we won't grow up like weeds, when the moon tells us when to grow

FUUUUUUUUUUUCK we slept through my alarm AGAIN today. but luckily jade called us in time to at least get to ulpan at some reasonably respectable time. we learned some things. like the past tense of a certain kind of verb. say what you will about english being a difficult language, but at least the verb conjugations are easy. shit. after ulpan, our teacher michal drove us all to the supermarket so al and i could get sandwich stuff before walking home. i'm so fucking excited to have food in the house that when we got home i made the best sandwich ever: yellow peppers, tomatoes, sprouts, lettuce, mushrooms, melted smoked gouda, and a little schmear of hummus all on a whole grain bagel with sunflower seeds in it. i was beside myself. we even bought little werther's candies. those shits is good. after i ate my delicious sandwich, i hung out with alli and we watched orange county and took ridiculous photos on her computer as it started to pour outside. we didn't have much to work on at our volunteer placement today, so we stayed home. we really need to figure out how to extract the video we've shot from the oranim camera.

since the best thing to do EVER when it is raining is take a nap, that's exactly what i did. well, after looking up 'how to write a screenplay'. pretty helpful starter tips. too bad i have no fucking clue what i'm doing. we'll just work really hard. that's all. well, about 5 hours later, i woke up and made myself another sandwich and plopped down with alli to watch the end of 'the family stone' which always makes me think of josh and his family. once it was over, i wrote a list of things that i miss about home, especially this time of year. i know i miss things and i'm terribly homesick, but i also know that anything worth doing, anything potentially important must be persevered through during difficult times. and i'm just glad that it's nothing that too painful. it just aches a little. i can handle that. but i am VERY excited to see my dad (and his new iphone, ha), joan, and eddie. seeing my mom was great, so it'll be nice to relive that feeling of familiarity. plus, we're going to petra and jordan. WOOOOOOOOO. video chatted with very good old friend john-laurent tonight. man i love that guy.

tomorrow is sharet. i love going there to volunteer with those kids, so it shouldn't be hard to wake up. then we go to the flea market to see if we can find our stuff. probably won't, but it's worth a gander. plus, i can't get a new retainer without being home, so everyone hope that my teeth don't shift. or some shit. oh well :(. my teddy bear will just keep me company.

goodnight,

love,

sally