Today I set my alarm for 9:30am and called the Egyptian Embassy to find out when I can pick up my passport. The guy said any weekday between 9am and 11am. That happens to not include 2pm, which the guy told me on Monday. Hm.
I then went back to bed and slept through the 11am national security drill. Oops. I don't even know where the nearest bomb shelter is, so I guess it would've been pointless.
I set my alarm for noon and woke up at 1:30, quickly showered and ate, and left for Pardes, the school I'm taking my ulpan at. I got there 30 minutes late (due to the damn buses), but it was okay because they were still interviewing people to determine their placement. I'm in level bet, which is the third level they're offering. (They're offering aleph, aleph +, bet, and gimmel.) Bet and gimmel combine (we take turns doing exercises on our own and working with the teacher), and there are 3 people in each group. I like that it's small. Everyone seems really nice. However, they're all taking other classes at Pardes, so they'll get to know each other better. This is unfortunate for me, but I'm glad that I'm living on my own and won't be spending all of my time in class. Afterall, this is summer!
I walked home along Emek Refaim, which is a street with lots of restaurants. I got tiramisu flavored ice cream! It was good but a little too runny, even after the girl scooped it into the cone. Anyways, the walk was long, but there was lots of interesting stuff to look at.
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