and every night has its price

so fast forward about 2 hours and alli finally woke up. we made macaroni and cheese rapid-style before walking to kadima. we kissed and made up. we were both just grumpy i think. we got to kadima and said hi to everyone we saw, although we were later than usual, so the kids were all in class. sivan saw us and asked us to check on michael, who had fled the building and was apparently upset. she also asked us to take the kids outside to play since they were short on israeli volunteers today. so we did. we shared the court with kids from the outside. i was banished to the goal by the girls, since i suck so badly. this coming from 9 and 10 year old girls. that MEANS something, ok? we played pretty well. i am constantly amazed by how good alli is at soccer. she was kicking the shit out of EVERYONE, and wasn't even giving it all she had. we brought the kids inside for a snack and hung out with them. i'm really getting in with these kids. really playing with them. i don't know what the hell i'm doing, but i don't think it matters. just having fun and learning how to play. we all ran to the back to grab a snack, which happened to be plain yogurt, enhanced apparently by cocoa puffs mixed in. one of the kids insisted that i spread this concoction on a cracker, which i happily tried. they were laughing, but i turned to al and said, "i know they're playing a joke on me but this shit is good." we started cracking up, which cracked up the kids, and then we were all a mess. the cracker kid then put pepper in my yogurt and i couldn't really eat it after that. but the joke was on them. i eat weird shit. ain't no thing. anyway, al and i went to gadi's for a falafel from kadima since we are so hungry and poor. how poor might you ask? well, so poor that as of tonight we owe gadi for two whole falafels. what's even funnier is the fact that we go to this place so often that it's not even a big deal that we pay later. very fucked. so we ate well and came home. i downloaded 40 year old virgin, and we watched it. after it was over, al and i both looked at each other and decided that we wanted to work on a fun movie set. how would we do this, i asked. well, we'll write our own movie of course! so that is what we did tonight. i won't tell you what it's about yet. but the beginning stages are going very well. i'm excited. but i'm also really fucking tired. oh, and i talked to gammy which is awesome. i miss her. even though she keeps trying t get me to say tht i'll be home for my birthday which i definitely won't be. although, al and i are making plans to camp on the beach for the occasion. we'll make s'mores. yeahhhhh. so goodnight. ulpan tomorrow. love love love.


love,

sally