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• Birthright Israel Monologues – Yael: All of the Monologues are actually really good. Check out their stream for more.

Posted for my Mom

p.s. Sometimes I post quick tid bits here too, in fact is collects my online life so you won’t miss a beat.

I’m Back in the States

I got home yesterday afternoon and didn’t do much beyond trying to adjust my body. While I was uploading photos crawled into bed and thought I would take a quick nap then wake up for dinner. The nap turned into me sleeping for 11 hours. Which was pretty great, I guess I fell asleep with my lights and computer on. I feel well rested though I’m still a little off.

I’m still getting used to hearing only English and I have to stop my self from saying thank you in Hebrew (which is one of the few phases I use in Israel). The trip was amazing and I can’t wait to go back.

I have started to upload some photos to my flickr site and will try and write something in more detail about the trip soon.

My Winter Break Plans

I have my last final this Thursday and will go home on Friday. I’ll collect a few things and pack my bags because Saturday around 10 in the morning I’ll be on a plane with my sister and her boyfriend to JFK. We’ll land around noon and then plan to head to our hotel, drop off our bags, and head into New York City.

This is a dream come true. I’ve always wanted to not only go to Israel but I have always wanted to see NYC. Who knows what we will do, though running around the city to see as much as we can sounds like the best plan to me.

Sunday we will wake up go back to JFK and meet our group sometime before 10:40. Our plane leaves for Israel about four hours after that.

The trip in Israel will be for ten days with a lot of the time spent in Jerusalem and on a Kibbutz east of the Sea of Galilee. Though we won’t only see those cities during the day. Not sure where all of that is, neither did I. I’ve been reading through my Travel book to figure out where things are.

Any suggestions of where to go in NYC, Leave a comment and let me know.

When was your last Snow Day?

My preparations for the trip are I have picked up a little Hebrew phrase book, an Israel travel book, and a new Moleskine. I think we might meet up with our old Hebrew High School teacher in Israel as well, if it works out all right.

I forgot to say but last Friday we had a Snow Day. Well it was more like the roads were to icy so the trucks to clear the roads could not get out on them day. But either way I stayed inside and had hot chocolate instead of taking an exam and attending class.

What to pack…

Yesterday was so busy that it took until last night as I was going to bed when I started to think through all the things I’ll get to do on this trip and I just can’t wait. I was just making lists in my head of what I’ll need to pack and what I’ll want to carry around with me. It’s coming together very quickly and my mind is racing with excitement for the trip. This will be way too cool.

Birthright

So I guess that last post was a bit to soon because today after succumbing to the idea that Birthright would have to wait until another time, I got a call. I’m going on Birthright!!!

Now I’ll get to use my passport for real.

I finish my finals on a Thursday, I’ll then go home probably that Friday. On Saturday I’ll fly into New York with my sister and Brian, then Sunday afternoon off to Israel for 10 days.

Passport

I was home this past weekend for Thanksgiving and even though I’m not going on Birthright yet, I now have a passport. It’s kinda neat to me. Who knows when i’ll use it first, maybe just for fun a trip to Canada.

Birthright in the winter is a no go for now

I got an e-mail today from Birthright saying that I am on the waiting list for the trip I wanted to go on. So now it is a waiting game to see if I’ll go this winter, because that date was the only day that worked, or if I’ll try again and go in the summer. We will see, I just really want to go sometime soon.