the wooden table

Word of the Day: recalcitrant So yesterday was our big West Civ midterm and today was our big Art & Arch midterm. It was really hard, I thought it was going to be, because I hadn't studied at all prior to this weekend. Speaking of this past weekend, this weekend was the womens' silent retreat. All silent, all weekend. It was great. There are so many things I'm learning, about myself, about who I am, it's hard to keep up and remember. I can barely remember what happened what day. So anyway, I told God, 'Okay, God, I'm going to give this weekend to you. I'm going to pray and be quiet and read Augustine and C.S. Lewis and do very little studying, but you're going to have to help me come Monday and Tuesday.' So Fr. Mark sat with us during dinner last night and was asking us about the retreat and our test and how it went and if we'd studied at all over the weekend. I told him what I said to God, and he said [in his wonderful Irish accent], 'Well, and did He look after you?' I said He did. 'He did?' Father said. 'That's great.' Yes, it surely is. So anyway, I forgot what I really wanted to say about the tests. Unless that's what I wanted to say about the tests. Unless that's what I wanted to say at all.
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oh so many places! i dont get internet often so i dont write.. but sat Cortona and Arezzo! what about you? you should just email me!

-rach
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and i just want to say...

I LOVED ROME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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did you read the da vinci code? i am curious of your observations of the church/religous situation in Italy.. i was surprised.. ok tlak to youlater!
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goood! im glad you liked it! i am going to perugia like april 3 or something. we will definitely need to show pictures at the end. OH! YOU MUST SEE the last supper (by da vinci) in milan! you have to get tickets a week before.. but its like in the book and stuff. seriously you should go buy it right now and read it. it takes like two days.
anyways, cortona is where they filmed under the tuscan sun and arezzo is where roberto begnini (life is
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beautiful) is from. anyways, have you been to pisa? or venice? anywhere else real interesting?? oolala have fun talk to you later!
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St. Thomas Aquinas, eh!?
We have an academic building named after him at my school.
=-o! you're now faithful instead of...uh...weird was it? Ashley the Faithful. Weeeeee.
my parents are coming for easter.. and our classes arent hard at all.. i do like no work for them.. :o) im going to now post what i have been doing and the mass emails i have written home.. hope you get a chance to read them!!
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what are your plans for easter? that sounds like a wonderful spring break.. ours is in like 12 days.. i am just going all over italy! i'm so excited tooo!!! i entered everything i have been doing.. if you have time, read hope you like it.. im not the write like you hehe!
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hey there! wow.. it's been a long time since I looked at your diary, and I wish it hadn't been because it's so nice- it's nice, you're nice.. It's much more cheerful than the other diaries I look at. and that's good.

OOooo.. and I like that new picture you have, you look vewy pretty in it.

laters
that is great

emily
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I'm glad you are loving Rome. You must be having some awesome experiences there. Take care over there, and thank you for the postcard!!!! It was awesome when I got it in the mail.
hehehe, i like the picture ;)

-girly-
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That sounds so incredible. How did you get involved in this program? Through church or school?

Pees. ~*Kristina
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That sounds like so much fun. :D I've always wanted to go to Europe.

Pees. ~*Kristina
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