I have a blog

Well, here goes nothing. I know, it's so cliche. I make aliyah and I start writing a blog. But well, I have some free time in between my jet lag and trying to set up a new life, so why not?

I guess my first post should be about how amazing it is that we have fulfilled this lifelong dream. (14 years delayed) But honestly, it hasn't hit me yet at all. So I will save that post for when it hits me.

For now, we are just learning our way around.  We haven't yet moved into our rental because our shipment is held up in customs. We are renting an airbnb which as it turns out, belongs to someone I knew 20+ years ago.  That seems very Israeli that this has already happened!

I will end my first blog post with a few victories.  Today, I drove for the first time in Israel. It's possible that I got a bit lost. It's also possible that I couldn't find a parking spot so I just sort of parked, let out my three younger kids, crossed them across the street and yelled, "bye kids, have fun, make friends," as they walked into a strange building where they don't know a soul. But well, I couldn't find parking.

Okay, only one victory so far. Let's see if they like camp. Then I'll claim a second victors.