להתראות Gershon Agron 8

Jerusalem, you have been good to me. First semester of Nativ, you have been good to me.

I have learned so much in four months that flew by faster than they should have. I have been told too many times in the past four days that Rebecca on the first day of Nativ and Rebecca now are two different people. And the truth is, I believe it. The first month of Nativ was straight up awful. Yes, I made friends quickly (and good ones) but I had such a hard time dealing with the transition that I became so depressed, I thought I was going to have to go home. After a matter of time, that got better, only for me to get into a bit of trouble at Hebrew U. It was one thing after another and sometimes, I’m not the best at dealing with things.

After the holidays, things drastically improved. I had a routine I could follow every day and I started to explore Israel and Jerusalem in my free time but I still wasn’t as happy as I thought I was going to be. Somewhere and sometime on a bus from one beautiful random city back to Jerusalem, I decided I needed to change my mindset. And that’s exactly what I did.

It took time. Shit, I’m still working on it. I’m not always positive, but I’m more positive. The more is what matters. Yeah, I still made some poor choices as all 18 year olds do. I probably spent a little too much of my money on Thursday night parties that lead to long walks home far too late at night and not enough sleep (lol I’m an insomniac so it’s not like sleep is something I actually ever do). But I made some damn good decisions too. Being a part of all different types of things all over Israel, meeting people in different cities and falling in love with Jerusalem one bus ride — one walk at a time.

The other day, one of my friends said “Rebecca, you seem a little off.” My reply was, “I’m just happy.” And I really, truly am. I’m just happy.

Here’s to another semester of amazing experiences bad coffee, long bus rides, 3 am walks home and a few less shek spend on alcohol.

Peace out from Prague! I’m going to go drink four months worth of Starbucks, drink hot wine and take far too many pictures of buildings.