Last day ...

Today was my last day as a 'normal' civilian .
I am at my cousin Patty waiting to leave for the airport to pick mum and Toby up .
I'm so happy that they're coming to see me off at Tel hashomer tomorrow.
I have no idea what to expect. I don't know if I'm going to Ulpan or going into my unit. I don't know if I'll get the evenings off at first or not.
Although i don't really ever get really nervous , I am getting very excited.
To meet new people , get shouted at , learn new skills and have fun .
I'm hoping that there will be a bit of fun :D.

Not knowing if I get evenings off or not , I have no idea how many of these blogs I'll be able to write.
But be patient :) , they will appear once i have time .
For now , I'm out .
Sam the one day pre-soldier .

Hayal house

2 days ago I was invited to the Beit Hayal in Tel Aviv ( soldiers home ).
They told me that I could use their facilities across the country to sleep in if i needed to .
Free of charge of course :D ( because I'm a lone soldier ).
I got there at 1 Pm , there were lots of lone soldiers already waiting.
Most of them were from the US , othere from Spain , Russia , Germany and of course Belgium.


The people that work there and set the whole organization up were all at one point a hayal boded (lone soldier).They said if I had any problems what so ever I can always contact them .


Last night I had dinner with Phyllis , I enjoyed it very much .
Got to meet a lot of new people . some more enjoyable than others...
I have 8 days left before my draft date.


I hope by next time I'll be able to write about something more exciting .
Bye for now

Tel aviv , beach

Surprise 2

For the past  9 days I've been in Belgium.

I went for a surprise visit , just to see and hang out with my family and friends.

I had told everybody that I had sent them gifts in the mail, and that they should go pick them up at my place. They all fell for it . I think they all enjoyed the gifts :D

The main plan of every day was going to the gym and meeting up with friends. I got  to say it was one of the most fun weeks of my life. The guys i saw the most were Pieter ( there is your reference you've been BEGGING for ), Francis , Ronn and Rey .

I'm not sure what to write about .

Lets just start with the parties.

I think i went out with the guys 4 times . Twice to Red&Blue and Noxx .

They were all great parties , all pics are viewable on my Facebook if anybody wants to check them out .

The rest of the time was mostly spent at the Gym . It was nice to work out with my friends again , we seem to push each other harder than just training alone .

I'm going to write a second blog about Belgium in a little while.

I cant really be bothered writing right now , but i had to otherwise I'd just keep procrastinating.

2 weeks left until my draft date .

Goodnight Readers.

SURPRISE

Today i decided to go to my recruitment agent to see what was going on . I hadn't heard from them in a while and wanted to know when my next meeting was.
So there I am asking when the next time is that i have to come in . He says he's not sure and he'll call the people that do. Two minutes later he comes to me and tell me that my DRAFT DAY( the day i actually start the army ) is the first of November.

I was so shocked by this news , I thought i still had 2 months to get ready for it.
They gave me a list of stuff i should bring along , so thats what I'm going to keep myself busy with in the meantime .

Mum and Toby were usually coming to visit me on the first of November. now all they'll be able to do is send me off into the army . Better with them than alone , I'm sure.


That was a quick update . i'll try to blog more frequently in the future.

The ALMOST soldier Sam