a very special night.

Here are a few pictures of us and the girls from our last night together as a house. Let me explain.

A few days before a few of them begged me to take them to Taco Bell, they have a minor obsession...oy. so, we are in the car and we get into a conversation about naughty things students do...like sneaking out and the like. now, my girls are an extremely good bunch of girls and I really don't think they have snuck out...i had freshman...i don't think they have the guts yet...thankfully:). i often found it ridiculous to think about the stuff i had gotten myself into by their age...yikes. so. they corroborate what i believed...at least they told me they have never snuck out. We are having a good laugh in my car at this point when one of the girls gets very serious and tells me that she wants me to help them sneak out. Now, granted I was leaving my job in 5 days, but obviously that isn't the smartest thing to do. so, i tell them that the thought is crazy...but i was smiling inside cause they gave me the idea for our final night that i had been looking for. a staged sneak out!

i plotted, schemed, and planned.

the second to last night i talked to each girl in my house and told them that i had something special planned for them - but that no other students and no other faculty knew about it. keep it quite, whispers the little woman, or else. man am i tough...hehe...sure:)

I don't wanna give away all our special details, but suffice it to say that i convinced them that i was helping them sneak out:

me: "ok, girls, lets bust the ^&$^$%# outa here!"

they believed me!

or at least till we were picked up on the side of the road and taken away for a late night trip to a diner and visiting a certain family's newly acquired house:) below are some pictures of our silliness with sparklers and glow in the dark chalk and new-house-exploration. i am fond of the picture of me. one of the girls took it, my co-houseparents are behind me - which was literally the case through the whole year. i feel it captures my emotions at the moment very well - i was crying... sad to be leaving my girls and my co-workers who are so dear to me...but trying to be strong for my girls who were even more water works than me. they are such wonderful women - i can't wait till they come to israel in two years for their junior year and i see them again. We had a good time that night...they have brought me so much joy....

i know i am late in posting these by a few weeks, but, enjoy!