Friends, cronies, hangers on and anyone else who may be reading this: the time has finally arrived. I will begin packing. I have arranged for my shipping container, flight has been booked. I have finally seen the end. There are only 34 days left to my sentence.
To that end, the process of throwing out more garbage will begin. I will also finally need to arrange things with the car transporter. My time here has been a serious eye-opener. I did not truly understand how sheltered I was. Now I realize I had never been exposed to how "the other half" lives. In their eyes I am a money grubbing, power hungry monster. People here have no true understanding of how hard doctors truly work. They also do not understand that this status is not unattainable. They just need to work hard instead of complaining how "the man" prevents them from advancing in society. Ralph Waldo Emmerson may have been many things (bigot, racist) but he did understand this.
I also did not have any real understanding of the amount of antisemitism which still exists in this country. I realize we were founded on tolerance, but as I have witnessed, this is not ever put into practice. I see people sometimes in the supermarket with swastikas on them. I wonder at times whether or not they have actually met anyone Jewish. On top of that, the administration where I work has many Arabs. Although noone will outwardly say anything, there is definitely an antisemitic undercurrent.
All in all, I am extremely happy to say my goodbyes to Detroit, CA. More importantly, my family is extremely happy to welcome me back home. I always manage to have adventures, though most of the time not intentionally. This will be yet another crazy tale to be told on an east side rooftop looking out over the Hudson with glass of vodka in hand.
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