hard work.

heres whats happening here: (in list- my favorite form)

1) it has not stopped raining and thundering and lightening since yesterday morning. its grey and wet and dirty and grimey out. ani lo sameach im ha geshem.

2) i really like working with the kids, although it is quite exhausting. yesterday i worked first with the around 1 year old kids for a few hours, and then got moved to oren, the 3/4 year olds. that is when it started to rain, and the kids ran out to see it, all excited.

3) it is too cold for the clothes i have. i need a scarf, and i am hopefully going to get one soon from a shook in jerusalem, where you can get 2 very pretty scarves for 30nis (about $8)

4)next weekend i am hoping to go visit marsha elentuck in karmi'el.

5)on november 9, i have my big oral test. at the end of the ulpan, i have to take a test so i can get a certificate that says i was in class for 500 hours, and my score and level for the class. i need it to get credits for college. (how many credits do you think i can get for 500 hours?) i am not very good at speaking hebrew. i mean, comprehention i am pretty good at, and writing i am even better. i can conjugate and understand. we have been practicing the reading part of the test by reading old short stories and answering the questions in class. thats what i have to do on the 26th of nov. ive also been practicing the writing part (also on the 26th) by writing sipurchiks (short stories) on specific topics. batia (my teacher) gave us a list of the possible topics we will get on test day, so i have exactly what i need to study for that. but speaking, i am not quite as good, and its sooner so i am more nervous. i have to spend a few minutes telling two people from jerusalem about an exciting trip i went on. i have to write out what i want to say this weekend, and my teacher is going to correct it on monday. then i can memorize it, and practice with batia, and all should be well. but the jerusalem people are going to ask me questions, and i may not be able to answer them. so i am kinda freaking out just a little.

6) on nov. 11 we go on another tiul to the negev. we ride camels, sleep in a Bedouin village, the whole shebang. its an over-night tiul. im excited.

7) i was thinking that weekend (the 13th) i would go to jerusalem with my roommate Melissa. but i feel bad missing a day of class for a tiul, and then a day of class for me in one week, and soo close to the test. but i REALLY want to go, so i dont know what to do. im going to talk to Melissa about it and see what she thinks.

8)its almost the end. tomorrow is the last day of october. then its november, and in no time i will be home. wow.