Doin' some things in Africa

Like the title implies, these last couple of weeks were characterized for me by a lot of confusion and conflicting feelings. But while those things have a bad connotation, I’m learning that confusion is actually one of the most productive feelings. I came here to escape my comfort zone and learn more about the world and about myself, and that’s exactly what I’m doing. Keep reading to find out more ;) I’m so sorry but this blog is going to start out with me thinking I’m a movie critic per usual. Sunday night I watched The Florida Project and LISTEN TO ME not only should it have been nominated for best picture but it should have WON best picture. It is so smart and moving and important and well done—everyone please please please watch. Hit me up if you need a link to it on an illegal website. Also AMERICAN IDOL IS BACK!!!! If you know me you know that unlike every other person on earth I never stopped watching American Idol and I may or may not have cried at a ...

First off, thank you everyone who gave me nice feedback about my last blog! It was very unexpected but very appreciated and I’m glad I have such great people in my life who care enough to keep up with this! So Friday I woke up and was very tired and my first class on Fridays is really really really dumb so far so I was like hmmm I think I’m gonna skip and then I was like yeah I’m def gonna skip because I’m a DELINQUENT jk no I don’t usually skip but this class is really so dumb. And THEN get this so I went back to sleep and when I woke up a couple hours later, we had gotten an email from the professor of that class I skipped telling us that class was cancelled. But she sent it 3 mins before the class started so everyone showed up to class which they walked 25 mins uphill for and were then like UHH WHAT THE HOOT but guess where I was??? SLEEPING IN MY BED HA!! Skipping class pays off folks. It was Hashem’s plan. I’m really into saying things are Hashem’s plan cuz we talk...