Hi to all,
So I have just landed back in Israel. I had a great trip at home visiting friends, traveling to california and nevada, and most importantly visiting my family. I got to have some good quality time with my family in Ashland as well as on a trip to San Francisco. It meant a lot to me that we were able to get away for a little while and take some time to ourselves.
While in Ashland I visited with many people as well as just walked around and enjoyed being in the town that i have spent most of my life growing up in. I spent a lot of time with Helen one of my great and best friends and we got caught up on life and how much we are growing up and changing. It is amazing just how much i have changed as a person since leaving ashland not even a year ago.
During the memorial weekend I went down to California with the family and spent the weekend in San Francisco. That was a great weekend and was one of the highlights of my trip. We ate some great food and spent some quality time together. we walked around a lot and went to the academy of sciences museum. If you have not been there i would recommend going. It is quite amazing and like no science museum i have ever seen. Then while the boys saw a baseball game my mom and i had some girl time and that was much needed. Mom I love you and was so glad to be able to spend some one on one time with you! After going on some very long detours and getting lost on the way home, I spent some time riding with the Ashland fire and rescue service for two days. I had a great time and learned so much. I enjoyed it a lot and can't wait until i come back and can ride again with the guys. It was a great experience. All of these guys are experienced, know their stuff and were eager to teach me some little tricks of the trade, as well.
Finally to sum up my trip, like it hasn't been busy enough! I flew down to las Vegas to meet my grandparents down there for two days. they flew out from Florida to meet me before i left so that i could see them before i returned to Israel. Well getting to Las Vegas was a journey. I first got a weather delay, then got on the plane only to return to medford for mechanical problems, so finally got to SF only to miss my flight and have to wait at the airport until the evening then was on stand-by and didn't make that first flight. so I didn't get to Las vegas until 12 hours from when i left medford. but finally did get to meet my grandparents and was so glad to finally see them. Spent friday and part of saturday with them. got to see a great show and spent time walking around the hotels(those things are huge and amazing), I also tried my hand at the slot machines and hate them. I don't understand how anyone gets a kick out of it. It is BORING! I did enjoy watching people gamble at the tables though.
So finally saturday night flew back to medford and then sunday morning started on my flight out to Israel! I landed in israel yesterday afternoon without any delays and i am so glad to be here. I am now sitting on the bus heading to base and i am so excited to be heading to see all my friends out at the base.
I hope that everyone is doing well and keep in contact I love reading the e-mails!
Love,
Roxanne
