its been a long time

So, I haven't posted in a while. I haven't done a lot of things in a while. I haven't painted, I haven't been to the gym. I haven't kept kosher or shabat. I haven't seen Amy.
I have been doing other things though. I have been traveling for work. I've been surfing A LOT. I've been working on my resume, and I've been getting really excited to live with Amy in New York.
I can't believe I've been in Israel for three years already. A lot has happened here and I don't feel as though I'm the same man as the person that arrived. I certainly would never have predicted that things would turn out the way they have, and yet it all feels right. I'm sad to be leaving Israel and the life that I've been given here. 3 years is a long time, but now that I'm leaving I see how short it is. Its long enough to have some experiences and get to know a place, the streets, the weather the fluctuations of tourist season and to start to make people a part of your life, but good friends and making a place "home" takes years. More than 3 I've determined. I feel like these years will fade from me as much as the memory of me will fade from most of the people that know me here. Its the way things happen.
I sincerely do hope I come back to live at some point, if only for a period of time again.