Over the Past Week......

Over the past week or so nothing much has happened here. Today we are 10 days past halfway! :)
My grandparents left last Sunday night so we have been getting back into our usual routine. The most major thing that I've done over the past week was audition for HMS Pinafore, the musical which my class will be putting on in the spring. The singing audition was much more difficult then the acting audition for me because I do not like to sing very much. I'm not thrilled with acting either, but acting is much better then singing. A family friend of ours, Avital, happened to be studying in Israel for part of the time that we are here. Avital is an amazing singer and actress, so she kindly offered to help me and gave me some great tips on singing and acting. Thank you Avital!

My mom and I have, as usual, gone for many long walks around Jerusalem. On one of them we were walking down a very busy street when out of the blue I stopped and said, "Oh my god! Look! A turtle!" In the middle of the sidewalk there was a 5 or 6 inch turtle! It was very cool but odd to see a turtle in the middle of the sidewalk. That is definitely not something I see in Portland.... I have also been doing a bunch of school work. Though I'm still ahead of my class in most subjects! :)

Over the past week or so, more or less since the halfway point, I have really been wondering what we will do for this half of the trip. We have been to almost everything of interest in Jerusalem and going to the Old City gets old after we've walked around it almost everyday for the past two months. We are going to Eilat, the southern most point in Israel, towards the end of March and I'm really excited for that but I'm not so sure about what we will do until that. When we aren't constantly busy, I really miss Portland and my friends. This evening it was raining and my mom and I were walking home from the grocery store and she asked me why I wasn't wearing my hood, to which I replied, "Because the rain reminds me of home." I've had a lot of fun experiences happen in Portland while it has been raining or pouring and walking home while getting wet from the rain reminded me of them. Anyway, I hope we keep doing exciting events for the remaining 41 days of our trip.