No me quejo

Just when I'm about fed up with disillusionment and let downs, life throws a good thing at me. This weekend has been exactly what I needed to be refreshed in my "UWC"-ness and life in general. The Israeli ambassador came to school on Friday and led a very nice and controversial debate over the Israeli/Palestine conflict. Then on Saturday, I danced and sang in the African show and we had the absolute best dinner I've had in a long time. It was absolutely gorgeous...I ate for 2 solid hours. It was just so much fun, all the cooking and dancing and music and culture...oh, I want to go to Africa. Then we had a cabin party that was Afrocaribbean themed, so that was just as lovely as well. Then today, we all slept in then woke up and made waffles, which we ate on the dock outside the boathouse because it was about 60 DEGREES today! This is, of course, in Fahrenheit for all my non-US readers. The sun today was just perfect. We did everything outside. I ate all my meals outside and laid around on a rocky beach with Raine for a couple of hours, just sunning ourselves. This was again one of those weekends where I felt very liberal and independent and I must admit I love how it feels.

All this perfection does not, however, mean that I am not thoroughly sick of some people at this place. You can't always enjoy or get along with everyone you meet. But when you wake up, eat all your meals, and interact with those people everyday, it is bound to be extremely annoying. It's just that here in our little bubble, we don't really have a choice. The people here are your family and you just kind of have to accept it. I am just very ready to get away for a bit though, which is why Prague is such perfect timing! We leave on Friday, and I can't wait. It's hard for me to imagine that I've planned this whole trip and I'm going to execute it completely without help. Me, who a year ago could barely get herself out of bed without her mother and who double-checked plans with people all the time, actually planned a bit of a sojourn across Europe. Haha, it will be too great.