'No, JEW?' Not 'Did you?'...JEW eat? JEW? You get it? JEW eat?"

The outside of Alex's campaign office!!!!

This week got off to an exciting start on Tuesday because it was Postal Vote Day!!!  Basically a postal vote is like an absentee ballot in the states, however in Scotland anyone who wants to vote by mail can regardless of whether or not they're out of town.  So Tuesday was the day that everyone who signed up to vote by mail got their ballots. They can send these ballots in anytime from when they're received until polling (election) day.  So needless to say this was a big campaign day for us.  Alex wanted to make sure that everyone who got a postal vote also got a target letter from the campaign the same day.  Because of this I spent the entire day climbing massive amounts of stairs in tenements across Edinburgh delivering letters to mailboxes.  It was exhausting work but it was also incredibly exhilarating because it really made me realize just how close the election is. 
After my exhausting day of climbing every staircase in Edinburgh I headed home to get ready for our Passover Seder!! My program has a fair few Jews in it and we all decided that it would be fun to celebrate our Jewish heritage by putting on a seder for our friends.  I use the term seder very lightly though since it wasnt actually Passover appropriate.  We couldnt find matzoh anywhere (Scotland has approximately 10 Jews in the entire country so this wasnt that surprising), no one could find  a seder plate and I brought my grandmothers Kugel recipe as my dish which was certainly not Passover appropriate since it has noodles in it.  But still despite the reformness of the evening it was an amazing Seder.  Everyone brought something, be it bottles of wine or homemade gefilte fish (props to Daniel for that one) and we all got really into it, even saying the prayers and singing some of the songs!! I think all the non-Jews in the group really enjoyed themselves and after the seder we all went out together to finish celebrating the lovely Jewish holidays.

The amazing spread and the group saying the prayers!

One of the amazing buildings I've stumbled upon

Wednesday I took the day off to rest up from my busy Tuesday and just worked on my paper and chilled.  Then on Thursday I was off to another busy day on the campaign trail.  I manned the office in the morning which was busier than normal, so it was exciting to see a lot of the deliveries getting done.  Thursday night I went on deliveries myself in a really nice part of Edinburgh. It's always great seeing parts of Edinburgh like this that I would never have a reason to see otherwise.
Friday I woke up early, worked on my paper, went into work for a bit and then headed out to meet up with Lindsey and Rachel to get ready for our friend Hallie's "America" themed party.  I loved the theme but mostly because it was an excuse for me to wear my flannel and converses.  The night ended up being really fun and I definitely enjoyed meeting some new people and hanging out with my friends.  Some of my friends start leaving really soon (Lindsey leaves in ten days!!) so I'm certainly starting to feel the end getting nearer and thus trying to soak up every minute I have with them.

Celebrating America!

Today I had a long day at work so I treated myself to a dinner of hamburgers at a local restaurant.  I have the next two days off so I'm really excited to just sleep in and hopefully be really productive on my research paper.  I promised myself I was going to spend the entire day tomorrow at the library but we'll see how that goes...

Miss you all!