Day 1731 - I took two more tests and passed both with flying colors. It makes me cautiously optimistic that I might be able to pass the real exam as well. In that case in about a month and a half I will be able to start this new endeavor all the while slowly selling the inventory of the store. The original plan was to close the store in a month or two but since we will conduct the new company from the same location, we can keep the store running and get rid of as much inventory as we can, while in the same time we start building the new things. I am very optimistic and hopeful about its prospect. Meanwhile, I am thankful for every little step I take in the right direction. I am thankful my studies go well and I am gaining more experience and confidence. I am thankful for the class that started me on the right direction and getting me closer to my goal.

Day 1730 - for the past two days my partner is suffering a very serious pain in his shoulder to the point that he can't move that arm. Luckily I'm already good enough that I can do everything for the both of us, the same way he did last month. It's funny that in such a short time both of us encountered such debilitating conditions and we had to learn to rely on the other one for the most basic things. It sure is a very important lesson in compassion and in humility. It also reminds us not to take anything for granted, not even our health and our ability to take care of ourself. A very unpleasant reminder that life is so frail and everything so temporary. I am thankful it is a transient condition. I am thankful I have a partner I love and can rely on when needed.

Day 1729 - a very important meeting with a lot of valuable information and another step in the new direction. If I pass the test then by the beginning of next year we'll be ready to make the shift. The time is short and there's so much work to do but I'm excited and believe it will work even better than we dare to imagine right now. I am thankful for that class and the push it gave me to move in this new direction. I really needed the extra help to be able to day goodby to the store and leave it behind.

Day 1728 - I finished first round of reading and took a second test to score 92%. It looks like my ambitious plan might have a chance. I sure hope so; otherwise I'll have to wait three months till the next test and I sure want to avoid that.

Day 1727 - I funished reading all the material for my RE test, 5 days ahead of schedule and when I came home I decided to try and take one of the published tests, just so I can evaluate my knowledge so far. But I didn't think I will do it well since I only read it once and it's not a summary but a bunch of laws in different subjects concerning RE. and read the word of the law is not really an exciting reading material. It could have been much better if it was a summary, but this is how they want us to study. So I was sure I'll need few passes at it before I can even come close to passing it. So I was very pleased when I checked the results to find that not only I passed it but in flying colors. Sotommorw I'll read subjects I was not too sure about and then I'll take another test. If I'll do two tests a day I'll be very ready. So a mild hopethis crazy schedule I put myself into is going to be OK.... Needless to say, I am so thankful I am at this point right now. Thankful for my memory that did not betray me and for the hope I now have, for the change that I hope is much closer than it looks at the moment.

Day 1726 - a wonderful day with my kids. Breakfast and then a few hours long hike. It was good to go out and breath some fresh Galilee air, it was good to be outdoors and most of all it was great being the three of us

Day 1725 - my son and daughter are here today for the weekend. It's something we didn't do in a very long time and I really cherish that. A Shabbat dinner and later a movie night, simple stuff but it feels good doing it together. We definately have to do it more often. But for now I am thankful for such a fun evening.

Day 1724 - I signed up today for a test three weeks from now to get my real estate license here. It will be a huge stepping stone on my new path. If all will go according to plans I'll have it by the end of the year and will be able to start my new endeavor. And I sure need something that will help me recover the past two years loses.

Day 1723 - my first meeting about future business. Some new information some confirmed what I thought. I have to investigate it more and look at some options for short term income. My project is a very long term one but with huge potential.

Day 1722 - winds and rain an hour ago announcing that fall is really here and winter not far behind. Just an hour before we had dinner on our porch and now it's all wet and windy out there. A reminder as always that nothing in life is permanent but change itself. That we should not be attached to anything and we should welcome change. And change is what I am looking forward and planning these days. If anything, I find it hard to stick to permanence and avoid making changes. I am so thankful for that.

Day 1721 - as they always say - wisdom comes in our sleep. I woke up this morning with a shred of idea of where to start and the more I thought about it the clearer it became. And after brainstorming it all day I have a pretty good idea how to go about it and the first steps will be taken tomorrow. If all goes as planned it might really start in less than a month. I am so excited that I can barely wait for tomorrow...

Day 1720 - I'm taking a class of enterpreneurship and my task is to think of a business I can start with no investment on my part. A sharp contrast to where I am right now, a business were I invested a lot of money with very little income; the way most business work, especially small businesses. So it is both challenging and intriguing. To change the way I think and to look around for opportunities instead of reinventing the wheel. I am to start something new within one month and earn something from it already. So all day today I read and watched movies of this class and now I am going to sleep and my head buzzing with ideas of where to go how to start... I am looking forwards to the next few weeks to see what will transpire from all that. I am thankful for the opportunity I have to try and correct what I did wrong on this round and to try and do it better. I am thankful to get going in this direction. And of course I am thankful to my teacher for pushing me to start doing and not just thinking or hoping.

Day 1719 - a very long hike and the temperature was too high. In retrospect, it was a mistake to go on that hike. 28 km is difficult under ant circumstances and in these conditions it was very very challenging. But as always, the pain is only temporary so by tomorrow I'll be fine and this achievement will be still intact. I'm going to sleep now a well deserved sleep I would say. I am so thankful to my BF that hiked with me and did anything inhis power to help me. I am thankful we are in this journey together. I am thankful we made it safely back home and most of all that I can go to sleep now.

Day 1718 - early bed time before a very long hiking tomorrow. We have to get up at 3:30 am. Dreadful. But I am thankful I can do that, it's not something to take for granted.

Day 1717 - we were sitting on the porch on. Very pleasant evening, talking the night away. Finally we remembered to check what time it is just to realize we were lucky not to turn into a pumpkin. I am thankful