WTF! It’s already been 2 months!?!

Today marks the 2 month mark on my move to Israel. Wow how time flies. I can’t believe it has already been 2 months. That’s is ridiculous. I feel like just yesterday I made the decision to give this life discovery a chance. I feel like just yesterday I was driving to the airport to embark on this journey.

But nope, yesterday was over 2 months ago, 60 days, 1440 hours ago, 86 400 minutes ago!!!! That is just slap-me-in-the-face unimaginable. So much has happened in these 2 months. From fitting my way through lines to get through, to harassing every Israel government office to get my paperwork in order, to realizing I’m was sick and uninsured, to managing to eat without running to the bathroom every point five seconds things have been just going and going. Some things not as smooth and easy as I would have hoped but nonetheless, things have been happening and I was taking charge of them all.

The best part of making this transition smooth was landing a job prior to arrival. Doing that really made me feel like I was coming to a life and not coming here for a vacation like I had done every other time I have been here. Being thrown into crazy busy season on top of it all really enabled me to get acclimated ASAP. No small chit chat here I was, 1 week post landing right in the crazy summer action. Running from the airport to the hospitals from one group to another. Not leaving me with a minute to really take in what was going on, not really allowing me to realize that I had fully relocated my life. Now, 2 months into it, I am thankful I was thrown into the Lion’s Den! Had I not had a job I would have gone crazy, been bored every day or chances are would have used up all my money shopping like I lunatic. I had done things right, setting up properly, doing one thing at a time. Job-check, apartment in Tel Aviv-check now onto the next. I finally got acclimated; figuring out streets without using Waze (Israel GPS system – which is fantastic!!!! Tell you where there’s cops, when and where there are speed traps on the roads, accidents-which are frequent!! And pretty much everything you would want to know while driving… you can even chat with other cars… which is not the safest thing but still offered through this application!!), I was even stopped for directions yesterday and I was so happy and proud of myself for knowing how to direct people!!! Next thing on my to do list is living the Tel Aviv life… first Tel Aviv event on the itinerary: Layla Lavan!! Bring on the all night music fest, artist exhibits and dance shows.

Retail Therapy!

1 word: ZARA

All I need yo make me feel rejuvenated, refreshed, happy is some good old fashioned retail therapy… nowhere else than ZARA!

Shopping in Israel is hard. Fashion style is just so different. I’m a basics type of girl. Not so into crazy colours just plain blacks and whites!

After almost a month and a half ZARA is the only store that can make me feel like me and for an hour walking around checking out the new ZARA line puts me in my bubble. Makes me feel like nothing can break me down, like I am powerful, like I am comfortable…

Life here has been madness and yes I am starting to break a little so retail therapy is really the solution to remind me that even very very far away from my base there is still some comfort the same old ZARA fashion.

Will my fashion survive or will that break too??

the Move!

The day finally came. I am now a Tel Avivit. Sitting in my little room quietly typing so to not wake up the other 2 roommates sleeping peacefully in their own little rooms.

Excitement was on a high which means expectations on the Tel Aviv lifestyle must be met. Tel Aviv must satisfy. Passing through the city I always told myself I need to live in TLV. It’s so vibrant, so loud, so artsy… Now I’m finally here. One month and a little bit after making the MTL to Israel move I am finally living a dream that I set for myself over 10+ years ago. Yikes the expectation are high. This city has so much to live up to. I have to meet all my needs, satisfy all these desires…

Fast forward 1 week later… so I started writing this post a week ago and had to stop due to the madness I’ve been dealing with at work. As you know my work is a 24-7 type of job. So when I have groups in the country I pretty much have no life. Which is what happened a week ago. I was excitedly typing and fantasizing when all of a sudden my phone rang!

Yup… living the dream hasn’t quite arrived yet. From hospital runs to personality disorders I have seen it all! Or at least I hope I did… cause I don’t really know what else I can do or see anymore.

But regardless of the madness that is work, the apartment is adorable. I find time to set one thing at a time. Bought a nice rug one day, a cute throw pillow the next day and now looking to find time to find 2 more things to make the room up to par. I am on a mission to find a nice piece of art to put on the wall, something serene but yet dreamy and artistic. This city is filled with artists and creative minds so that shouldn’t be too hard to find! Only issue is finding time to find just the right piece… and hopefully not settle for a random Ikea picture! NO NO! Even though I LOVE me some Ikea… Art needs to still be art and unique and appreciated so I need to find something authentic and fresh and I promise to make time to find just that.

I must say though that I am hoping to start living it up soon. I miss the dressing up and the glitz and glory of the flirt and look forward to the night when I can enjoy that. The glitz has yet to show up to the point where I’m so casual that I even started liking beer! I am def not a beer kind a girl… I am all about the wine. However when you’re pissed and stuck with nothing else but a beer right in front of you, you just say “Fuck it!” and go with it. Which is exactly what I did. As nasty as it taste there’s nothing like a cold beer on a hot shitty day.