So planning is in full swing for our year in Israel. It’s exciting, it is a new adventure, it’s logistic hell! Well,  maybe that is a bit melodramatic, but there are a ton of logistics. Logistics that neither Jess or myself are used to dealing with.

The moment that Jess was officially accepted to school, the overwhelming amount of things to do started to settle in. We need an apartment, a plan ticket, let our jobs know that we’re leaving, let our land lord know we’re leaving a month early, etc. Stuff that needed to happen right away. Thankfully, we got those things out of the way within the first week.

We found what sounds like a nice apartment with really 2 incredibly helpful tenants (1 of which is a current HUC student). It’s on the 5th floor and there is not an elevator, so if you plan on visiting, plan on getting a bit of exercise. With the help of Jess’s aunt, we found a decent plane ticket to Israel. Expensive, but has flexibility on the return flight. We talked to our relative bosses and everyone has been incredibly supportive.

So now comes the next step. How do you pack up your entire life, move to a city (yet not have an apartment in that city), see as many of your friends and family as you can possibly see in 1 1/2 months, change credit cards and checking accounts, see doctors, etc. Aghhh!!!

It’s actually not that bad, it’s just you want to front load as much as possibly because I know that with less than a week to go, the last thing we’re going to want to do is run around dealing with logistics. We’re going to want to be see and hanging out with family and friends. Doing the things that Jess and I really think are important as opposed to running to the bank or going to another clothes store to pick up stuff that we may need.

Ah well, yesterday the tenants of our apartment in Israel sold us a ton of stuff, so our logistical lives once we get to Jerusalem will be a ton easier. Not only that, but we won’t have to carry said tons of stuff up 5 flights of stairs. Wahoo!!!