The watch

So at the end of training we all received a watch with a symbol of the unit on it. I can't tell what it is but when I where it, I feel my team, like I look up and it's like I can sense them. Call it psycological call it whatever but I'm for sure feeling something.

The stars are our witnesses

The stars are our witnesses... This saying has a lot of meaning in my unit, mostly because we operate in the field at night. Recently I finished my year and a half, that's right you heard me a year and a half of training for my unit, and as of a week ago earned my warriors pin. The week consisted of a 6 day training exercise where we hiked around 130 km with 60kg weight on our backs. Its a very tough week and in the middle its easy to give in to the pain you undergo, I remember there being one part of the 'mesakem' (mess-ah-kem, which in Hebrew literally means final) where I literally cursed my entire way through, lets say it involved negative degrees Celsius and a lot of rain. I think a big part of what helped me reach the end was looking to the right and left and seeing the rest of my team with me. The whole six days end in a memorial ground for my unit, and in the last kilometer all the parents and current fighters of the unit await the new fighters and literally push them to the finish. Once we reached the end I couldn't believe it was finally over
I don't think I could have finished the training if it weren't for my friends and family, my host dad in Israel would literally come visit me every weekend I closed on base. He would come to my base and treat me like his own son, bringing me and dish of my liking. My mom and dad and sisters also supported me like none other, I think I'm very fortunate for all of them.
I meen its kind of annoying I would go into intense detail about the mesakem but I think for security purposes I shouldn't.

P.S. I'm sorry this post was so dry, and I'm sure full of spelling mistakes but I'm getting used to this whole thing I'll get better soon promise!!

Shilly Shally Dilly Dally

Shilly shally dilly dally... for those of you who happen to stop by my blog, the name isn't just a bunch of random words that I mashed up together because linguistically it sounds really pleasant. Shilly shally dilly dally is a way of saying no matter what, no matter who, no matter when everything will be ok. I live my life constantly challenging myself and I always say this sentence to myself, as a way of not only telling myself everything will be okay but promising to myself everything will be ok, no matter how big the challenge.
Exactly two years ago I made Aliyah to Israel with the intention to join the Israel Defense Force. I think a part of this blog is to help those also wishing to make Aliyah and join the IDF and let them in on my experience and maybe learn a thing or two! Things such as Garin Tzabar, different army units, the 'gibushim' Israeli culture, and army life. But also another part of this blog is to help me write out all my thoughts and feelings and experiences. Who knows
maybe even look back at this blog a couple years from now and see how I've grown!
I think its important to let you guys know for security reasons some things I will not be able to share because I'm not exactly sure what I'm at liberty to share with the public.