First couple of days

To start off, if my spelling is bad, it's because not only am I a terrible speller, but the computre is fuzzy, and it is hard to make out words. I got to Israel on Wednesday with no problems at the airport. The plane ride was very crazy. All of the religious families were pacing, and hanging out in theaisles, there were 20 minute lines for the bathrooms because the religous kids would just run out of nowhere to use the toilet without waiting in line.
For the first couple nights I did have a roomate, a fellow Canadian, but as of an hour ago, she's onw gone. She said the program wasn't for her, even though the program doesn't start until Sunday. She was just very quiet, I guess, and everyone else here is very outgoing. Athough I would usually be happy about the idea of having my own room, I think I'm going to see if there is another room I can go to. Otherwise it will be very lonely.
The weather here is great. Sunny, clear skies, and during the day it has been around 20-25 degrees. At night it does get chilly though, I'm cold when I'm under my covers. We don't actually start the prograsm until sunday. There are 2 levels of Hebrew classes, and I am in the more advanced one. Although it's kind of funny becuase there are a few peolple on the program who can speak Hebrew very well, better than me, but they don't know the alphabet, or how to write. My class is a lot smaller than the lower level class, so it's going to be very intimate. We'll all be very close to the front, and we'll have no choice but to pay attention, or they might get mad. In terms of work, I just found out what my firset job will be. I'll be working with a woman named Mazel (yes, like mazel tov). I don't really know what that entails, but Ilan, the Ulpan coordinater describes her as the mother of the Ulpan. I guess she's kind of like the nanny? What I've seen her do is set up our meals, and take out the trash, and organize the closet with all of the sheets. SO ya, I have absolutely no idea what I'll be doing with her.
The schedule is very confusing. There are a couple days where we work in the morning, and then learn in the afternoon/evening. There are also days when we only have class in the morning, with the days ending at 1. There may also be a day where just do our jobs all day. Then friday is a half day, and always ends at lunch because of Shabbt. So out weekends are half day friday, and then saturday.
The people on the Ulpan come from all over. There are around 25 people here so far, but I feel like more people are on their way since the program is supposed to be 35 people. People come from Canada, US, Holland, Hungary, Russia, Chile, Peurto Rico, Guatemala, Mexico, Venezuela, France, Uzbekastan, and Turkmenestan. So the lanuages are English, Russian, and Spanish. The dynamic is very interesting. Most people know very very simple English, so you have to speak slowly, and simply. There is a guy at the Kibbutz who did an Ulpan before us, and he said people usually just go into cliques based on the Language you speak.
Last night we went to the pub on the Kibbutz, and I had fun talking to an Israeli girl my age, I tried speaking my broken Hebrew to her, and she was speaking English very well to me. She likes Briteny Spears and Hannah Montana, and American things like that.
Thats all I have for now. We might go into Tel Aviv today, but we'll see. Theres not really much to do since we're not working or learning. But so far all is well, and I'm having a good time and have made friends.