monstrous life update!
I cannot believe how long it has been since I posted. This year has been one of the craziest to date. In the past five months since I updated, the following has happened:
-I have a niece! (January)
-I went to Japan (April)
-I went through a horrible break-up (April)
-I quit my job (May)
-I was admitted to an MA program in Jerusalem (April)
-I am leaving my beloved Chicago and moving to Jerusalem (June)
-I spoke to my father for the first time in quite some time (April)
-I commemorated ten years that my mom died (May)
....
not bad, right? It's honestly really crazy when I think about it. And now that the basic logisitical information is updated, I can share my thoughts about other madness.
It blows my mind to think that I am actually leaving Chicago. I have lived here for five years now, and, as far as I am concerned, I love the hell out of this place. Chicago is an amazing city. It's constructed along a grid, which makes for easy navigation. Architecturally, you can't beat it. The city is reasonably clean. There are amazing restaurants. During the summer, the city comes alive in ways non-Chicagoans would never have thought possible: free movies, street fairs, festivals, the Taste, summer concerts... I will miss all of it so much. And yet, for now, I think it's time to go. After everything that happened with the Ex of Doom (formerly known as He-Who-Shall-Not-Be-Named, yet demoted to the aforementioned title because a Voldemort reference was too cool for someone so undeserving) and seeing all of the people I love from college during Alumni Weekend, I realized that it was time to leave for a bit. I hope to come back, but who knows? My plans have changed so many times that I think flexibility is a good thing. No plans beyond the two years of my MA program.
Speaking of, I cannot even articulate how happy I am to go back to school. I am sure Hebrew will kick me in the pants rather hard when I first get to Israel (as opposed to being in Miami for spring break, and asking for a pair of pants instead of a pair of socks to try on some shoes). It will be a huge change to the life I have lived in Chicago. No car. No beloved red couches in my new apartment. But! I will be living downtown. There will be crazy Israeli family. There will be Yoja. There will be the beautiful (albeit very confusing) campus of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Delicious food straight out of the marketplace right by my apartment will be available 24/6. And, of course, the requisite insane encounters with crazy Israelis. Most of all, it will be a new place with a fresh start to the next chapter of my life. And that may be the most important of all.
-I have a niece! (January)
-I went to Japan (April)
-I went through a horrible break-up (April)
-I quit my job (May)
-I was admitted to an MA program in Jerusalem (April)
-I am leaving my beloved Chicago and moving to Jerusalem (June)
-I spoke to my father for the first time in quite some time (April)
-I commemorated ten years that my mom died (May)
....
not bad, right? It's honestly really crazy when I think about it. And now that the basic logisitical information is updated, I can share my thoughts about other madness.
It blows my mind to think that I am actually leaving Chicago. I have lived here for five years now, and, as far as I am concerned, I love the hell out of this place. Chicago is an amazing city. It's constructed along a grid, which makes for easy navigation. Architecturally, you can't beat it. The city is reasonably clean. There are amazing restaurants. During the summer, the city comes alive in ways non-Chicagoans would never have thought possible: free movies, street fairs, festivals, the Taste, summer concerts... I will miss all of it so much. And yet, for now, I think it's time to go. After everything that happened with the Ex of Doom (formerly known as He-Who-Shall-Not-Be-Named, yet demoted to the aforementioned title because a Voldemort reference was too cool for someone so undeserving) and seeing all of the people I love from college during Alumni Weekend, I realized that it was time to leave for a bit. I hope to come back, but who knows? My plans have changed so many times that I think flexibility is a good thing. No plans beyond the two years of my MA program.
Speaking of, I cannot even articulate how happy I am to go back to school. I am sure Hebrew will kick me in the pants rather hard when I first get to Israel (as opposed to being in Miami for spring break, and asking for a pair of pants instead of a pair of socks to try on some shoes). It will be a huge change to the life I have lived in Chicago. No car. No beloved red couches in my new apartment. But! I will be living downtown. There will be crazy Israeli family. There will be Yoja. There will be the beautiful (albeit very confusing) campus of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Delicious food straight out of the marketplace right by my apartment will be available 24/6. And, of course, the requisite insane encounters with crazy Israelis. Most of all, it will be a new place with a fresh start to the next chapter of my life. And that may be the most important of all.
posted by *Jo* @ 9:08 AM
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