven to heat it up, and as hes taking out the pan... Half of it spills onto the floor. He eats a bit, and then comes back downstairs and tells me what happened. About a half-hour later, I hear footsteps upstairs. I tell him, and he goes upstairs to explain himself. He comes back down laughing histarically, and tells me this: "I said to her 'I'm soo sorry,' and she says 'It is NOT okay.' I say 'Spilling it accidentally is not ok?' And she replied 'Oh, you spilled it? Oh, that's okay, everyone makes mistakes. I thought you ate it all!"

So, I dont really have any time to write right now, seeig as we have breakfast. So, gotta go!

The Community

The community is one of the things that I like the most.  Its such a small place, that you know everyone, and anyone.  For example, where I stay: the principal lives literally directly behind my boarding house.   And, its easy to get to school from where I stay-it only takes a 5 minute walk.  The local stores are a 10-maximum-minute walk, so its all pretty close together.  Now, that can have its drawbacks.  One of them being, that my hosts, the Greenbergs, are ALWAYS either: a) having 20+ people for shabbos dinner, or b) going to someone else's house where there "happen" to be 20 people.  Another drawback is that because it is such a small community, if you get seen with any "illegal" paraphernalia (iPods, library books, etc., etc.) then you will get caught, and you will get in trouble.  There is also an amazing pizza shop in Pittsburgh, meaning that is gives you amazing indigestion for amazingly long periods of time, that we are not allowed to go to during school-even if we have a free period.  And, when we walk in, if the TV is playing sports, and what I'm about to say (type?) is 100% true, they are required to turn it off (note the italics, bold-ing, and underline).  "By whom?" you ask?  By none other than the principal, who lives-again-literally, around the corner from the store.  I wonder why he banned it? (He said sarcastically)

This will be my last post from home, as I am on my last morning of winter break.  I will try to blog during english class as extra credit (but only when I have no more work to be done), but I only have access to the computers on Thursdays.  I would like to thank everyone for reading this blog and giving me feedback, and if you guys want to give me feedback, but won't be able to see me anytime soon, feel free to comment on the post itself.

To be continued...