WJI 2019, Day 5 AM

Each morning the 28 of us students here at WJI first meet having breakfast in the bent rectangle of the West Hall kitchenette.

Everyone wanders in, one by one, to the kitchen to make themselves breakfast. We talk about the weather while sifting through the cereal stash. We bump into each other playing refrigerator Jenga trying to find the right milk jug. We talk about what is coming up for the day while drinking our coffee, tea or strawberry smoothies around the large rectangular table.

The pyramid of dripping dishes beside the counter grows and shrinks as we recycle the dishes between us. A few more mugs from Goodwill are in order to help us all wake up a bit faster, but there’s enough disposable cups.

The table is strewn with a green plastic cup and a white Styrofoam, one reminds us that most everyone finished eating already. It is time to leave the bustle of the kitchen and hustle through the rain to the lecture room.