smart

What does it say when I was reading about spas (for work, natch) and seeing the word “yogalates,” wondered how they could combine yogurt and yoga (same as pilates, right? I know, I know, not quite, but still)…….

To mourn and to celebrate

Today is Yom Hazikaron (Remembrance Day), when Israel mourns for those who have died in the wars we have been in throughout the existence of this country – at least one every decade. Tomorrow is Yom Haazmaut (Independence Day), but today is a day of sadness and reflection.
It’s a strange day for an Israeli left [...]

Spring specials

My mom just left after two and a half weeks here, and it was wonderful and sad and filled with adventures. I loved having her here. Among the highlights:
Passover weekend at the bf’s parents – wine, wine, wine, TONS of food and we even got to drive around some of the area, including this lake/former [...]

up, down, all around

We went up north over the weekend, for a family wedding and to celebrate the bf’s mom’s birthday. Besides the fact that we were up before 7am every day, it was really nice. Bf knows rediculous amounts of trivia about Israel, so it was like a personal tour. On Friday, we left his parents house [...]

Cheesecake

He came home last night sometime after 9pm (we had talked around 7 and he said that he shouldn’t be much more than an hour) with a huge smile on his face. After how sick he had been for the past week, I was happy to see that he was feeling better – enough to [...]

Love is like a roller coaster

Having a real relationship is tough. I’ve never had something like this, where I care so much and I want to make it work and it’s so intense sometimes I don’t know if I can handle it. We saved it last night, and I hope that makes us stronger than ever – but I know [...]

New Job

I started a new job yesterday (yes, I have been going through transition after transition after transition the last few months and no, I don’t like it). The first day was… good. It was hours of meetings, but they were really interesting because my boss and the people he meets with know what they’re doing [...]

Not a cold weather person

They say it’s going to snow this week here in Jerusalem, and I have to say, I hope it doesn’t. I want sunshine and warmth – not icy cold. Especially since I am sick and it feels like I’m coughing up a lung all day long.
And it turns out there’s a reason we haven’t been [...]

Gone

I just found out that someone I know, or knew, died. He was 22. I’m kind of in shock – this kind of thing isn’t supposed to happen. I met him through one of my first jobs here in Israel, working with young Jewish leaders around the world. He was one of those from Australia, [...]

Starting this up again

It has been a long while since I’ve written – and a long time since I’ve felt inspired to write. But I’m getting it back, so let’s see how it goes this time around.
There have been a lot of changes in my life while I wasn’t writing. I quit my job, visited San Francisco, moved [...]