Trip home

So, last night was a bad idea. I mean to be honest the "sheds" are like a legitimate room they offer, not just a random tool shed on the roof. Also i found they had double booked several times that day so i did them a huge favor by helping out. The roof-shed-room-thing was actually very quiet but there was no proper lock on the door so I was nervous all night, it had a chain and a nail in the wall that you hooked the chain on. Also I started feeling rather itchy and freaking out and got up at like 2:45 since I had that creepy crawly sensation all over my skin.

To be honest, I somewhat regretted it while sitting in the lobby at 3 Am this morning. When I went to bed I was thinking it would be okay, it was quiet, there were other people up there with me, listening to the soft spoken french of my neighbors was really cool, but overall I'm not sure if I would do it again.

BUT the nice deed paid off karma-wise. My biggest fear was that the van wouldnt be reliable. And there were cops lining up outside my hostel since something was going down around 3:30 in the morning and I could see homeless people sleeping or wandering about so let me tell you I was nervous. BUT 10 minutes after 4, the guy called me and asked me to come to the corner. A group of girls my age saw me standing on the shady desolate street corner with my stuff and were concerned, asking if I needed help. I explained that Nesher was coming in a minute and that i would be fine but it was a comft that some normal people were out and about. He called again before he got there to make sure I was in the right place and to tell me he would be coming into view in a second. I noticed he didnt do this with the locals we picked up, so I think he was nice enough to try and give me the extra effort.

I appreciated that.

Then I got to the airport absolutely fine but security in israel is like nothing I have ever been through.

1) All your bags go through x ray machines before you can check anything in, and while you're in line they come around and swipe everything down looking for dust or some other suspicious coating. When you get to the machine you are interrogated. Lightly, but still. Why does it matter that i dont know hebrew?! Oh well.

2) After the xray machine, still you cant go check your bags, a woman opens the checked baggage and goes through everything, more swiping down of all your stuff. I mean undies on display people. Then she lets you repack. Guh.

3)Then you check your luggage and proceed to another security measure. This one is for your carry ones which go through another xray machine and you go through a metal dectector until there is no metal on you. They make you take out every since electronic device you have including chargers, adapters, wires, plugs, ipods, the absolute works. Then once they see it all you can repack.

But I managed to do all that in time. I was asleep on the plane before we even took off! Then i watched some Monsters Vs. Aliens, listened to some music, watched some harry potter, slept more. It was a good flight. Now Im killing time during my layover at Heathrow. Bought myself a bagel sandwhich, some over priced internet. Life is good.

So after all my obstacles I'm overly thankful for finally things going smoothly. And well, it certainly has been an experience.