Nostalgia

¡Buenos días!

I had every intent of posting last night, but by the time I got home, the only thing that was calling my name was bed.

What had us out so late? Well, Adam and I went to services at our new synagogue so that we could meet and experience the rabbi that will be marrying us! The rabbi was great, and we got along well, and the service was quite nostalgic for me. I grew up going to similar types of services, and the familiar prayers and songs brought part of me back to being a 12-year-old at my friends’ Bar and Bat Mitzvahs.

Towards the end of the service, though, something unexpected happened. There’s a Hebrew prayer that’s said in memory of all the people who have passed away at the end of every service, as well as every day when in mourning. When the words started, it hit me. I hadn’t been to services since my grandma passed away… and we said that prayer every day for a week. The tears started, and didn’t stop until well after the last word. It’s so hard for me that my grandma won’t physically be at our wedding… but I know she’ll definitely be there in many other ways.

I pulled myself together and we met with the rabbi to confirm that he had our wedding on the calendar. Indeed he did, and we are his first wedding as the rabbi of our synagogue! We’ll have a few meetings with him in October, and get to know each other before our wedding November 28!

After services, we headed over to P.F. Changs for a late dinner. I had gotten a gift certificate to there for my birthday (Thanks EO!) so we decided to use it last night. We of course started with their amazing lettuce wraps, and I asked for them with very easy oil. They actually listened!

For dessert, we shared 3 of the mini desserts: red velvet cake, lemon cream pie, and apple pie. Again, I could NOT get a good picture!

Once we got home, I crashed within 20 minutes! It was quite the long week. But, I get a 3-day weekend this weekend, and then next week is my last week of camp! There are big plans this weekend, including choosing our wedding invitations, a blogger meet up, a birthday party, and some outlet shopping!

Come back later today for Cute Food Saturday!

Tagged as: Asian, dinner out, wedding