WYD Bake-off!

So the World Youth Day Club had a bake sale fundraiser this Sunday....that means we did Walmart at midnight on Friday and baked like crazy on Saturday. Ok, so maybe the Walmart run was from 9-11:30 p.m. but still that's pretty crazy. ;) The description of Saturday, however, is pretty accurate. Baking began at approx. 6:30 a.m., took a break for morning Mass and breakfast, stoped in the early evening, resumed at approx. 9:30 p.m. and ended around 1:15 a.m. Many delicious things were made which will hopefully contribute to our sweet trip to Spain in 2011! (Can you tell I was up late??? ;)

Happy Easter!

Happy Easter!!!!!!!! Good thing Easter season lasts for 50 days! And technically it is the equivalent of Easter Sunday because it is the last day during the octave of Easter. I love being Catholic! :)

I spent Holy Week and Easter Sunday at my friend's house in northern FL. It was great to meet her family. And her mom cooks amazing Philipino food! YUM! I was very happy! We had a very prayerful Holy Week which culminated in the Easter Vigil. It was wonderful! After the vigil, we baked bread and she opened her really late Christmas gifts. :) On Sunday we went to the beach with her family and their friends. It was too cool to swim but it was great just to be on the beach and to walk in the waves. He is Risen!!!!!!!! ALLELUIA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

A Birthday & A Seder Meal

Yesterday, for my friend's 20th birthday, a group of us piled into a '94 van and left on a shopping excursion to the outlet mall. It was great fun! Since no one was looking for anything in particular, we just wandered around and had hunting for good sales and trying things on. I succeeded in both activites and bought a hat from GAP for $3! ;) This is my "I am too cool to smile" look! (JK)

After scouring the stores we loaded up and made our way to the house of another friend's Aunt and Uncle to have a Seder meal with them.(this link has the prayers used for the meal; everyone should do it! http://www.wf-f.org/Seder.html) It was beautiful and profound. It was an amazing meditation on the Exodus from Egypt, and resonated with the Mass! It was great fun to spend time with such a wonderful family (and their pets)!

Fried Fish, Films, & Cocktails

So, Friday was crazy! At 3:45 p.m. the World Youth Day Club began setting up for our second Lenten Fish Fry Fundraiser. It was really windy, and it looked like it might possibly rain, so we set up under the breeze-way of the Student Union. It was a great success! And it was really fun! A lot of families came to have dinner. :)

After the Fish Fry (approx. 6:30 p.m.) and a quick change of attire, I went to a cocktail party hosted by one of the philosophy professors. Some of my friends and I had beseeched her to have said party because she would often preface interesting (if not unusual) philosophical points with the statement: "And this is what you can say at a cocktail party...." So we finally had our party, and discussed contraception, being, and abortion.

Quidquid recipitur ad modum recipientis recipitur! (Whatever is received is received according to the mode of the receiver)

However, the symposium ;) adjourned early as the majority of us trooped down from our lofty pearch atop the Student Union balcony to attend the Ameture Film Festival. I am amazed at the talent on campus! There was a moving silent film about the heroic sacrifice made by our soldiers, and a poignant movie called "Second" (written by one of my classmates) about a mentally confused woman. They were excellent! "Second" won the official award of Best Film and the popular vote. It also received the award for best technical work.

Good times were had by all!