It doesn’t seem possible that we are leaving to live in another country.  It feels like we are on vacation and will be heading back to Cleveland soon.  and the excitement that everyone asks about?  It hasn’t seemed to catch up with us… rather, its somewhere in Israel waiting for us to find in a secret hiding place.  I suppose that this is simply due to the rather long list of things to do before we leave.  Just as we finish one list, we generate another equally as long.  It’s a never ending process. Banking, credit cards, utilities, storage, school forms, Financial aid, student visa etc.  I finally feel like we are really coming close to completing everything.

I suppose that I do not feel like I am leaving yet because Cleveland has been my home for nine years now.  Aside from Nashville, where I grew up, this is the longest time I have spent in one place.  I have made many of my closest friends here, been part of an exceptional Jewish education community and I even met Chad in Cleveland Heights.  

In short, I haven’t had enough time to become truly nervous or excited about this new chapter in my life.  This is something that time will most definitely cure.  

L’hitratot