Tuesday, April 5, 2011

inconsistency is becoming pretty consistent...

I've pretty much abandoned my blog, and I certainly apologize, so much to do, so little American internet...

It's been months since I've blogged, but believe me...I've been trying to organize some thoughts, find some explanations....and while I've accomplished many things in the recent months, settling my rampant thoughts and figuring out what I'm doing next year is NOT on that list of accomplishments.

In the past months this has happend:
  • My Mom visited (hi Lez!)
  • My Mom left after a week of me fully realizing my homesickness and lashing out passive aggressively at her for tardiness (sorry Lez...)
  • I participated in MASA's week long Building Future Leadership conference with 400+ peers currently on long term programs in Israel (400 of about 10,000 that will come to Israel on MASA, or MASA-affiliated programs this year alone)
  • I continued to volunteer and live in Karmiel (this is the last week)
  • Ideas and visions of my own and of my now business partners turned into a reality: www.puzzleisrael.com
So it's been a loaded month and a half...and now it's time to say goodbye to the North. I was SO ready to leave Ashkelon when we did, but I can't say the same about Karmiel. Although I've been dreaming of living in Tel Aviv since I was 16 there's a feeling of unfinished business that leaves me questioning:

when is 3 months too much time? when is 3 months not enough time?

The North is so versitile, so cultural, so VERY beautiful. Every day I leave my apartment saying, "Today is as green as these hills and valleys will get, this is the GREENEST green I've ever seen" and each day...I'm wrong!