good news from nowhere
let's recap:
we celebrated our birthday together with my boyfriend. a huge party with 50 people, catering, dancing, ping-pong. a beautiful night, a lot of people that love us. it was awesome.
I've decided not to keep relations with my high school friends anymore. you'd probably think, connie, aren't you like 27 years old? why are you still hanging out with your high school friends?_yes, I agree. I should've cut ways a long time ago.
we've renewed our lease. it was rather stressful, but we made it. we'll be paying about 400 USD, when last month we paid about 90 USD. FOR THE SAME APARTMENT. yes, I know, it is insane.
yesterday the whole country was out on the streets to protest. my country has a lot of free, public universities that are among the highest rated in the world. our dumb president decided to cut the budget, so low, that universities cannot even afford electricity. more than a million people came out into the streets to protest. I studied in a private university because my mother got a degree at a public university. she was poor and taking care of my grandma and my aunt while working full time. free tuition is key for social integration. we can't take this for granted.