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Dear Yossi,<br />
I’ve been back for two weeks now, and my mother's still trying<br />
to convince me that I'm no longer in Israel. You see, I haven't yet<br />
let go of many habits I picked up over the year, and she's ready to<br />
kick me out of the house. It starts in the morning when I cut up tomatoes<br />
and cucumbers for breakfast instead of eating lox and creamcheese<br />
along with the rest of the family. Besides that, I drop everything<br />
I'm doing at approximately 14:00 in order to take my afternoon<br />
nap. We went shopping yesterday, and I tried bargaining with the<br />
saleslady for a shirt. My mother pretended like she didn't know me.<br />
You won't believe this, but before I walked into the department<br />
store I opened my purse for a security check. The absolute.limit was<br />
when I pushed an old lady out of the way in order to get on to the<br />
bus. When my mother gave me a dirty look, I turned to the lady and<br />
said "slicha". Hard to believe? Yeah, well, my mom can't believe it<br />
either. It's definitely true what they say about reverse culture<br />
shock. I really didn't think it would be so bad. They say I'll get<br />
used to it, but I'd rather not. I'd rather iust come back to Israel.<br />
Write soon.<br />
Love,<br />
Sylvia<br />
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