Happy Belated Thanksgiving!
I’ve been living in Israel for the past 7 years and yesterday was the first time I celebrated Thanksgiving. For some reason, I had a strong desire to taste turkey and mashed potatoes this year. And I did and it was … yum.
It was a modest showing. Just my parents and me were in attendance. And of course, two very wide-eyed dogs staring up at us from the floor.
The food was comforting and delicious. We decided to make turkey legs, mashed potatoes, green beans, salad and two sauces for the turkey. One was gravy and the other was a pomegranate sauce (The Israeli equivalent to cranberry sauce).
I was grateful to sit at the table with my two best friends and enjoy a meal from my childhood. Actually, that’s not true. Our Thanksgiving meals used to consist of Middle-Eastern classics, like stewed lamb and rice. I always craved the turkey and the mashed potatoes. Oh, assimilation.
On a less exciting note, we got news from my health insurance. Despite what’s written in the patient rights manual, they will not be covering the treatment. Now it’s time to regroup and figure out how we are going to get this paid! I have to start treatment soon and this annoying obstacle has been quite jarring.
We are going to hire a lawyer to argue our case to the health insurance. But this seems like a long, difficult road full of red tape. Hopefully, this is just an illusion and because of the nature of my situation, things will get expedited.
Any ideas, friends? Anyone know wealthy philanthropists who feel the need to help a complete stranger?
I have many ideas, I just feel like I need a project manager or something. I’ve never raised money on such a large scale and I don’t know where to start.
At least we are no longer in the dark.
Change of subject. I’m sure you are all wondering how my self-actualization project is going. Tomorrow is the end of the first week of goal-related activities. I’ve been feeling motivated and on the right track. I’m also tweaking the system, so it is more user-friendly and I don’t have to think too much about it.
That’s all I have to say for now. Thanks for reading. Sending love and light on this chilly, Friday morning.
