Happy Days

What a loverly day, though it started at 7:55am after no more than four hours of sleep. I do take pride in obeying my alarm clock.

I had to get up extra early today for an internship meeting. We discussed the closing of our time (Kari's and mine) at the Department for EU Affairs of the Government of the Czech Republic and the projects that we have planned. Yada yada. And we learned how screwy the visa process is for Czech citizens to get into the USA, even if just for a visit. Pavlina, our wonderful supervisor, will be going to California to visit friends in LA and San Francisco for three weeks in August but must go through a 3-month process of embassy meetings and questioning. It is rather excessive and discriminatory since the USA treats the rest of the European Union on a different standard. Reciprocity is not being respected.

THEN~
I had a 10:30am midterm for my EU and NATO course. And....I felt very confident that my many hours of studying the previous night until 3am or so had paid off.

And then----
Today is a gloriously sunny day! Glory be it is good. And Kaleena Chartrand is visiting from London this weekend - plenty of photo-ops to celebrate the wonders of Prague before I leave.

But I have a few more papers to write. And off I go.

And may I make a belated mention to Alison Tyler and how wonderful a surprise it was to receive her card. Thanks!