It's a Wrap
Well, I’ve been home for over a month now. Readjusting to school, trying to reposition myself to make some positive changes for the people around me.
I find myself cutting in line, as it was to be expected. However, I also find myself getting into many almost-fights while I’m out in Westwood on account of my hyper-agressiveness. Also, Persians seem to not like me.
I find myself saying funny things like “I’m not gonna date Jewish girls no mo” but still find a strong pull towards the strong-nosed, motherly types.
I find myself explaining my time abroad as “a really special experience that I wouldn’t trade for anything. But I’m glad to be home.” This feels like the most truthful way of projecting my time in Israel. There are so many things people expect or hope for me to say upon my return, and while I can say them fairly easily, I just don’t feel like using the verbatim words I’ve heard a hundred times before.
Because, honestly, it might be a while until I go back and I’m okay with that. Right now, Los Angeles is home, even if it’s just a house. I never thought I would find a place with people who move faster than they do in LA, are more blunt about their opinions than LA or has arguably better weather than LA, but Israel was at least all of that for me. So the decompression continues into month number two, and that’s okay. Today was a better day than yesterday. Yesterday was easier than the day before. I only check Ha’aretz and JPost once or twice a day now.
With that, this blog’s purpose has expired. I will probably maintain it in someway. Repurpose it. I hate to let a good URL go to waste.
