Beach Vacation '09

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Summary of Summer (so far)

So, long time no blog. Today is vacation prep day so this won't be long:

• The Ignatian Silent Retreat was amazing!!!!!!!! Though, I guess I missed talking more than I realized since I stayed up till 3 a.m. chatting and hanging out! :O I hadn't stayed up that late all semester! Then I woke up around 6 a.m. to say my last farewells to two friends.
• My roommate, another friend, and I had a safe drive (despite the fact that we were all a little sleep deprived) from school to N. Fl. where my dad met us and picked up me and my friend.
• My friend visited me for a week and we had a great time! We did everything from make-up to mountain climbing, movie watching, costume designing (she's going to sew me a 19th cen. gown!), shopping, visiting the Civil War Naval Museum, Dim Sum eating, Farmers Market exploring, and a driving tour (thanks to Gowasack & Co.) of the downtown and Decatur. It was wonderful to spend so much time with her! She is an amazing person!
• Yesterday, I got my hair cut. Short. I won't say more than that; you'll have to wait for pictures.... ;)
• Now we're preparing for a beach trip with the paternal side of the family. I've got my swim suit and reading list ready!
• Off to pack!

That's all there is, there isn't any more!....or is there...

I'm done with Finals!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! So that means........I'm a JUNIOR!!!!!!!! :O And I still feel like a freshman! :P

So my Latin final on Tuesday went not well. It was totally different from what I had expected. But I rather enjoyed taking it (even though I think it was GPA suicide) and I am now inspired to master Latin. I plan to brush up over the summer; I can't wait! I'm so excited!!!!

Yesterday morning, my oral final for Creation & Grace went very well. I really knew the material. After the test I went and got a celebratory iced mocha and chatted with a friend at the coffee shop.

After noon Mass and lunch, I packed up my college life in various boxes. I was so grateful to one of my friends for her help in putting everything away! Then my roommate and I loaded up her little toyota celica and headed for the storage unit. My stuff looked so small in that empty room....

Now it was time to party!!!!! Ok, not for me, but there was a joint surprise party for two couples who are to be married this summer, and two graduating seniors who have applied to enter the Dominican Friars (they won't know until mid-May if they have been accepted to the Order, so pray for them!!!!!) And a great time was had by all: cards were signed, cake was eaten, Tomism lauded, and the Archbishop of the Gulf of Mexico was installed (the "Sea" is no longer vacant!) by the papal nuntio to the Atlantic.

This weekend I do random cleaning and setting up for the various receptions following graduation (it's going to be so sad to see the seniors leave!) and then on Sunday I go into Really Great Silence as the 6 day Ignatian Silent Retreat begins that evening. Thus, I shall not be blogging (or e-mailing, or answering my phone etc.) until Saturday evening/afternoon. As one of the priests put it: "you're going to the mountain."

So much more to do!

This is Final!

So finals week is now upon us. Several of my friends took exams today. Some even have an exam tomorrow (which is rather a freak occurrence, definitely not the norm). But just to bring everyone up to speed and because I am somewhat in coherent from working on my final ethics paper, I shall use bullet points in no particular order.

• The last weekend of April I went home for the weekend for my sister's Confirmation. Praise God!!!!!! It was wonderful!
• My American Civ. final consisted of three take-home essays which I completed upon returning to school. Hurray!!!!!!!!!!!!
• I should have started studying sooner, but I don't know what's wrong with me; I'm just not motivated
• This past Thursday the Women's Discernment Program had an end of semester party which included pizza, ice cream, Irish fiddle (courtesy of yours truly by popular request/compulsion ;) and traditional Filipino dancing. It ended with Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament. The perfect end to the semester
• in Creation and Grace we watched an awesome documentary about Mother Teresa (everyone should watch it!)
• Storage unit issues are all worked out and everything is all set except the insanity of packing
• Supposed to be studying but having a really hard time focusing
• Latin commentary looks pretty good ( when my prof. thought some of the comments were particularly good.) I am very pleased. :)

I have my Latin exam from 7-10 p.m. on Tuesday. I am dangerously indifferent to my performance....Creation & Grace exam is at 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday. All the information is bouncing off my head....Ethics Exam (which is really an 8 page take-home essay) is due Thursday at noon.

I CAN'T WAIT TILL FINALS ARE COMPLETED!

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??? ;)