Happy new year to everyone! May this be a great new year filled with many joys and happiness!
I know that some people have been asking if I have been okay since they have not heard from me. I am sorry, I have not been home much and have been on base a lot. Plus been on vacation. everything is fine! read on to find out what i have been up to!
wow it is Amazing that I have already been in the army for over a year! To think about where I was a year ago today, I was one week into basic training not understanding a word of what was going on and pretty much running around like a chicken with it's head cut off! I was pretty miserable because I was getting yelled at and did not understand what was going on and could not communicate what I needed to say. Today though, I am happy and proud to be serving as a soldier in the Israeli army. I am serving as a medic in an elite combat unit and proud that i can do that. I am fighting hard to go to officers course and make a career out of the army. I never would of thought a year ago that this is the path that i would have chosen. But this is what i want. I love what i am doing, and want to stay here in the army and work to make a difference.
Just last week I came home(Israel) from two weeks vacation with my family. I met up with my family in Florida, got a chance to see my grandparents as well and then my parents, brother and I went on a two week cruise through the panama canal! It was a great two weeks. No one was working so we had a lot of quality family time to just hang out, relax, and eat some really good food! We stopped in Aruba, went through the panama canal, and then stopped in costa rica, and three stops in mexico. We had some really great excursions along the way as well like snorkeling in aruba where we saw some great fish, taking a jungle cruise in costa rica and seeing crocodiles and birds, and then going ziplining and rockclimbing in cabo san lucas in Mexico. It was absolutely amazing. I miss you guys already!
the day after I arrived back from my trip, I went straight back to base. we ended up going up to the north for some practice drills and boy was it cold up there! It was nice to see everyone and be back on base. It was amazing how much I actually missed the army life. anyway, we were supposed to close on base this week, but we got a surprise thursday afternoon and got to go home for the weekend. so yesterday I spent the day with my boyfriend and then came home last night to spend the weekend at home! sunday it will be back to base like usual!
Hope everyone has a good weekend and a good new year!
Love,
Roxanne
