How Stupidly Smart Can You Act

If you listen very carefully, you can hear the drilling behind me. That's right. I'm home. And what a warm welcome to come back to construction at 6:30 am. 

In all honesty, I'd take the construction any day if it means I can be in Israel again. It's good to be back. 

Let me walk you through the entire situation. I was in Paris last week (well, the airport to be precise), and I hated every second of it. I feel like I shouldn't go on a whole rant about how I hate Europe right now, but know this: I hate Europe. 

I did a bunch of schoolwork and work for my sis, and I ate some crackers. It was great. And then it was from Paris to my final destination. The plane ride was interesting. I was sitting next to this hyperactive 2-year-old kid who was obsessed with my tray table and my food. He was such a cutie. We became fast friends. His parents were mortified with his grabbing everything off of my seat and tray table, but I was loving it. It was great. 

And then we landed in Israel at around 2:30 am. I got my luggage with no problem and then got a nesher, and I was off to Yerushalayim. I got home at about 4:00 that morning. And then the awkwardness began. Pretty much, my entire life was packed up in a few bags in the machsan, which was locked. That included my linen, clothing, toiletries, food, etc. So, I slept in the basement with a random mattress I found outside our door, using my backpack as a pillow and my hobo jacket as a blanket. Honestly, not so bad. I slept for a solid 5 hours that morning. 

Thursday was a lot of seeing people and hugging people and starting to catch up on work. The problem with having a month-long only semester is that you miss one week, and suddenly you're light-years behind. 

For Shabbos, I went with Avigayil and Shana Aleph to the Shpiegel's. It was such a nice Shabbos. We heard lots of dad jokes, as always, and just had a great time. I'm wary to write too much info about Shabbos, because I suspect that certain Shpiegels might read this blog. But, it was really beautiful Shabbos. 

And then, after Shabbos, Tzivie, Avigayil, and I went to a shiur about Elul by Rabbi Nissel. And then, after the shiur, Avigayil and I got a ride back with Rabbi Nissel. It was hilarious. He heard I was from Richmond, so we started talking about the Civil War, and then other wars, and then I happened to mention that I dislike history, and he said, "Wow. And I thought you were intelligent two minutes ago." So, that was a fun car ride. 

And then the week began the next day with lots of class and homework that I chose to ignore. 

I met up with a friend in the old city on Monday night. I went to the kois for Maariv. It was beautiful. And actually pretty quiet. So, that was lovely. 

Another momentous occasion: Avigayil went to the keilim mikveh. Without me, this time (I guess she didn't want to have to take a shower with her clothes on again). Wow. We really come full circle, don't we?

Remember OPS? I might have mentioned it once or twice (or every blog post ever). Well, if you have OPS, you probably won't remember what it is, but that's okay. The opposite of OPS is YAS (young and stupid). I just thought you should all know this vital piece of information. 

And now, I have to tell you about the funniest game ever. It's called How Stupidly Smart Can You Act?

What you need: 

2 people, both of whom know something very well that the other person doesn't

A board and a marker

Ages 10+

Instructions: 

The dorkiest person will go first (we'll call him Charlie). The other person(we'll call him Hobbes) will tell Charlie to talk about the subject that Hobbes knows really well. For example, if Hobbes knows a lot about sharks and Charlie knows nothing about sharks, then Charlie will be forced to teach Hobbes about sharks in a sophisticated and smart-sounding manner, using many monosyllabic words and scientific terms. And Hobbes will have to ask very pointed questions that Charlie will obviously get very wrong. 

And after Charlie has completely humiliated himself, he will give Hobbes a subject that Charlie knows very well but that Hobbes knows nothing about. And the same thing will ensue. 

Much laughter will be caused by this game. Shana Aleph and I played it while procrastinating our homework, and it was hilarious!

If you play this game, please let me know how it goes. I need some laughter and brightness in my life. Gotta go now procrastinate some more work. See ya! 

Toodles from Hoodles!