Sunday, August 28, 2005
No post last night on account of how tired I was upon going to bed. It was a loooong day. I helped the new first-year students move in, then helped with the Welcome Mass, then went to a comedian (who was a big fan of low humor...boo). Then the flatmates all came back and vegetated in front of the TV until we were too tired to go to bed. Oh dear.
Anyway, today was much more fun. We went to Target together and got some great steals at the $1 spot, which was on clearance...2 for $1! Yesss! Then Beth and I went to Hy-Vee for groceries, which was fun except I am very ADD when shopping, and it took a long time...because of me. Anyway, on our way back we picked up a chair on the side of the road that said "Free". Beth put it in the trunk and I drove really slowly while she ran behind the car. Eventually she just jumped in and rode along with it. She dragged the chair up the stairs, we Febreezed it, and it's looking wonderful. ;) Then we went down to the Mississippi and took our shoes off and danced on the beach. The sand felt wonderful. We skipped rocks and played in the water. And Beth made a duck out of clay, named Duckie. I made a fish out of clay, named Sven. We left them there to be friends on the shoreline. Then Beth made us stir-fry (delish!) and we watched Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (aka "the show with the people"). We all went over to Mass afterwards. On the way there, we sang "Goin' on a Bear Hunt"...for no reason at all. When we got back from Mass, Mindy decided to go out and look at the stars, so we all went out and laid our blankets out and giggled and stargazed like 12 year olds. It was so much fun. We attempted to talk to the katydids, pondered where the star shape came from (why the points? stars don't really look like that!), attempted to sing (the only song we could think of of was Twinkle Twinkle Little Star...and Kumbaya)...it was craziness. Then there was a weird noise in the tree and I said "Did anyone hear that noise in the tree?" and Mindy said "It was probably a bunny". We almost died laughing. Supposedly she thought I said "Did anyone hear that noise?" (without the tree part)...but it was hilarious nonetheless. Bunnies in trees. Hehe. All in all, a wonderful evening.
Tomorrow begins classes. My first class, at 9am, is my Christian Sexual Morality class, which we have taken to calling "Christian Sex". (Funny side note: Tonight at dinner, we were discussing how much fun we're having together, and how classes are going to be not so fun...and Roommate X says "We don't even have to go to class. We can have Christian Sex here!"...which to the uninformed ear would be really awkward...but to us...it was hilarious). Anyway, the class ought to be interesting. Following that is Mundo Hispano, my last Spanish minor credit. Then Human Genetics, and Art. Woo hoo.
And the most exciting part! Starting tomorrow, Father is going to have Eucharistic Adoration for us every day from 7:30 (for Morning Prayer) until 4pm (right before Mass). How awesome is that? We've never had anything like this before! And he wants me to head up the planning and organization of having someone to cover each time slot. He said he'd like me to "make an announcement". I'd like to do that as much as I'd like to have my teeth pulled...but hey, for our Eucharistic Lord...I guess I can't back down. It should be wonderful. God will shower graces on this campus like mad! Come Lord Jesus, be our Guest!
Well, I must get to bed...can't miss the first morning of Morning Prayer/Eucharistic Adoration on account of the fact that I was just too silly to get to bed earlier!
Hopefully tomorrow I'll find time to post about something more substantial. I've got ideas, but too little focus to sit and type them out. It'll happen!
Caritas et veritas!!
Anyway, today was much more fun. We went to Target together and got some great steals at the $1 spot, which was on clearance...2 for $1! Yesss! Then Beth and I went to Hy-Vee for groceries, which was fun except I am very ADD when shopping, and it took a long time...because of me. Anyway, on our way back we picked up a chair on the side of the road that said "Free". Beth put it in the trunk and I drove really slowly while she ran behind the car. Eventually she just jumped in and rode along with it. She dragged the chair up the stairs, we Febreezed it, and it's looking wonderful. ;) Then we went down to the Mississippi and took our shoes off and danced on the beach. The sand felt wonderful. We skipped rocks and played in the water. And Beth made a duck out of clay, named Duckie. I made a fish out of clay, named Sven. We left them there to be friends on the shoreline. Then Beth made us stir-fry (delish!) and we watched Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (aka "the show with the people"). We all went over to Mass afterwards. On the way there, we sang "Goin' on a Bear Hunt"...for no reason at all. When we got back from Mass, Mindy decided to go out and look at the stars, so we all went out and laid our blankets out and giggled and stargazed like 12 year olds. It was so much fun. We attempted to talk to the katydids, pondered where the star shape came from (why the points? stars don't really look like that!), attempted to sing (the only song we could think of of was Twinkle Twinkle Little Star...and Kumbaya)...it was craziness. Then there was a weird noise in the tree and I said "Did anyone hear that noise in the tree?" and Mindy said "It was probably a bunny". We almost died laughing. Supposedly she thought I said "Did anyone hear that noise?" (without the tree part)...but it was hilarious nonetheless. Bunnies in trees. Hehe. All in all, a wonderful evening.
Tomorrow begins classes. My first class, at 9am, is my Christian Sexual Morality class, which we have taken to calling "Christian Sex". (Funny side note: Tonight at dinner, we were discussing how much fun we're having together, and how classes are going to be not so fun...and Roommate X says "We don't even have to go to class. We can have Christian Sex here!"...which to the uninformed ear would be really awkward...but to us...it was hilarious). Anyway, the class ought to be interesting. Following that is Mundo Hispano, my last Spanish minor credit. Then Human Genetics, and Art. Woo hoo.
And the most exciting part! Starting tomorrow, Father is going to have Eucharistic Adoration for us every day from 7:30 (for Morning Prayer) until 4pm (right before Mass). How awesome is that? We've never had anything like this before! And he wants me to head up the planning and organization of having someone to cover each time slot. He said he'd like me to "make an announcement". I'd like to do that as much as I'd like to have my teeth pulled...but hey, for our Eucharistic Lord...I guess I can't back down. It should be wonderful. God will shower graces on this campus like mad! Come Lord Jesus, be our Guest!
Well, I must get to bed...can't miss the first morning of Morning Prayer/Eucharistic Adoration on account of the fact that I was just too silly to get to bed earlier!
Hopefully tomorrow I'll find time to post about something more substantial. I've got ideas, but too little focus to sit and type them out. It'll happen!
Caritas et veritas!!
