Six year of spanish class was crap. I talked on the phone today with a bank customer who knew very little english and I couldn't remember the words for city or street, I just spaced so many things. After a few minutes I was able to figure out what she needed and hey, she was able to understand my crappy spanish, but it made me feel kind of crappy ( Read more... )

I saw Chad today! He hasn't changed, still amazing and the greatest influence in my life. I almost cried as I left the party at the Boehnen's. There was so much love in that house tonight. I don't see 15 families and other kids showing up to spend time with the people I work with at St. Agnes, then again they do things differently. Chad is one ( Read more... )

This week is going to be too much. I have one paper down, but that was originally due yesterday. I haven't started my 15 page research paper, or studying for any of my finals and I don't really care. Right now I'm just wishing my roommate would stay because we have an amazing relationship and next semest she's going abroad. And yet at the same ( Read more... )

CHAD AND LAURIE ARE VISITING CROSS PLAINS DEC. 18TH-20TH.

HAPPY DANCE TIME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i lOve ThE wORld!

I got up early this morning and rowed. Campus was dead, and the day has not yet had the chance to pile its worries on me. Whoever says rowers are crazy because of early mornings never enjoyed their peacefulness, that and a half an hour of Great Big Sea.

I gave Greg (Dan's dad) a rock to skip on a mission trip just after graduation. When I went off to college he gave it back to me painted with "Jesus ROCKS pass the word". It took me a whole year to realize that it was a Jesus Rock. Today he gave me a new present that his wife, Lorie, found lying around, it says "God Rocks". I asked when I'll ( Read more... )

Norb, Norby, no not St. Norbert, my uncle. He was in a construction accident when he was in his 20s. There was a girl he was going to marry and she stuck by him for a while, but I think it go to be too much. He lives in a group home, and he likes it, or so I think, he seems content with life ( Read more... )

Kyle just offered me the chance to go to my first ever Packer game! I practically jumped through the roof, I've loved the Packers for as long as I can remember, and now I'm going to school in "Packer Country". Then he said it was this Sunday. I have a work party, one that I've been co-planning for the past month or so and it makes me so mad that ( Read more... )

I drove to the Campus Min. retreat with Jim, our new 1/2 time Campus Minister. We have a bit of a history for the 2.5 months we've known each other. Like I broke him the day I met him while playing Ultimate Frisbee. Ok, it wasn't me, his knee gave out, but I started the game and brought the frisbee, plus I constantly give him crap about it. ( Read more... )

RYAN IS BACK FROM KUWAIT!!!!!! He's going to be at Maier Thanksgiving!