Oops...

So I totally overslept this morning. Daddy had to go on a trip this morning, and so wouldn't be around to give me a wake up call...planned for the next best thing: Have the hotel call for a wake up call (duh!). Well, I don't know if i didn't hear the phone, or if perhaps they did not call, but the fact of the matter is that I did not wake up at 9:30, as planned, and instead slept until 11:30. Oops! Seeing as breakfast ends at 10, I had to make do with the stolen goods from yesterday's breakfast, which I must say did quite well as a replacement.

Headed straight down to the pool and laid out for a couple hours; I think my bronzing is going quite well! Since it is the weekend here (Friday) the pool was chock-full of families with lots of cute little kiddies in their water-wings. One little girl had a blast dancing around to some Eminem rap blaring from the poolside Radio system. Pretty cute, pretty funny.

When I went up to the room to change out of my b-suit, I found that they still give us gifts on Shabbat! Woohoo! Every Friday the hotel puts in your room a half bottle of Barkan Reserve wine, a box of cookies, and now they have added an assortment of stuffed dates! Man, I love luxury living.

Now I am just sitting at a cafe on Sheinken St, enjoying a Lemonana. It is an amazing lemonade/mint drink that I think was born here in Israel, and it the number one way to fight off the heat. People watching is interesting...I hear a lot of American voices in the markets and such, but in cafes its mostly natives. All the girls my age look so damn cool all the time. it's like you have to know how to dress and make your hair look purposely messy to go out in Tel Aviv. I also can't for the life of me tell how old all these kids are. i swear some of them could be no older that 12 or 13, but they walk around like they are 18. This country feels so European!

I plan on spending the rest of the day ready Mailer and staying in the shade. I feel like that will be my plan for a few days at least. That is until the pressure of leaving requires me to go on crazy shopping sprees every day for the last week straight. Figure I should conserve my energy now :)

Oh and one last thing: I'm an idiot. I didn't pack the cord that connects my camera to my computer, so unless I can find a cheap replacement, this blog will be all text. BOO. I promise pictures will come later!