Relaxing weekend, tiring start to the week

Thursday night in Tel-Aviv was wild; im pretty sure everyone had a good time. A lot of yearcourse people went to a club called Johnny Cays. It was cool setup, but some subpar music and it was oh so hot! It felt like I was groovin in the Negev. I stayed in a hotel with some friends that night, and came back and hung out in Bat Yam all of Friday. Saturday was awesome day for me. I had lunch with some family in ............... Well I don't know the city, but it was amazing to see them. Since it's family in Israel, I see them very very seldomly. They're a unique bunch and I really appreciated their company and the break from year course they provided. Rosh Hashana (Karstens favorite holiday :) ) is in two weeks, so we'll all get together again for it. I truly can't wait. Today we spent the first half of our day at the Israel Tennis Center. They're a fairly big organization in Israel that promotes Tennis to a variety of youth groups for a very small fee ( A shekel a month, the equivalent of about 27 cents). I had only played tennis once, with spencer and paul about 7 years ago. I had a ton of fun though; it's an interesting sport that I could see myself getting into in the future ( and whooping Rich at too). After that I took a killer nap!!!!!! I heard my volunteering had been bumped to 6:30 instead if 4, so I had a one way ticket to my bed when I got home. We went to a different volunteering place today. It's still Peace Players, but this time we worked with Jews and not Arabs. We observed the practice of the younger kids, and then played in the older one which consisted of kids ages 15-17. Mike and I balled again, and it felt good to get the workout we did. I hadn't ran like that since I left Eugene. It was interesting seeing the difference between the two practices, as well as the difference between the Arab and Israeli kids. In the Arab practice, they are taught more fundamentals, where as the Israelis are taught with more teamwork oriented drills. The correlation is funny because the Arab kids always argue amongst themselves, and the Israelis never argue with eachother or the coach. They were extremely respectful and gave great effort. It'l be cool going there every Sunday. It's a nice break in my schedule (going at 6:30 instead of 4) that's sorely needed. Ima go to bed now, got another big day tomorrow
Note: Im also tired because instead of going to bed at a decent hour last night, I stayed up till 3 watching the ESPN Play by play of the Duck Game. GO DUCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
(and to all my friends reading this, if you see Justin Roper on the streets, invite him for a nice steak dinner at Rock N Rodeo, or 6th street bar and grill, hell even Sizzler; you guys can make a difference)

JAKEY