midway evaluation

I've been in Morocco for a month now, and right now I'm basically in a mode of bliss. Everything about my experience right now is amazing and I really couldn't be happier. Last night, after another fun day at the beach, I was sitting in the living room of my beautiful traditional Moroccan home with all my friends. Recently Monica and Nadia moved out, and Romain, Hicham, Rachid, and Gabriel moved in, so now we can have people over here whenever we want and not worry about upsetting anyone. Nouh made dreadlocks for Olga, I played music with a bunch of the local guys, and some of the guys cooked tagine in the kitchen. It's really amazing what music does for me, especially lately. If I'm upset or bored or angry, the one thing that makes me feel better is drumming with Nouh and his friends-- it's like a medicine. By the end of the night, I was sitting in a room downstairs with Olga, Romain, Sarah, and Hicham singing an impromptu harmony of "wonderful de chez wonderful" with Romain on the guitar and later went up to the roof overlooking all of Rabat. This morning, I went surfing and the water and the sky and the sun were all amazing. I was standing up on every wave, so I can tell I'm really improving. Basically, I know I'm cheesy, but I'm happy and it's hard not to be. The only things I'm sad about are that a) my time is already halfway over and I wish I could stay, and b) Olga's leaving on thursday, and I know things won't be exactly the same without her here.