one loooooove

1) i was looking at the pictures again today and it made me miss all of you again, even more. :(
2) ange & mich & kdub -- if you have time, could you put up the pictures from the birthday dinner? :)
3) dave got skype yesterday so for those of you that already have it, search for him (dmezzano@nd.edu) and bug him as much as possible. tee hee hee.

I LOVE YOU AND MISS YOU SOOOO MUCHHHHHH!!!!!

i miss you guys.

Skype!

Hello all :)
So, in the excitingly new technological world of Katie Walther...I got a skype account today! My user name is katherine_margaret. Beyond that I haven't figured everything out yet. But I thought I would share/ask for everyone else's user names!
Love, Katie

:(

i am home! and it is

a) HOT. SO HOT. i wanted to be warm but this is ridiculous!
b) lonely without youuuuu.

I MISS MY 3WESTERNERS.

sending love from the good old swampland!

Exciting News!

Guess who officially joined the blog? I'm becoming more computer savvy by the moment :)

Less than a week

till we are apart. many of us for over half a year.

i'm freakin out man.

I LOVE YOU GUYS. <3

it's 12:15; we came together from all directions. we stood around a puddle in a circle and looked at our reflections as everyone arrived-- left. right. left. back. front. around. we made out each other's silhouettes and waved from the other side of the grotto in the dark. the minutes ticked and then there we were, all together.

"let's go," we whispered.

and so we walked towards the candles, slowly and deliberately, as one only walks in the grotto. it overflowed with candles-- light poured from all directions, spilling onto the ground. we handed each other new ones and lit them alone. the flickering of the candles lit up our faces for seconds at a time, and it was like seeing a new person with every new burst of light.

and then, we knelt. the hard wood is always a little cold and always hurts my knees a little, but it never matters-- i always forget after a minute or two. we closed our eyes, or we opened them; we looked around, or our gaze stayed rooted on one spot. i don't know what we each were thinking, or what we each were praying, but there we were: all in a row, all there together.

(every day here, every minute gives a new meaning to "together.")

and then, we stood, walked to the back, one by one. never rushing, always slow-- as things always are in the grotto. we held hands in a circle and prayed out loud, and as our voices mingled in the cool night air i realized that it was the first time we had all prayed out loud together. and then we all hugged; some of us cried, some of us comforted. either way, there was something in the air that made my heart feel fit to burst-- this is when i remember why i came here.

"where else can we do this?" someone asked. nobody knew the answer. i guess we never realize how lucky we are until nights like this. where else would we have been if we had not come here? who would we know? what would we do?

on a sunday night, april 21, at 12:25, i realized something: i never would have known it and i never could have guessed it, but for me, it could never have been anywhere else but here.

Love

May I just say that dinner was DELICIOUS the other night. as was the dinner conversation. ; )
Glad I have to guys to share these good memories with!
Love you

dinner plans?

Ok kids, so I don't know if yall have heard about this or not, BUT. On Saturday we are trying to plan a dinner in which we cook food (Italian anyone?) and invite friends of 3W over and put a big table in someone's room and possibly have wine (if we can get a hold of it). Sounds splendid, right? Well, in order to make this happen we have to figure out

a) Exactly what we're going to cook
b) How many people we have to cook for
c) Who is going to cook what
d) When are we/who is going to go buy stuff

and other such things. But yeah. Basically, we all have to meet and discuss this or if yall really want we can have a little online discussion right here. But the point is: if we don't figure it out, it won't happen! (And I really want it to happen.) :)

Questionnn

1) Who is going to the crush??

ATTENTION PLEASE.

Ok girls. How does everyone feel about the first study day? You think it's pointless? Great, me too! That's why instead of wasting it by sitting around the hall talking about the work we should be doing (but not caring enough to do it because it's only the first study day) we should use it to do something fun/useful/entertaining.

What exactly do I propose then? Well, I'm glad you asked :)
















It just so happens that the Chicago Cubs are playing the Milwaukee Brewers on Thursday, May 1st, which is also (drumroll please).........the first study day!  The game's at 1:20 and I've never seen Chi-town, aka the stars have aligned for us to make a 3W field trip.

Who's in?

Yay failed picture!

Happy Easter! This makes me want to go shoot some hoops...