So...I realized the other day that my flight from Delhi to Tel Aviv was on March 1st instead of Feb. 1st like I thought. It wouldn't be a huge problem except that I told Sumi I would be in Israel Feb.1 so that's when she bought her ticket. It's official. I am an idiot. But I will get it all sorted out and everything will be good again (for a price of course). Anyways, the last couple weeks have been kind of frustrating. I wasn't called back for any jobs. So I have just been spending my days lazing around the house. I can't really remember things that happened because it all has been blended together. It's good in a way though because it has allowed me to get excited about traveling again.

Christmas here has been somewhat disappointing. The only way you really know it's Christmas is because Starbucks is selling gingerbread lattes and you see an occasional Santa somewhere. No one decorates anything, there are hardly any Christmas trees, and it's warm. But don't think that that means they don't want you to spend a lot of money on Christmas presents. Oh yes, that tradition is going strong here. But it was nice to spend Christmas with friends. Jota and I went to Kristal and Zepe's flat to have dinner with Kristal's family. Her mom made dinner which was really good. Then Kristal's dad proposed to her mom after 20 something years of being together. So sweet. I wish I knew what everyone was saying, although I am picking up a good amount of Portuguese.

For New years we are going to go to a music festival: Canaan downs. It should be a lot of fun; it's a 3 day festival in Takaka (top of the south island) where you camp out and celebrate the new year. Also, I will meet up with Marina again, which I am happy about.