Hey everyone!

Allie here with your Catholic Life on Campus. For those of you who read my segment last week, I survived Spring Fling Weekend! At first, I thought I was going to lose it. First, I was stranded at the cathedral in Hartford where we had our concert because my ride left without me. Luckily, a friend saw me and gave me a lift back to school. I finally get back to my apartment and my suitemates & their friends are already wasted, and it’s hard to keep them quiet once that happens. I was trying to figure out what to do & where to go, but my friends that party were off partying & my friends that don’t were smart enough to get off campus for the weekend. However, I found refuge with my friend Matt at his apartment that night and from there on the weekend was more bearable. We had soda & nachos while watching Dr. Strangelove, which is a hilarious politics/war movie for those who haven’t seen it. After that, we were just sitting on his bed and talking about anything & everything until 3:30 in the morning. For a while there, we were having an in depth discussion about our faiths – he is Jewish, but is also adopting the Buddhist lifestyle and sort of blending the two. It was neat to see what common factors we agreed on & what completely contrasted. Saturday night some buds & I hung out for a bit, then Matt & I set off again looking for chai since we both hate coffee. It was after 2am so I suggested the diner which is open 24 hours. But it was absolutely packed so we set off looking for somewhere else open that late, but to no avail. It was good to get off campus for a bit though. When we got back after 3am, all that remained of Spring Fling were tons of cups & beer cans strewn across the campus lawn. It was a truly creepy sight. I’m just glad I didn’t let myself do anything stupid like a lot of students did. Next year, I may go home that weekend. Yes, I will be of legal drinking age next Spring Fling, but if I’m going to drink, it’s only a little bit and with friends I trust, not at crazy raging parties where you don’t know 95% of the people there. Having alcohol for the soul purpose of getting drunk is ridiculous.

So I’m definitely sick of final exams. I’ve already had 5 this week (2 of which were this morning), I have one more that I’m running to after finishing this blurb, & my last one 8am Tuesday morning. Not to mention, I have two papers to finish for my education class & a composition to write for music theory. Then there’s all the rehearsals for Europe. The rain today isn’t making things easier, especially since the small river that cuts through campus is flooding again. I’m just glad the madness is ALMOST over. It’s kind of hard to believe that my career as a college undergrad is already halfway through. What’s even more unbelievable is the fact that next Monday I’m setting off for 12 days overseas! WOW.

Anyways, I guess that’s it for this week cuz I’m brain-fried from all this work. Today was a hectic day…and it’s not over yet. If you wanna see how hectic, check out my 12 of 12…yes, I’m doing it too! I’ll have Chris put a link of my pictures up on the LOF site or somehting once I collaborate my photos, which won’t be until late tonight or tomorrow. Then you can see why I’m so grumpy that my feet won’t stay dry. Hopefully, I will be able to broadcast live with Chris & Tanya next week before heading off to Europe if they don’t mind recording a late evening show. We’ll see what happens. God Bless!