all the children are insane

pretty uneventful day for me. woke up, did sit-ups. picked jen up at the apartment on the way to kadima. saw naama there because they are moving to a different apartment so she was helping them pack up their stuff. went to kadima and had some lunch. talked to sivan (director) about what we'd be doing there. she wants to set up a sort of mentorship for each of us. so she asked us to see which we felt more comfortable with, the sixth or seventh graders and connect with one of the kids. i spent a lot of time with a little girl named rudin. we talk. i've found that i get to practice my hebrew much better when i go to kadima because most of the kids say the words that we are learning, since it's a lesser level of vocabulary. it's really great practice. i can even have conversations with most of them, albeit rudimentary or broken ones. the food that they feed the kids gets thrown away at the end of the day, so i asked if i could take it home. they were happy to let me, so i think i may ask every once in a while if we're out of food at the house. how resourceful we are! :)

after kadima, jen, jodi, and i walked to the new apartment. ofir and the movers met us there. we hung out there for a bit, then walked back to the house to do our ulpan homework. finished that and ended up talking with ofir for a while outside about the group and our experience here, plus fun upcoming stuff. we have a cool trip to jerusalem this weekend. so excited for that.

as far as the bob* situation goes, ofir and naama talked to momo about it and when bob* got to work tonight, momo had a conversation with him about his behaviour. basically, he can't touch a stitch of alcohol until the program is over, or else he goes home. so hopefully he can keep it up. he's got a problem for sure. and it runs way deeper than a simple desire to drink and have fun. it's scary and i hope he can turn it around with this opportunity. we'll see.

anyway, ulpan tomorrow. then laundry and i need to type up the contact list for my birthright trip group. sheeeeeeeeeeeeeeit.

love,

sally