Reasons I Will Never Need Prozac.

Besides the fact that I am living a DREAM LIFE; there are so many things that immediately make me extremely happy, that as long as I can maintain a few, I will never need anything else to keep me elated. An abbreviated list:
1. SUNSHINE. I realize that I have no control over this, but even when the sun breaks through the clouds on an otherwise cloudy day, I am instantly euphoric (beware: this post may need the use of a thesaurus in order to not say "happy" a thousand times).
2. Music. Seriously, even if I am in a horrible mood, all I have to do is pull out my ipod and put on Queen and BAM! Good mood.
3. Thinking about President Elect Barack Obama. Granted, this is short-lived, and may not last even through his presidency, but BY GOD I WILL ENJOY IT NOW.
4. Hearing my boots or heels click on pavement.
5. Leaving the house in the morning. I like to see how the day is turning out.
6. Large bodies of water. They're very calming. And the ocean is exactly two blocks from my university. HOW ABOUT THAT.
Anyway this is all a roundabout way of saying that I am just in the most fantastic mood ever.

This weekend, Jane, Natalie, Alex Cassidy, Mel and Charlotte all came to Barcelona from their programs in Madrid, Rome and Florence. It was so much fun to be with not just one person from home but five - with three of Mel's friends from her Rome program as well we became quite the group. But it was just a wonderful dose of Whitman and made me wistful for the days when I will be back... but not really, because when we're back at Whitman we won't make friends with Turkish econ grad students and extremely drunk "Japanese" students in crowded bars at 2 am. He was clearly European, but was dead-set on his Japanese heritage. At first. "Ok, I was lying, I'm actually Korean. But I am adopted. My parents are Pakistani." Anyway the point is, Whitman should probably move to Europe. Barcelona would be good, but anywhere would be better than Walla Walla.

Coming back to classes from fall break was a huge let-down, mostly because I keep realizing how intensely screwed I am for finals. But you know, then Obama was elected, and the sun came out, and I put on my ipod, and walked out of the house in my boots, and wandered down the beach after class, and all of the sudden life was outrageously amazing again.