Wow has it been a long time! I am so sorry about that! things have been extremely busy and it feels like i am never home and when i am home it is barely in time to do laundry before shabbat and then return to base. As many of you heard about a month and a half ago there was a bombing in Jerusalem near the bus station. I was about ten minutes away from the bombing coming home from base at the time. as soon as I got off the bus, I ran over and helped out in whatever way that I could. It was scary knowing that another attack could happen at any minute, but the medic in me knew that i had to take care of the injured people that were there. Being able to know what to do and stay calm in a situation like that with all of the chaos was amazing and it felt great to be able to help those innocent people that had been injured.
We are now at a different base and close to Gaza. Wow has that been more exciting with the recent activity. I can't say much, but it means that i am spending more time on base because of threats of attacks or actual attacks. I don't leave base much and am spending a lot more time working and taking care of my soldiers. I am also on-call for the clinic more often so that can be very exhausting some times, but I love it and wouldn't trade it for anything.
this past monday and tuesday I spent pesach with my boyfriend and about 450 other lone soldiers at a resort. We had a huge seder together, got a chance to meet the head of the army and many other top officials, and got a chance to just relax and spend time as a lone soldier "family" for the holiday. It was a lot of fun and I got to meet personally the head of the army Benny Gantz, the minister of defense Ehud Barak, and many other top officials. I asked all of them for more time in the army and many of them said that they will help me with this endeavor. I also last week talked with the head of the army medical school about joining the next paramedics course and I will find out this week if I got accepted.
all in all, things are going very well. I am loving everything that i am doing and am very optimistic that i will be getting more time in the army. My parents and grandparents are coming out for two weeks in the beginning of june and I can't wait to see them! I hope that everyone is doing well and is having a good pesach!
love,
Roxanne
