Tuesday, March 22

After school, we decided to join the weekly volleyball game at 4:30.  Every week the principal and a group of students play a few games of volleyball for fun, and he talked us into participating. It was a ton of fun! I can't even imagine principals back home playing volleyball with their students every week...how cool is that! And the best part is that Stein (principal) is probably one of the most competitive people I have met. He keeps trying to get one of us to race him in the pool (too bad none of us can really swim..haha. All of my swimmer friends back home would be disappointed in me) So that was pretty interesting, and we're definitely going back next week!

Also, I have decided I am going to start keeping a list of things I have accomplished/learned while here. So here's what I've got so far:

-acquired the taste for black coffee

-learned how to knit

-ran more then a mile straight (probably the first time ever)

-went cross country skiing

-tried brown cheese

-learned that I can survive without tv (missed 3 weeks of American Idol and One Tree Hill so far…sad)

-walked about 121084 miles

-went 3 weeks without fast food (until Saturday)

-tried a kebab

-went deep sea fishing

-went an entire week without talking to my mom (sad, and probably the first time in my life)

-learned to put up with living with 4 random strangers (just kidding J)