New School Year

On Monday a New School Year will start my fourth at rabbinical-school, and I think I am, for the first time entirely upbeat and positive.  I am really looking forward to it my classes which looking manageable if challenging and my practical placement.  Although looking forward to school starting is normal for me, there had to be a reason after all that I lingered in the groves of academe as long as I did. It was not however, how I have experienced rabbinical-school. My first semester was engulfed in chaos, see the blog for 2010 if you are interested. And although I was settled and looking forward to restarting school for my second semester it was defiantly tinged with sorrow that my YII was drawing to a close and I would soon be parted from Israel and so many great friends with whom I had shared the most life changing (and best so far) year of my life.
My second year got off to a rough start too and I was sufficiently unhappy that it clouded my fourth semester as well. I think looking back that I was probably depressed (and because I didn't know it I was getting treatment).
And although I was more settled in my third year I cannot say I was every really really looking forward to my work and classes restarting.
But things are different now, I am impatient for it to start, and I am feeling up-beat so much so that I am certain that the little things that go wrong (as is certain to happen from time to time) will be a source of humour and colour in my life rather than big deals.

On Friday I had a meeting with my new personal trainer, all part of the get healthy campaign. I also discovered a rather interesting leftwing book shop and came away with a couple of books.

So far succot has been pleasant, and although I don't have a succah (first floor flat and all that) I do have a lulav and Etrog.

The project for Limmud is all but done. Part of my activities for tomorrow are making another view of it. I am meeting up with Matthew, Mandy, Ali and prahapes someother friends tomorrow afternoon/evening.

All is basically well.