One year later:
So, it's been a year since i last updated. i thought maybe i'd try this whole thing out just this once again...yeah. weird. anyway, it's weird how much is different and how much is still the same from last year. i have to go back to school tomorrow-so that part's at least kinda similar. my break was quite different this year from last. i was still gone for parts of it that kept me busy, but definitely to different places. and the first part of my break before all of that was pretty boring and crappy. anyway, i did go to florida and israel over this break. it still seems almost unbelievable that i was there. i'll be posting lots of pictures once i get back to school...somehow. i'll figure it out. but yeah. um...i dunno. i don't really want to go back to school. it's not like i was so excited to be home that first week and a half doing nothing, but i'm not ready for all the work and stress to start again. it's kinda sad, cause i'm more worried and upset about hillel starting again than classes. and i'll be volunteering at the normal public library 10 hours a week this semester. i don't like how almost all of second semester is freezing cold and snowy either-especially with the library being just about the furthest point from my dorm. oy. i should really stop complaining. that's not what this entry was supposed to be for. i'm not really sure what it was supposed to be for though. eh? i have no idea. i think i'm really too tired to be writing this right now...i need sleep. seriously. i slept till 7:30 pm the other day-that's just sick. i didn't even know that was possible. i guess i was more jet lagged than i thought. and i was able to fall asleep easily the next night, but then i only slept till 7:30 am...which is why i'm so tired now. anyway, i should probably get some sleep so i can be conscious for that whole moving back into school thing tomorrow. i guess it's just sad cause i don't even know if i'm going to see any of my friends at all before like june. i don't have the same spring break as anyone this year, i'm not sure if i'll be coming home any time other than that, and i'm probably studying abroad in may/june, which may leave before some people even get back from school. oy! i may be home that easter weekend or whatever, cause apparently leesee and brian are visiting, but...i dunno. hopefully i'll get to visit u of i or whatever sometime. i guess we'll see. i'll have to figure it out. and people said they'd visit me-which i hope they all follow through with, cause it's easier for those people with cars. so yeah. i need to stop whining-and start sleeping. but i guess i should put something positive in this post-my last one had that whole nice dinner with the boys. let's see...
home isn't the same as it used to be, but my home friends are still comforting to me. a lot of people go home and have noone to hang out with at all. i like that i still have people who i can sit and do nothing with or sleep on their couches (or on them) while we all "watch a movie" or see at a party even though we don't hang out often or...whatever. and even though my family annoys me, i'm really lucky to have them too. i haven't been home for over 10 days since may-so i'm thinking that just makes me appreciate it more. i guess we'll see what happens with whatever i do this summer. but for now i still have to say that i don't hate being at home-although i was lingering there at the beginning of my break.
florida was a really relaxing trip. it was nice cause we weren't rushed or busy or whatever. we could sleep in and relax and still do things and go out and enjoy rides and whatnot. 5 days alone with my family can be a lot, but i lived through it. they're amusing at times, but i think those large doses were more than what i was used to.
israel was not what i expected, but i'm really glad that i went. i had problems with the program and our group wasn't the greatest, but the country was amazing. i still find it so crazy to be able to say that i did all these things-rode a camel and a donkey, swam in the dead sea, climbed the masada, went to the western wall, hiked in ein gedi, visited tzfad, went to the independence hall, and so much more...israel is an amazing and beautiful country.
so now i go back to school. i'm trying to think of how much has happened since i last wrote. i'm just writing about my winter break, but really it's been a year-two semesters and a summer. i can't even imagine everything from second semester last year, working at OSRUI, and so much more in between. it's just crazy. i guess it's not like i'm going to catch up or anything. i mean, i've obviously talked to most of you in between...it's not like i need to summarize my life for you. it's just kinda odd. well, i guess i should really get some sleep now. hoping this next semester that i'm starting off my going to school tomorrow is a better one than all the ones before-there's optimistic thinking for you...
home isn't the same as it used to be, but my home friends are still comforting to me. a lot of people go home and have noone to hang out with at all. i like that i still have people who i can sit and do nothing with or sleep on their couches (or on them) while we all "watch a movie" or see at a party even though we don't hang out often or...whatever. and even though my family annoys me, i'm really lucky to have them too. i haven't been home for over 10 days since may-so i'm thinking that just makes me appreciate it more. i guess we'll see what happens with whatever i do this summer. but for now i still have to say that i don't hate being at home-although i was lingering there at the beginning of my break.
florida was a really relaxing trip. it was nice cause we weren't rushed or busy or whatever. we could sleep in and relax and still do things and go out and enjoy rides and whatnot. 5 days alone with my family can be a lot, but i lived through it. they're amusing at times, but i think those large doses were more than what i was used to.
israel was not what i expected, but i'm really glad that i went. i had problems with the program and our group wasn't the greatest, but the country was amazing. i still find it so crazy to be able to say that i did all these things-rode a camel and a donkey, swam in the dead sea, climbed the masada, went to the western wall, hiked in ein gedi, visited tzfad, went to the independence hall, and so much more...israel is an amazing and beautiful country.
so now i go back to school. i'm trying to think of how much has happened since i last wrote. i'm just writing about my winter break, but really it's been a year-two semesters and a summer. i can't even imagine everything from second semester last year, working at OSRUI, and so much more in between. it's just crazy. i guess it's not like i'm going to catch up or anything. i mean, i've obviously talked to most of you in between...it's not like i need to summarize my life for you. it's just kinda odd. well, i guess i should really get some sleep now. hoping this next semester that i'm starting off my going to school tomorrow is a better one than all the ones before-there's optimistic thinking for you...