Delays

*FROM 11/16*
Since I wrote last night at the airport nothing too exciting has happened. Last night I said our flight had been delayed by 2 hours. Well, that turned into 3 and half hours. I slept the entire plane ride and all the exiting tasks from the airport were easy. By the we got on the bus it was 7 am; aka much later than we had planned on getting back. Because we got back so much later than planned, all of our classes for the day were canceled (originally we were only supposed to have general studies). Upon on return we were given our new rooms that are only for this week (b/c we have to move again on Sunday for Gadna-Army training, and then we get to request rooms). The madrachim decided to do rooms they thought would be fun but we figured out each room has a theme. My room was by far the easiest to figure out, “The Rachel Room”. 4 out of 5 rachels are in our room. We got in our room and all passed out. We slept til about 1 and then decided to go to lunch. When we came back to the room there wasn’t to much to do b/c we had to wait until 3 to get all of our stuff from the library. So Sivan (her first name is Rachel) and I had a shaving party. At 3 we all got out stuff and for the first time we were extremely efficient at emptying the library. We went by the policy of grab your own bags. I was so happy to have my phone and computer! I was able to skype/call mom and start typing up my blogs from the week away. The only problem is that my new room doesn’t have great internet. But I am dealing. At 6 we had dinner followed by a meeting in which we met a commander from Gadna who told us what to expect next week. While everyone else is really excited I am not. And it isn’t even b/c of the work, it is b/c of the logistics part of the program. We get an hour a day to ourselves in which we can use our phone, write, shower, etc. Right as the hour is up the lights will be turned off and we all have to be silent. Our commanders are also not allowed to speak to us in English and while we are there we will be seen and treated as IDF soldiers. But hopefully I am just scaring myself and it will be fine. After the meeting we had SAT English prep. Both Daniel and D Sol weren’t here tonight so we had a joint class taught by Jen, who is in charge of the SAT program. Then I went back to my room, did some homework, typed up my blog, and bonded with the other Rachels.