4 days to go

My flight is in 4 days and 15 hours... Not that I'm counting...

My last few days have been kinda busy. I started packing- to see what I want to take and what not. Needless to say that I was not amused by the whole packing situation. I packed one small suitcase for my dad to take for me- with all my winter clothes. I tried to stuff as many stuff as a could there- and even so- the other suitcase I'm packing for me to take- is so full and so heavy. I just don't wanna buy so much there as I did last time- I have so many clothes- I feel stupid buying more and more there-this time I'm not going to earn any money - and I just don't wanna rely on buying new things. Every hour I think about another big thing I wanna take with me- like my skiing clothes (would have sent them with my dad- but I'm afraid that there's no more space in that suitcase) and my yoga mattress (have to take it!!! Not leaving it behind- I wanna practice yoga there- even bought me a guide book!!!) or my new art cutting equipment that Rob bought me for my birthday- it's handy and I like using it... I have a huge list on my mirror (I write on it with an expo marker) and it grows and grows everyday.
I really hate packing. Especially if it's for so long... I actually have to take clothes for different temperatures- and a few different purposes (living normal life in the city + traveling). It's hard to do so- and just depressing...

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Last night I went to Yifat's brother's wedding. It was a beautiful wedding. They did it in a reverse style- where you eat dinner before the ceremony- I found it great- and it really makes much more sense. It gives the guests something to look for the whole evening- and plus- you can't be late to the ceremony- because it is actually rather late in the schedule. The wedding itself was really nice too- nice place, nice people, nice food, funny Rabbi... LOL... Was a real show! And after the ceremony we just danced until really late. I was so drunk!!! I really cant remember how many glasses of wine I had... Got home dead tired and drunk...
unfortunately this morning I had to go to Social Security- to fix the payments to them before I go. Apparently it's gonna take 1-2 months (!!!) to send me the booklet with all the payments I have to give them... Amazing... LOL... Very efficient... Whatever- I'm gonna ask my mom to pay that for me- I'll just transfer her the money for it. What's really stupid is that as a person that doesn't work at all I pay more per month than a person who works and earns money. It's so absurd! I never took unemployment money from the government- never took advantage of the system- and that's what I get back- big payments to keep my rights in Israel... Lucky for me I still like this country enough to want to keep my rights...
So after that- I went to my gym especially to meet this guy that read my online add about my subscription (I wanted to sell the rest of it- 4 months). We met in the gym- he said he's interested. We set in front of the nice girl dealing with that kinda stuff- and he already signed the papers. Then he gave me the money for it. One forth of it. I asked- "what's this?" he answered: "the money". I said: "that's only for one month- its four times as much". He said: "oh! I didn't realize!" (obviously not the smartest guy in the world). I was annoyed, he said bye and he's sorry and left. I set there- tears in my eyes from frustration- telling the girl- I can't find anyone to take this damn subscription off of me... She was nice- and in the end- she did exactly what I wanted from starts - she said she's not suppose to do that- and actually she's not allowed to- but she'll cancel my payments... And I'm off the hook... It was really nice of her- and I hope that she won't get into trouble. Still - I kinda got what I wanted (knock on wood - hope no one finds out before it's a done deal).

OK I'm tired now... Going to sleep... In 5 days I'll be on an airplane over China...