hello

January 7, 2004

well it is wednesday afternoo here in israel and it is very dark and

dreary. it has been raining since this morning and hailing and is

supposed to continue until the weekend. it is very cold and all i

feel like doing is going home and curling up under my quilt and

watching tv. i just figured out the temperature here since we go by

celsius is 46 degrees. brrrrrrr.

Finally i can be proud of something that i did so of course i want to

share it with you guys. yesterday i saw a notice for a woman's

volleyball game that is being organized in our community. i had been

thinking about joining a while back but chickened out. this time i

wrote to this person who is in charge and explained to her the

situation that i would really like to play but i don't have a car and

have no way of getting there. she offered me a lift which was nice

and i accepted. i actually went and had an amazing time. i never

thought volleyball was considered exercise boy was i wrong. at the

end of the evening i was so sweaty and my hands really hurt. it is

every tuesday night from 7:30-9:00. this is a huge step for me

because usually i just stay home and never try these sort of things.

i find it hard to meet new people and make friends and it is just

easier not to try. this time i decided to go for it. i kept telling

myself the worst thing that can happen is no one will talk to me and

that usually happens so i know what to explain. i was surprised that

people did talk to me and i had a very good time. i was really pumped

from that so this morning i decided to get back into exercising. i

did my aerobic step video but was disappointed - could only do 15

mins. i know that is better than nothing but i thought i could do

more. i guess i will have to keep at it and i hope in a couple of

weeks it will get easier.

not much else, eating not great yet but have been trying to drink

more water. so far today i have had 33 oz and it is 2:30 pm. i will

try to get more in later.

hope you all have a great day. i am really into chatting so if anyone

wants to add me to their buddy list my yahoo IM and AOL both are the

same names - elana2706

Elana

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