it's only night four?

so much has happened. i feel like i've been here at least 2 weeks, yet i'm just settling in to my 4th night.

crazy things happened today. i got my first glass of french wine. the aup advisors yelled at us. we had a long, boring uc meeting.

but all of that was overshadowed by an amazing moment in my life. tonight, a big group of us UC kids hung out on the champ de mars with two guys playing guitars, a group of people from brazil, a few girls from the state of washington and some people from other places i didn't know. together we sang the beatles, jack johnson, CCR, pearl jam, bob marley, and some others. at 11 pm, as we were singing, the eiffel tower lit up from bottom to top and twinkled, as if it wanted to sing with us. it was the most amazing night i've been here. it made everything that has been tough better, and made me realize that i'm here. this is me, getting out and living life.

i don't even have the usual sarcasm in me. i'm too at peace.