I bet the snowstorm is really nice in NJ 1/27/15

Kibbutz Tzuba is stunning! I loose my breath every time I look at my amazing view of the Judean Hills. Even though I spend eleven hours in a class room every day, when I go to my room for 10 minute breaks between all my classes I look out at the view and it reminds me of how lucky I am for this opportunity. The weather in Israel is not hot yet, as you might expect in a desert, but it is also not in the middle of a massive snow storm. Today it was around 61 degrees which was nice at first but it got cold really fast at night.
 Along with the change in temperature and school day hours, the meals that I eat are also very different from what I'm used to at home. I eat Kosher meals every day which means that I can't mix meat and dairy. In Israel the main meal is lunch, so we always have meat for lunch and dairy for the other two meals. Another strange thing about the food in Israel is that we are offered salad and hummus at every meal, so yes, I have hummus for breakfast. I'm not sure how my mom will take it when I ask for her to get me hummus for breakfast but we'll deal with that in four months.