weekend update

i'm thinking back to this time last year (i tend to do that a lot) and i remember how i was so, so sad after Christmas break. all i wanted to do was be back at home and i was on the phone with my mom, crying, every night the first week i was back at Salve. i can remember sitting in the Miley hallway and just wanting my own bed and my own room, for that matter.

this year, however, was DRASTICALLY different. last Sunday when i went to Mass at home for the last time for a while...i did cry, but i was over it eventually. when we got to Salve i met my new roomate, Laura, who is from IRELAND! i also put up new pics and fixed the old ones on my wall that were pretty much epic failing. my parents took Glynnis and i out to the Brick then i stayed in the hotel with them that night.

Monday-got my act together mostly...and when my parents left, i actually didn't cry for pretty much the first time. i met up with Nicole and Ben later and we played on Nicole's new Wii and then watched the new HOUSE episode (which was great, but next week's looks better). Tuesday we started classes and i hung out with Sara a lot...and watched the Inaugration with Anna Mae and Phil and Nicole (and i felt really, really badly for Obama when the chief justice flubbed the Oath of Office. that was terrible!).

and then on Wednesday all of my grand decision-making skills went to WASTE. i had pretty much come to the decision that i was going to participate in the Madrigals' cabaret and be on the team for the spring retreat instead of being in the musical this semester BUT...when i got to my VIA class, i found out that our big class trip to Washington, DC is on...THE SAME WEEKEND AS THE RETREAT. WHY does conflict RUIN MY LIFE? i still haven't been able to talk to Anna Mae about what i'm going to do. i just wish everything was scheduled when i could do it all. i'd still be able to do the cabaret but that doesn't require working toward something like the retreat all semester. no fair. not at all. i went to Ann's apartment for dinner that night, then had my first Jesus and the Gospels class with Sr. Marta :-) and i pretty much forgot all about the big decision...almost.

Thursday was a relatively easy day (one class, music rehearsals, and SGA office). this semester, i'm pretty much done with the week by Wednesday night because i only have one class on Thursdays and one class on Fridays. once i clear Wednesday, it's pretty easy from there. finally the weekend came. on Friday..Glynnis and i took a road trip to Coventry to visit Shane at work (who I haven't seen in forever). came back and went all over. went to Panera for dinner with Megan, found Glynnis driving around Newport, went to see Nick and Norah's Infinate Playlist in Wakehurst with Claire and Alli and Kerrin, then we met up with Megan again and we went to Ma's and Ocean Drive..for the second time that day.

Saturday i hung out with Kelly, who it was sooooo good to see. we just went to the Brick but i don't go for lunch too often and for once on a Saturday afternoon it wasn't overloaded with tourists. went to visit my Wifey at Miley Mart, went over to Glynnis', and then went on a grand adventure with Sara which was so awesome. Sara is from South County and knows her way around Rhode Island really, really well. so we went to get our nails done, visited her mom where she works, and went to this local place called Gregg's. on the way home Sara showed me her high school, and the cute little town of Wickford. in the past two days i saw so much of Rhode Island that i've never seen before...between going to Coventry and North Kingstown and Wickford.

and now, it's *sigh* time for homework. because i had too much fun all weekend.