back to the normal life

Wow, so boring here! No sirens, bombs, nothing. Just real regular life.Just kidding. It feels fantastic not to have thatpressure and stress. It is exhausting to be checkingthe news, internet, phone calls, etc round the clock.Jumping in the bomb shelter, always being on intensealert. We have finished for the next two weeks our schleppingto Ulpan, intensive language school. The kids schoolstarts Sept 3rd. We have a few more days to get ourhouse together and our lives into somewhat of asemblance before the new onslaught of activity. Drewgoes back to Ulpan in Netanya. Yes, We finally have gotten them cell phones so thatthey can be in contact whenever needed. Since theschools are full of little Joshuas that also want totake out there aggression in a physical way I am surewe will have loads of opportunities for resolutionprocessing, principal visits and mayve even ER visits.I know it sounds crazy but I am bracing myself for theworst and hoping for the best. Overall the kids are really happy here. It is amazing,they immediately understand how great it is for kidshere. There is such freedom. The whole country feelslike their back yard. We will see when we get to theschool thing.Drew is the most amazing trooper. He is stronger andmore resiliant than I ever imagined. Things go wrongthat send me into a tizzy and he just plugs along.That is it for the mundane and reality of day to daylife here. Sometimes I look around and think....where am I? Whereexactly did I move to? What did I do? This ishappening less and less but still everything is so very new. I spoke to an army officer the other dayjust asking whether or not he thought that this wholewar thing was over. He looked at me and said: "Adele,the war thing around here is NEVER over". Well, thatwas depressing! I know I still get stuck in naiveteeand thinking like a Boulderite. I would say Americanbut I don't know what American's think like. What aintense way to live to be under war pressure or fearof war breaking out always. I am not thinking like anIsraeli yet. We get checked for bombs in our carseverytime we go to the grocery store or mall. We arescanned before we enter any building be it the bank,post office or even a restaurant. I guess you get usedto it. It is all still very new to me yet it ios theprice one pays to live in a country where you haveenemies surrounding you. It is also the price you payfor living in and wanting to have a Jewish Country tolive in.I really love it here. I have been treating somepatients in Jerusalem a couple of times a week. I needto get it going here in Zichron because Jerusalem is1.5 hours away.AS we have moved in more I found that my palm pilotsoftware completely disintegrated on my computer. Ihave no access to your telephone numbers. If you wouldbe so gracious as to send me your address and numbersI would appreciate it. At least when I come for avisit and pull out my table I can see you again.We miss you and love to hear how life is progressingfor you all.Please keep in touch.Hugs and blessingsAdele