Okay, not ET but Igor (yay!) called from Machon Shlomo in Jerusalem to discuss the prospect of flying over for an interview with the Fellows program. That’s how I got started teaching and I’m already set to finish my MS in Secondary Education in May of 2006! Anyway, Igor’s call automatically made me think about visiting Israel but I’m really debating whether or not I should wait and move in the Spring instead so I can start saving some money to go by paying cheaper rent. We talked for a bit but it was a bit awkward because I was having dinner with my friend Cynthia and you know how it is, when you’re on a cellphone and EVERYONE is literally listening to your phone call. Okay, plus anyone who has ever talked to me on the phone knows that I am phone phobic. Can’t we all communicate in person and over instant message? No? Darn.

Not a bad day, international call from my bestest friend, movie (In Her Shoes—superb) with Cynthia and I slept in. Didn’t get to see Devora as planned so hugs to Devora and my Heights crew!

Life October 30, 2004:

This time last year, I was getting ready for my boyfriend/fiance’s Halloween birthday. I was dressing up as a scantily clad Wonder Woman and he was dressing up as Batman. I had been teaching almost two months and I was swamped with work and grad school. My relationship was on rocky ground though I wasn’t sure why—gee, could it be that he was more in love with me than I was with him? We had been living together for a couple of months at that point but I was unsure of whether or not I was really in love. My sister was a pain in the butt! I was starting to make new friends at work but I barely spoke to my old friends because I was so busy and in my relationship. I was really unhappy and stressed and living in a cramped Brooklyn apartment with my boyfriend and little sister.

Life October 30, 2005:

I keep forgetting tomorrow is Halloween since this is the first year, I’m really not celebrating it much like I won’t be celebrating Christmas. When I was growing up, I called this the day that everyone (my sisters and mom) left the house to trick or treat and left me alone in peace! I googled my ex (he that ran away when he saw me walking with friends on Shabbat) and discovered there was an article about him in a El Diario (spanish-language newspaper) praising him for his work at FIT’s Toy Design department. I smiled glad to know that he was doing well but with no bad feelings about the break-up. I’m already in love with someone else but thanks to my conversion and friends, I’m only dating G-d. I have many, many new and old friends in my life and I’m happier than I’ve ever been before and ever imagined that I could be and living in Manhattan with two fabulous kitten-cats.

I don’t know why I’m surprised that so much has changed in my life. It’s just…wow.