Purim Week

One of my favorite things we do here is volunteer. It is always so fun to be with the group and meet the amazing people we do.

We went back to the Nahariyya Hospital this week. I have already been twice, painting the tunnels of the underground emergency hospital. We wanted to do something else but they insisted we come back and paint. This time I realized I know people there, and they recognized me. Everyone we run into in the hospitals knows we are the "dancers that paint". We paint, some better then others. I am the others. I enjoy every second of it though.

Swirls are, and have always been my forte

Some of us have the talent to make this beautiful tree and bird.

SOOO impressed!

As long as this hospital is operating, our pictures will be there. Pretty cool!

It was Purim for the last week (which is celebrated like Halloween) so we put on a dance show for the little kids of the kibbutz. They all came dressed up and soooo cute!



Those are the little nuggets ALL dressed up like bunnies. And yes they are in cages. This is the way they carry the littlest kids around the kibbutz all day. Now do you see why I love the kids her so much???

These Lifestyle Carts are what the older people of the community drive around. Since day one I have been holding myself back against Theft and stealing one. They are all left unattended everywhere. I have recently got myself an "in" with one of the elders of the community. You can look forward to the picture of MY face in these carts.

Anyways, all the grandparents of the kids had their carts decorated and they had a parade of costumes, decorations, candy, AND a party isn't complete without an accordion player?!?!?! My kibbutz has one dressed in a clown suit. Beat that. 

Friday, there was a huge Purim party at the pub. Everyone on the kibbutz goes. To start out the day, two guys on a lawn cart drove around in costume for an hour yelling in a loud speaker, "Purim party tonight!" and some other stuff I didn't understand.

Our room looked like a circus that night. By some chance, our room was the get ready or stand there awkwardly room. We had SO many people piled in.

People got very creative. Example:

Meet, Mother Nature

What's every gay mans dream?

To walk around naked with glitter plastered to themselves.

Meet, The Sun & Moon.

Hali, Sophia, and I were the Three Blind Mice.

(Mouse 3 seems to be missing in action)

We had sticks that we ruled were not the best idea, given everyones drunken state, but we did get a good sword fight in before the intoxication level got too high.

 

Which was not to long after we got there. Everyone raged and some raged quicker than others. Hali, Marissa, and Mila were "Blackout Betty" by 1:30. We made it home in time for the barfing to commence. Our friend introduced us to Charcoal pills a couple months ago. They really are magic. It's what they use when people get alcohol poisoning and such. It absorbs everything in your stomach, so taken when intoxicated; it sobers you up, and alleviates the vomit. Unfortunately some people didn't take them in time had a very long night...and day. Others decided it would be best if she didn't try to swallow them and proceeded to open them into nutella and attempt it that way.

 Good life decisions all around I'd say.