So I have returned to life at my home base. two weeks into my hebrew course I returned to work at the base for many different reasons mostly being that I was the only girl in the course and I felt that I was learning more outside the classroom on my base than in the class there. So I returned to my base to continue working in the clinic and spending time with all of my friends on base. my hebrew is improving everyday and I am starting to feel more comfortable speaking and hearing the hebrew language when it is directed towards me.
As far as my job duties in the clinic, they are starting to grow and I am starting to take on more and more things each week. During the office hours that the doctor has, I am the medic that evaluates all of the sick soldiers and takes their vital signs and ask what is wrong before they see the doctor. I am also now giving out the medications that the doctor prescribes and able to advise soldiers what to do and how to take the meds. I am also in charge of inspecting the kitchen and it's staff every morning. That is a huge responsibility since if there is a breakout out of a stomach bug it usually comes from the kitchen. Also starting this week I will be traveling to other bases with the doctor and checking up on sick soldiers.
This past week has been great as well! I took off sunday and monday from the army to take care of some non-army things and then to spend some time with one of my friends from the base. we had a great two days. We went to some museums, watched movies, and jsut got to relax and spend time outside of army life. We then returned to base for two days and I worked in the clinic and was on-call for the base and luckily things were not "too" busy. but busy enough. I still got to leave early on thursday though which is always a blessing. so thursday night I was able to make it to a party that was for lone soldiers hosted by the founder of the organization that put me with my host family. It was a great party and really showed me how many lone soldiers still don't have a place to live or are still living in non-optimal conditions. then yesterday I spent the day with my boyfriend. Yes for those of you that don't know, I now have a boyfriend! He is a great and amazing guy and sweet and patient with me. we are both medics on different combat bases so we both understand what the other goes through. He is one great guy.
Now I need to vent a little. just a warning. after making aliyah and officially moving here I had to go to all of these offices to tell them i was in the army and a lone soldier. which i did. Well I get a call two weeks ago from one of the offices that I am not getting any money from the government and i need to come in and talk with them. I go in and they start talking in Hebrew. I ask if anyone speaks english, no only russian or hebrew. I explain that I have gone through this whole process and i am in the army and don't have the time to go through it again. they start going on again(don't understand) I then say why can't i get my money? (don't understand) where is the english speaking person that is supposed to work here? I vaguely understand something about coming every two weeks to pick up money and going to three other offices during the week to turn in papers. I try to explain that i did this already. again i don't understand all that they say in hebrew.
So end up going home talking with my host family and then my host mom goes with me to the next office they want a new copy of the same paper that i already have? why i don't know? it is the original and you want a new copy? one more office to add to my list! so we went to this office. it is an army office and they claim that the computers aren't working. when we called 5 days ago the computers weren't working as well! when are they going to work do they not understand that i am getting absolutely no money and I am a lone soldier with no family here to support me? the office said maybe two weeks and we will mail it to the house.
I am so frustrated and upset and the government. This was something that was supposed to be set up and i worked on long ago when i had the time and it didn't happen. now that i don't have the time i have to go through it all again and I have absolutely no money except what i get as a salary from the army. when do they think that i have to time to sit in all of these offices when I am on the front line defending their country?
Anyway enough complaining. Life is still good and there has to be some bumps in the road. I hope that everyone is doing well and enjoying the summer! be well and keep in touch!
Love,
Roxanne
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