JC arrest is over! Kind of...

So the past week and a half for me has been the most uneventful for me as far as sight-seeing goes. When I hurt my ankle last week, I had to stay inside the JC because I couldn't walk all that great on it. I guess it was good because it motivated me to be more productive with my time relating to school, but if you ask me how much I actually got done it probably isn't that much more than anyone else. I just took longer on it. And there was the fact that EVERYONE would go out and see something awesome and eat a schwarma or something...and I got to hear all about how much fun it was. Ok, so this is a venting post, because then when they'd come back from the city they would ask "How are you doing? How's your ankle?"...something that I really really do not like. I hate attention from an injury. But that's that. But now, I can walk around really good now. :) And less people care which is even better! It is still purple and puffy, but considerably less than a few days ago and I am much happier! But thanks everyone for your concern.

Other not so awesome things of this week...

1. My package still has not arrived. So I still do not have my power cord. And it is really frustrating because a laptop is much more convenient to do homework on. And post pictures on...And plus I need to charge my ipod for my sanity and majorly update my journal and look at other pictures and more. Yeah...I miss my laptop.

2. The reason that JC arrest is NOT over yet is that this week we are attacked with a plethora of homework assignments. Including an Old Testament midterm, Judaism midterm, and a 7 page single spaced paper. All of these things did not want to do themselves. OT test is done, with an average grade but not super great. 7 page Islam paper is done a day early, even after he decided to give us an extra day. And I am super glad I am not one of the people who only has 3 out of the 10 topics done today. Only thing left this week is my Judaism test tomorrow, which is going to be ridiculously hard I'm sure. On top of all this homework, we have like 6 hours of class almost everyday this week, all spread out usually. It's quite inconvenient. So I still have not gone out into the city since before Egypt. That is completely WRONG.

But here are some funny and wonderful things also!!!

1. One of my best friends, HANNAH HORSPOOL, got her MISSION CALL to RUSSIA, MOSCOW!!! I'm so very very happy for her!!! She's going to be such a good missionary!

2. I got some x-rays taken of my ankle. So I got to experience a Jewish emergency room! And nothing is fractured or anything so life is good. I met a kid from New York there who has been in Jerusalem for a month and broke his elbow playing basketball. Poor guy...

3. Last night while finishing my paper, a girl in my group sits by me with her laptop and I see her background picture and a girl looks familiar. I ask what her name is, and then I realize that this girl was in my freshman ward. Megan then looks at me and says, "Then that means I was in your freshman ward!" SERIOUSLY!?!?!?! HAHAHAHA That will probably be one of the most random experiences about this place...we've been here 5 weeks and neither or us made the connection. Because neither of us seriously remember the other. Oh my goodness it was such a funny moment.

4. Despite the dumb ankle, I was able to go on our big day long field trip this past Monday and be able to participate in and see everything. I got to to sling some stones where David killed Goliath! I got to go see a tell at Lachish and see the place where Senacherib the evil Assyrian king conquered one of the last cities still standing in Israel during his time. That was intense to think about. I got to see lots of other places, sing in some bell caves with cool acoustics, get extremely dirty from lying in dirt, and wave my cane around at people. It was a long day but good. And I was so so so happy to go outside.

5. Last night we had Arab Culture night. We had the guys who sing Call to Prayer come sing to us. They read some of the Qur'an and the Call to Prayer, all in Arabic, and then showed us how Muslims pray when they pray 5 times every day. Then we had yummy cultural Arab food. Then we did Arab dancing together as the entire group and it was so much fun.

6. People are really really funny.

7. General Conference is one of my favorite things ever in the world I think. Along with slurpees and hiking and my family :) We have only watched the 2 Saturday sessions so far, but I loved them! I really loved Elder Scott's talk, the last one of the 2nd session, that talked about character and how our testimony is not our emotions. We get to watch the Sunday sessions in a few days now and I can't wait! And then we watch the Relief Society session next weekend during church. It's gonna be good.

So some of this post was ranting, but hey, this is just as much for my future remembrance as it is for you to read about my life in Jerusalem, and this is my life at the moment. So details and complaining is what's sometimes. As well as other great things too :) I will post pictures of the field trip and others when I get my power cord...eventually.