Shabbat at Nishmat!

Friday morning 8:00- It's pouring outside...
I woke up, ate breakfast, and got ready to go.  I was going to Nishmat for Shabbat where I was meeting up with a bunch of old camp friends and friends from Flatbush.  Noga and Yvette organized where everybody was sleeping and what we each had to bring to eat.  My friend Yifa't and I were making the soup.  Our first stop was down the block to get soup mix and matzo meal to make matzo balls.  Our next stop was the shuk.  Now don't forget, this all includes walking and waiting for buses in the pouring rain.  At the shuk, we bought carrots and onions for the soup and Yifa't bought dates for another one of our friends.  The last stop was Nishmat.  We got on the 18 bus but we weren't exactly sure when to get off.  Luckily, we met someone on the bus that was also going to Nishmat so she showed us where to go.
We got off the bus, settled in, and then we had to start cooking.  Everything was a little bit disorganized, but we eventually figured it out.  We made our soup and matzo balls and then we added in noodles and we finished just minutes before shabbat started.  We lit candles and then were able to relax.  We hung out for a while and then sat down to eat dinner.  We had the challah, and then the soup, which turned out to be pretty good even though the matzo balls weren't very soft.  Then we had salad and homemade deli rolls which were so good. After dinner we just hung out for the rest of the night. It was just really nice to see everybody again and to have a really chilled out shabbat.
I woke up at around ten the next morning to find everybody around me sleeping.  I got up anyway to see if anybody in any of the other rooms was awake.  I found some people and we played some card games while eating cookies.  A couple of hours later we decided that it was time to start making lunch and then we would wake everybody else up.  Yifa't and my other friend Evie cut up salad, and then we started warming up the chicken.  We then went to wake everybody up which was lots of fun.  After another hour everyone was finally up and we sat down to eat lunch.  We had a really good lunch and then a few other people came over.  I learned how to play Monopoly Deal and then we started playing Jungle Speed.  Jungle Speed is an amazing game.  If you don't know what it is, go get it and play it because it's awesome! Before we knew it, shabbat was over.  We said Havdalah with a few other Israelis who were also staying in Nishmat and then people started leaving.  Of course it took them forever to decide what they wanted to do tonight and by the time they decided that they wanted to go out to Waffle Bar, I decided that I was too tired so I went home.  So here I am back at home, sitting next to Temima, typing this up, and thinking about my bed.  I like my bed and so should you.  Shalom V'lehitraot!