Everything is made 10 times harder without a decent internet connection to get all this work done. Moroccan internet is just horrendous. Even though I paid for an internet connection, it's extremely slow and flaky, signing me off every few minutes and then not connecting at all. I can't Skype my parents because my connection is almost never strong enough to connect, and they can't call me as much as they used to since it costs about $.30 a minute to call Morocco from the U.S. Huge thank you to my friends who make the effort to keep in touch by emailing consistently. You learn who your real friends are in times like these. It's not very many, and I'm not even surprised.
On top of everything, it appears protests are continuing in Morocco with planned demonstrations for tomorrow afternoon, with the usual cautions from our program managers to avoid all major public areas. It's easy to be overseas and advocate in support of the revolutions and democracy for the Middle East, but it's another thing to be living here as a foreigner and have them disrupt my everyday life. The fights, the crowds, the security clashes, the looters. Am I wrong for not wanting to live through it all over again?
This was not what I signed up for when I came to study abroad. I'm frustrated and annoyed and exhausted and stressed and right now I want nothing more than to be in a place where simply stepping out the door doesn't present a challenge. Thank goodness spring break is exactly 2 weeks away. I need to get out of this continent.
