let the new year begin...

hello! I hope everyone has had a good first week of 2010. I think I have, all the weeks here are really starting to run together at this point. I'm loving it still, but I'm definitely more than excited that the end date is slowly but surely approaching.

Yesterday, instead of volunteering, a few of us chose to go on a day trip to places around the North. Honestly though, I'm not even really sure all the places we went and were lectured on but it was a nice break from volunteering. For some odd reason, I was so tired and was basically a walking zombie the whole day. It was fun, but I definitely crawled into bed at about 7:30 last night with every intention of getting up and going to the pub later but instead, woke up at about 9:15 this morning. I feel like a new person so I guess I really needed that. It was quite the epic nap.

Also, I was very stupid last week when I managed to drop my camera (last year's birthday gift) and break the lens. So I now have to steal pictures from friends. Major bummer.

Jackie, me, a girl from another group that was along for the day, and Emily on a train at one of the stops on the day trip.

A beautiful view from a short hike we took.

While on a watch tower looking at some beautiful views of Israel and its borders, a group of Israeli soldiers came by below us. We had a fun time watching them to say the least...

We also visited the site of an ancient Roman city that was built over 2,000 years ago. It was an absolutely beautiful day to be outside and walking around. It was probably close to 75 degrees. The ruins were spectacular and quite the site to behold.

So on a different note, I have started to make a few decisions about what's going to happen when I return to the States in under 2 months. I have decided on Pittsburgh (get excited Phil and Deb!) because I have a few friends there and it is close to home. It is also far enough away that I feel like I'm going somewhere different because I barely know the city at all. This is very exciting for me actually. Now, I am working on the job search. Grad school is still in the cards but I think I'm going to wait awhile until that actually happens.

That will do it for now.

Much love,

Sara