I have been home for a week now, and each day I been waking up later. The first couple nights i woke up at 4am now I'm waking up at 7am, meaning I'm and slowing getting back into the things here in the States. But I still want to be in Israel and in Jerusalem. I miss the warm dry weather, the Hebrew and Arabic languages, and just being a 10 minute walk from the Old City and 15 to the New City. What I really mean miss is going shopping and being able to bargain, I got really good at it, and saved me lots of money.
Since I have been home, I have done chores around the house, and other things on the "to -do" list. I really don't like it, I miss the slow lifestyle of the Middle East. But being is anice and quiet and I do like the American food, too. Getting kind of sick of rice and chicken, or a strange Arab pizza. Another matter that I am having difficulty with, is trying to understand why people dont wanted to know about my time in Israel. They just ask me whats going on, but they don't want to have to the time for me to tell them a long story of 4 months of information, but a summary of my favorite thing over there. Thats close to impossible. Or if these people do show some interest in my stories, they just don't understand whats going on in the world. So I'am teaching them more than I want to. But others show no interest at all. They want to tell me their story of the past 4 months but when I try talking they are not interested, and too be honest its more interesting than some of their stories. From my time in the Middle East, I have grown more of global politics, the fear of war not ending, and just my understanding that American are very close-minded in the whole grand scheme of things in the world. That my three time overseas, I seen that i am very privilege to understand this world better than most of the West (just USA mainly), and this knowledge makes me to work, and live outside the US even more. I am looking forward to when I graduate and then I can get a job overseas and grow in a global experience, filled with adventure, many new cultures, customs, places, people. I love it and can't wait to do it again. The I would like to come back to the US later and teach students proper history in subjective view of all subjects and make them more knowledgeable in world history and geopolitical events.
But thats the future now, I'll have to go back to reality and work at finishing my degree, and getting a career, and all the other things that will happen in my normal American life. But I don't want that normal life, so I'm looking forward to a more adventurous life in the huge world God gave us.
Since I have been home, I have done chores around the house, and other things on the "to -do" list. I really don't like it, I miss the slow lifestyle of the Middle East. But being is anice and quiet and I do like the American food, too. Getting kind of sick of rice and chicken, or a strange Arab pizza. Another matter that I am having difficulty with, is trying to understand why people dont wanted to know about my time in Israel. They just ask me whats going on, but they don't want to have to the time for me to tell them a long story of 4 months of information, but a summary of my favorite thing over there. Thats close to impossible. Or if these people do show some interest in my stories, they just don't understand whats going on in the world. So I'am teaching them more than I want to. But others show no interest at all. They want to tell me their story of the past 4 months but when I try talking they are not interested, and too be honest its more interesting than some of their stories. From my time in the Middle East, I have grown more of global politics, the fear of war not ending, and just my understanding that American are very close-minded in the whole grand scheme of things in the world. That my three time overseas, I seen that i am very privilege to understand this world better than most of the West (just USA mainly), and this knowledge makes me to work, and live outside the US even more. I am looking forward to when I graduate and then I can get a job overseas and grow in a global experience, filled with adventure, many new cultures, customs, places, people. I love it and can't wait to do it again. The I would like to come back to the US later and teach students proper history in subjective view of all subjects and make them more knowledgeable in world history and geopolitical events.
But thats the future now, I'll have to go back to reality and work at finishing my degree, and getting a career, and all the other things that will happen in my normal American life. But I don't want that normal life, so I'm looking forward to a more adventurous life in the huge world God gave us.
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