Woah

This weekend was quite awesome! It all started with SLU's The Price is Right.  It was a legit copy cat of the actually show. There were awesome prizes such as an LCD tv, blue ray player, bike, etc. I happened to win the best prize of the night though- a big stuffed Billikin.  I also got to see one of my best friends there who was visiting St. Louis for the weekend!

On Saturday a couple friends picked me up and we drove for what seemed like forever to get to Atchison, KS to visit Benedictine College.  We stayed until Monday afternoon. It was a great weekend and I felt like I was on a retreat the whole time because of how different it was from being in the middle of the city.  The hills on campus were a major strug for me the whole time.  Saturday was so much fun! It happened to be Springfest, so we got to have some fun on inflatables and then went to an awesome dance. The best part of the weekend though was watching the Beatification of JPII.  His feast was announced to be October 22nd, which happens to be the day of my sister's wedding! Sunday we "studied" all day and then hung out at Holy Grounds after mass. I had one of the best coffee drinks I've ever had!  Monday we went to breakfast and lunch then headed back to St. Louis.  The entire weekend SO much fun and I'm so glad I was able to visit BC.  It was a TOTALLY different experience than what I'm used to here at SLU. Now that I have visited BC I expect visitors here at SLU!! hint hint to all my BC friends!

Now it's back to craziness at SLU.  I have my final anatomy exam on Thursday and a ton of other homework and things to do before the end of the school year. I'm excited for this weekend to go home and watch my sister graduate college and my niece get Baptized. I have exactly two more weeks of my freshman year and it's quite bittersweet. I'm excited for the summer and to be done with my classes, but it's going to be weird being away from SLU and my friends here for three months.  I can't believe how fast this year has gone by.  I'm already a fourth of the way done college which means a fourth of the way closer to the "real world."  It kind of terrifies me how quickly it is all going by, but it's really exciting at the same time. I hope everyone has a good week and does well on all their tests/finals/ homework or whatever else they have to do!