Final List of DOOM

Tomorrow is the last day of classes for the semester!! Where did this semester go? Honestly this semester has gone by so fast, however that is not a bad thing. To say the least this has been quite an interesting semester and I am not sad to see it go!

Anyway on to my Final List of DOOM! Jill and Katelin make a Final List of DOOM at the end of each semester. They cross off every item on their list until they can cross off an entire class! Jill's list includes all of the fun things she wants to do before the semester ends. So this semester Ali and I decided to make our own...

FINAL LIST of DOOM FUN!

1) Wear a matching outfit (we have a lot of matching clothes, what can I say? we both have good taste!)

2) eat ice cream for dinner at least one night during the week! (a finals week tradition)

3) watch Bride Wars (we can quote this movie from beginning to end no problem!)

4) listen to CHRISTMAS MUSIC and Ingrid Michaelson

5) Chocolate Milk and sour watermelons (great BYU vending machine treats)

6) go to Rumbi (mostly for Dr. Pepper with Lime)

7) Chipotle (why can't we have a chipotle in Provo?)

8) Facebook Stalking ( we are pro facebook stalkers, a skill we have been developing since freshman year!)

9)Pull an all nighter (we can't make it through finals without at least one all nighter)

10) Dance Party (Just dance it out)

11) Document our ridiculous finals outfits

12) Urban Dictionary (probably during an all nighter, some good late night or early morning entertainment)

13) write some finals haikus (a great study tool and so fun)

Ali and I love finals week! It is by far our favorite week of the entire semester. I know that sounds a little strange and maybe it is, but we love finals week, it is just so fun. Infact Ali and I bonded and became good friends over our first finals week freshman year. So here here to the best week of the semester! I am so excited!

ROUND TWO

Well Ali started blogging again and after a very short conversation she convinced me to blog as well. While Provo is not nearly as interesting or exciting as Jerusalem I feel I should document some of my adventures! So here comes ROUND TWO!! We'll see if I can keep it up

St. Mark's Cathedral

This is the basement of St. Mark's Cathedral and might be the room where the Last Supper was held.


This nun (I think she was a nun) ran the St. Mark's Cathedral, a little chapel in the Jewish quarter. She is one of the 7 million remaining people in the world that speak Aramaic. She sang the Lord's Prayer for us in Aramaic.

Walking Where Christ Walked

This is a Herodian stone that Christ most likely walked on while walking to the Temple Mount.

This is a first century neighborhood just south of the Temple Mount.

Men praying at the South Wall of the Temple Mount. They are all standing on Herodian Stone.

Oh Holy Night

The Church of Nativity, Bethlehem

We started studying the New Testament with a visit to Bethlehem. While in Bethlehem we were able to visit Bethlehem University and talk to some of the students. It was very interesting listening to their stories and talking to them about growing up and living on the other side of the Separation wall. After our visit with the students we toured the Church of Nativity which is built over the cave which tradition suggests Christ was born in. After our tour we ran through the streets of Bethlehem looking for Bethlehem blankets, we were unsuccessful, but it was fun to see the city. We ended the day in Shepherds Field talking about the birth of Christ.

Passover!

My Jewish civ professor helped us put together a whole passover meal! It was so fun! We ate all of the traditional foods, some were a little strange, but for the most part very good. We sang and read from the Torah! Some of the boys even did a rap! It was a really fun night and a great experience.

Sunset at the Center

This picture does not do justice to how beautiful the sunset was over West Jerusalem, but I thought I would share it anyway. This was taken from my Balcony.