Welcome! ברוכים הבאים! Blessed be your coming!

This is my first blog entry and is being written 2 days before my aliyah.
I am sitting in my father's office in my parent's home in Northbrook waiting for my sister.
It is 10 minutes to 11am. I am looking forward to spending much of the day with my sister.
We are planning on going to the Chicago Cubs game. They are playing at 1:20pm against the Houston Astros.
Honestly, I don't care much for how they do or who they play. Rather, I am going because I enjoy the game of baseball and like being outside on a day with good weather with my sister. The weather forecast calls for clear skies, lots of sun and temperatures in the low 50s Fahrenheit or 10-13 Celsius.
With regards to my aliyah, I just had a nice goodbye party with friends last night at my parent's house.
We watched the unrated version and illegally produced DVD of "You Don't Mess with The Zohan". My sister unknowingly supported human trafficking in Thailand with the purchase of the DVD. I can't say that it was worth it, but we had a good time.
I am in the works of reaching Rabbi Zev Shandalov who teaches at Ida Crown Jewish Academy and therefore my friend Jeremy Perlow (from my synagogue here: Adas Yehudah V'Shoshana) to see if I can purchase some space on his family's lift/container shipment to Israel (they are making aliyah this summer).
After the game is over, my sister and I will meet with my parents to go to musical or play of the sort most likely in the theater district. Seeing as I will be quite tired by the end of the day, I hope to have an easy and quick time when I pack the rest of my belongings tomorrow.
It seems like my sister is ready to go.
Heading out!
Dan