So about 4 weeks into my wait after meeting with the Shaliach, I get a call from NBN Flight team wanting to know what flight I would like to join. I asked him if he knew something I didn't?!??! Because I still did not have my final approval from the Jewish Agency! (I was told last fall not to even select a flight preference until you have approval). He apologized and said that I did need that to proceed, so just wait a little longer.
Easier said than done!
The next night, my NBN Advisor called me to see how things were moving along (or weren't, as the case may be!). I told him that I hadn't had any contact from the Jewish Agency. He told me to be in touch with them. I explained that I had----emails and voice mails----and nothing was being returned. Isn't that odd? I mean, is that normal? I didn't know if I should be irritated or concerned!! Maybe something had happened to my Shaliach and I'm fretting over something that he has no control over! But you'd think I'd get an "out of the office" auto reply.....not stone cold silence!
So my NBN advisor said he would check into it on his end and let me know what he found out. The next morning, I awake to an email from him saying that the Jewish Agency needed one more document. (When did they know this? Why didn't my Shaliach tell me!?!??!). Seems I had started the process so long ago that they needed an updated letter from my Rabbi. No problem! I had it scanned and emailed into them that night!
That was a week ago. So perhaps my "2-3 week answer" started once they received the "final" document.
Tick tock, tick tock, tick tock.........as the days pass, my window of opportunity narrows down on what needs to be accomplished in an ever shorter time frame. I want to be on the Group flight that leaves on 2 July. Pet travel and health certificate CERTIFIED by the USDA, selling my car, renting or selling my house, shutting down utility accounts, etc. I can't even order the shipping container until I know I can be on that flight, and the shipping company wanted 6 weeks' notice! HA! (That's not gonna be happenin'!)
Can she do it? Can she make her target flight date? I still move forward a little bit every day in order to reach my goal. Sorting, packing, donating. If the approval comes this week, I know I will be ready. Nothing like the pressure of a deadline to get all the loose ends tied up! :) If it comes NEXT week, I'll be in the history books!!
Patience. Savlanut. It's just my training ground for life in Israel.
Deep breath.........exhale...........repeat. :)
Keeping my chin up,
Aliana
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