| Can we have a few MORE breaks?? |
[Nov. 3rd, 2008|08:14 pm] |
We just got back a week ago from our Fall break. Really, it was just a long weekend, but nice to have a little time off. Then, in four more weeks we have Thanksgiving break, and afterwards, only three weeks(ish) later, we have CHRISTMAS BREAK and the end of the semester! EEEEK! So, people think it's crazy that we have three breaks so close together. People who we talk to who went to school 10+ years ago are always commenting that they never had Fall and then Thanksgiving break (and then Christmas), so close together....
It's a good thing we do.
I thought this week was annoying, just because it started out with a paper due on Monday afternoon that I didn't even start until Monday morning. Well, I've found that there are a lot worse things happening then having to frantically write a paper in french, then find it's not printing right.....
At dinner, I got a phone call from a friend who I knew had been having difficulties (rather major, not just petty stuff like "oh, I don't like where you put your trashcan" stuff) with her roommate. She was in tears, and asked if she could stay the night in our room. After briefly thinking about our long and quite thin room, my 8:00 class, the test I'm studying for, I told her she was more than welcome.
Annie and I had just been talking, about an hour before, about how glad we were that the crap of freshman year was over. She has a friend who's going through some difficult stuff with her friends, and I was just glad I'd done all that last year........
WRONG.
So, this friend of ours comes to our room, and so does another girl who is in her suite. We were both rather surprised, but it was totally fine. She's welcome, too.
So, pretty much, our friend has gone through Hell. Both this year right now, and at the end of last school year, for things that other people have done wrong. I realize that this sounds completely narrow-minded and one-sided, but she is one of the sweetest girls I know, who is least capable of deception or malice. She has been deeply wounded, and may get kicked out of school for the faults of others. She has worked hard this year, both in academics and sports, was determined to do well and keep out of the way of any trouble. How is it that trouble has a way of finding you, even if you do your best to stay out of its way?
A little while after they had come, and we'd talked a little, with tears and tissues, we decided to go over to St. Benedict's, the parish church which is attached to our dorm. We prayed a rosary in the dark, candle-flickery, echo-y, beautiful church. I really must do it more often! It gave me peace, but I'm not sure our friend got as much as she could/should have.
So, they're here tonight, and maybe longer. We'll just wait and see what happens. I hope it all turns out for the best!!! |
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