March out Troops.

Thankyou everyone for the birthday wishes, and im sorry i cant respond to them all personally.

Its been a great last month here in israel, actually i spent some of it in Eygpt which was amazing. Hard to believe that five months have gone so fast, my stomach is churring with butterflies, the good and the bad ones. Tzuba is my first real goodbye. When i left chicago i knew id be back in may, when i left india, i knew id be back in march, and leaving here it might be forever. Which is a scary thought becuase i have made amazing friends here, and by the end of my trip Tzuba really did feel like home. Life here isnt So differnet, and i would say the differences here are ideological ones, but strong beliefs. A "Kibbutz" itself is such a unique place full of small intricacies, that you cant read about, or even understand from a visit. I was lucky enough to really be enveloped into kibbutz life and get the chance to explore and expeirence it for myself.

India here i come. Israel i wont forget you.

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Feb-u-where did you go?

Some things that might explain why i havent been writing, and why i havent been putting up pictures.

A few weeks ago i decided to leave my ulpan program, for various reasons not so important. I was offered shelter by a friend of mine living on the kibbutz, so not much as changed since im still living in the same etc etc, but now that i dont have to clean spoons everyother day for 9 hours, ive been able to do a lot more trips and hikes etc, and have vastly improved my cooking skills, which i see as a skill much more usefull than silverware drying.

Anyway in one of my travels i visted a super ecofriendly kibbutz "lotan" in the negev. It was sooo amazing there, and i really loved it, indescribeable the atmosphere, ideology, just spirt that all these people had for the enviornment. On my long bus ride home, i fell asleep and my waterbottle leaked on to my beloved fancy camera! yah! stupiiiiiiiid! And really honestly it didnt get SOAKED, i also had books in my bag, and the edges were damp, but i thought everything would be alright, well it wasnt, and after talking to lots of camera stores this is what i have::

pay 1700shekels ($420) and they will fix my electrical circut and whatever else needs to be fixed so i can have a working camera.

get it fixed in america and pay ALOT less, but then be without a camera for my last month in israel when im traveling all the time, and of course without it in india.

sucks right, but i suppouse its my fault, and im litterally going to have to pay for it.

Happy Purim to all!

The Situation of my Spirt

Sorry if anyone actually its trying to keep up with my life, but its hard enough for me to keep up with it myself. The time is going fast, but im finding lots of things to keep my busy, like learning hebrew, working, reading, traveling etc etc. oh and knitting.



I cant compain too much, im going to the beach in January