4 years!

A presidential term. An Olympiad.
Four years ago today (I started this post before midnight), I landed on a Nefesh B'Nefesh Aliyah flight and began my journey to Israeli-ness.

Today I sit in Beer Sheva fluent in Hebrew (I work, studied for my Master's in Gerontology and even date in Hebrew). That Master's strengthened my Hebrew drastically. I look back two years to when I enrolled at Ben-Gurion University and realize how much of my vocabulary I acquired during my studies. I also reflect on entire (long) days of work, all in Hebrew, and realize that grad school prepared my "Hebrew endurance" so that I can hang during a full day of meetings, in a language that left me completely and utterly clueless just 8 years ago.

It's right back to work in the morning, but I was delighted to celebrate 4 years tonight with a beer brewed in my backyard at the neighborhood bar.

Now I hope to wake up to an AL victory in what has become the most important game of the year, the Midsummer Classic. GO RANGERS and have a great rest of the week. Lots of love,
אריק/Eric