Holy dag!

I just got home from my first day with the fish. I love the fish. I have never touched so many fish in my life as I did today. My hands were so cold that I eventually couldn't hold onto the fish anymore because I couldn't feel them. Noam, a girl I am working with, told me to go run my hands under warm water in the bathroom for a minute. It helped. Right now, it is still cool outside so my hands were frozen but in a few months, I am going to be the luckiest girl in the Ulpan. Being in the water during the summer while others are shoveling cow poop (which is what I originally wanted to do) will be awesome.

So here is my schedule...

5:30- wake up

5:50- get on the bus

6:00-6:30- coffee

6:30-9- work

9-10- breakfast break (we eat together at the heder ochel)

10-11:30- work

I will be active all morning so work will go by really really fast. Today I started by counting/weighing goldfish to be packaged and sent to retailers. Then we realized that there were red goldfish mixed in with the yellow goldfish. So we had to sort and separate the two kinds of goldfish. Then I got to measure and sort koi fish by size. Then I learned how to inject the fish with antibiotics. It is really fascinating. I like watching the fish breathe. They are quite pretty. I get my own pair of Wellies to wear too.

Sometimes, there are fish who are sick. We have to throw them to the cats who sit and wait for them. The first time I saw a cat eat the fish I was sad. The fish was helpless. But sacha, a coworker, said "this is nature". It's a good lesson for me.

I learned the words yellow, orange, red, buddy, and okay. I am also getting better with my numbers. One of The kibbutzniks I am working with made fun of me and told me I sound like their 2 year old niece. I was so proud.

It's class time...more later.