“Thursday?” She sounded appalled. “What’s wrong with Monday or Tuesday? I’ll never survive until Thursday!”

Shani Leiman with Zivia Reischer
“It was amaaazing,” Chaya breathed into the phone. “The first date was soooo amazing, but this was even better. I’m, like, on a high.”
She certainly sounded like it.
“I’m so glad,” I told her. “Yossi said the same thing. He also wants to go out again.”
She giggled. “Great. How about tomorrow night?”
I looked at the calendar. “Let’s see, you went out on Motzaei Shabbos, today is Sunday… How about Thursday?”
“Thursday?” She sounded appalled. “What’s wrong with Monday or Tuesday? I’ll never survive until Thursday!”
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