A HUGE change of plans....

So the grant for Israel came...and there it went...right before my eyes. They said to me, there's no funding...we can't actually send you anything. They said, there's no way now that you're going to be able to make it back to Jerusalem without a miracle. That same exact day, that miracle came... the calls came in! This one in particular came from the chief travel editor of NBC News. Peter Greenberg himself, a name that I have known since graduating as a student from USC Annenberg, gave me a one-on-one phone call to be his chief travel-intern for the 2008 term. The VERY NEXT DAY... I got the call from NBC News (you know, Colleen Williams, Paul Moyer, Brian Williams!!) ... I am one of six candidates out of 5,000 applicants to become the entry-level force of NBC News for the 2008 spring term... The best questions I have been receiving from NBC in Los Angeles have all been...when can you start?? When can you move here??

Folks, this is it. The big time has arrived. And at about 5pm tonight, a night that seemed like a weather hurricane had hit Sacramento, California, I was given the opportunity of a lifetime. I sit before you today ecstatic, lively, anxious, excited and nervous...all at the same time. I see my dreams of going to Israel slowly disappearing in the distance, knowing that one day I'll back there again. Yet I see my visions of what I've always wanted do developing right before my eyes. Ladies and gentlemen, this is it. I have been accepted in the NBC Page Program, and I will begin working at KNBC Channel 4 News as a television producer within the coming weeks! I'll be working with the greats, like Ellen DeGeneres, Jay Leno and Craig Ferguson...as well as the local TV personalities for NBC. I'll get the chance to make it big. Here it is!!

I've been told I have to relocate to Los Angeles before January 20, 2008 for my initiation and orientation to the NBC Page Program. It's exciting, kinda weird, but great all at the same time. I'm excited, because here is my shot. I won't let it go...I can't afford to this time.

The grant I received for Israel is no longer. I have to call in to Israel and cancel what I thought was going to be the experience of a lifetime. This does not mean I'm not still applying for graduate programs to both UCLA and USC/HUC...they both are still happening, and both are nearly finished. And come to find out, I might have another great friend from Israel coming over here to LA ... that could work out well!

The main thing in this message is to THANK you all for paying attention and for caring so much to keep in touch and to keep tabs on what's going on in my career journey. I PROMISE to keep you all updated (LOOK FOR NEW WEBSITE DETAILS SOON!) on what's happening with the move to Los Angeles and how things are turning out at NBC. This is an absolutely dream come true for me, and I want you all to be a part of it. You all helped make it happen! Israel would have been amazing, but it wasn't for me at this particular time of life. I wish everyone who is there now the best, and invite them to come visit Los Angeles at anytime!

Stay in tune with everything coming up...it's going to be a wild ride!! I hope to hear from all of you soon. And to all of you who have supported me through all of this, I have one thing to say:

THANK YOU!! ;)