The Last Year

This is it. The last year of my life as I know it. This time next year I have no idea where I'll be. This summer was my last summer vacation...school is almost over. The end is close. I can almost taste it. And that scares me like hell.

Poland is over. It was good. I don't think I got as much out of it as other's may have, but that doesn't matter. The most powerful moment was coming out of the gas chambers at Meidanik and seeing the beautiful, sunlit world, and then looking up and seeing a rainbow shimmering against the sky. It made me feel so fiercely happy to be alive, to be in love, not be to be hated or hunted. To be free.


We got back on Wday morning. We landed about four, I was home at about six thirty. By eight I was at Yotam's :) It took longer to get there cuz of the move...I had to walk down to emek refaim and take a bus from there. So it's like the old walk, plus a bus ride. But it's fine. I was so happy when I saw his face. His smile :) I walked in and found people sleeping on the floor of his living room (surprise) and there was even someone sleeping in his bed. (With a super cool mohawk!). So there was no hanky panky for a while, until she went out and we were alone. It was wonderful :) :) :)

And Then chag...three days! Two days of rosh hashana, one day of shabbat. It was very fun - filled with friends :) I saw Naomi and Netta and Shira Rosen and Elisheva (who makes beautiful dresses, I discovered) and Hadas and Yarden, and these three Young Judea girls stayed over with us - Alix and Vicki, British, and Shira, Canadian. They were very fun, especially Alix. We played Taboo and Apples to Apples. Lots of Apples to Apples.

And Keren! Of course. Lots of time with Keren. She lives so close now! She has for a while. I can't believe I haven't been taking advantage of it. It's like I've been in a daze for the past three years...what have a I been doing? What have I been thinking? I don't know...I don't remember...that's partly why I'm writing this...so in the future I can look back and remember who I was. What I was like. What I was thinking. I wonder what the 21 year old me will think. Probably, "if only i had known to stockpile food for the nuclear war in 2009." That's my witty comment for this post. :)

So I'll be spending a lot more time with Keren hopefully :)

The bartender at the shushan gave me a free beer! Have I already posted this? I don't think so. Anyway we went out on Sian's last night here to the Shushan and had tons of fun. There was this British guy hitting on me...and the bartender...that was a wonderful night :)

I should probably go...Yotam is gonna call me soon, and I need to get ready for school tommorow. And play some piano tonight, hopefully, and maybe finish a story I started writing in Poland. Yotam says he wants to read it when it's done. I hope it comes out good :)

Love Moshe :)