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Feb. 13th, 2003 11:45 pmOooh, aaah, tomorrow is my favorite holiday. Or not really. So instead of having the v-day breakdown in Omaha this year, I thought I’d have it at the Creighton Retreat Center, an hour away in Iowa. I’m Prayer Retreating it this weekend, and I’m really excited. Even if I do get a breakdown (‘cause it’s been a while since I had one), it will be okay, because 1. I will be on retreat, and breakdowns are justified there in a different way, and 2. my bestest friend will be there, along with multiple other friends. I think it will be a good and refreshing weekend. I’m really needing this time to grow with God. I made a goal at the beginning of the semester at the SoP retreat that God and I were going to sparkle this semester, and we need to get on the ball with that.
Today was the National Jesuit University Day of Action; all the Jesuit schools had actions and activities to promote non-violent solutions to all this stuff with Iraq. So the Jesuits had silent prayer after the noon mass, and that was really neat to see. All these priests and faculty members and students stood on the steps of the church and were silent, while the church bells rang for ten minutes. I thought it was really powerful, and apparently the media did too, since there were bunches of camera people running around for those ten minutes. We had a table out on the mall all day long with Nebraskans for Peace paraphernalia (propaganda? :) ), stickers, and balloons, and then there was a student rally in the afternoon. I was really energized to see all these students out there who I didn’t even recognize. Sometimes, I feel as if I know nearly all of the students in the peace movement around Creighton, since, well, I just feel that was a lot. But there were a lot of people out there, and it made me really glad.
I said at the Amnesty meeting tonight that I still have hope that we won’t go to war, that I still think we can do things to not let it happen. Michael said he felt the same way, and I really appreciated that. I just can’t face the idea that we are for sure going to war. That can’t be true. War is something that I have never had to face; it’s something that happened to generations before mine. I know that’s not true, but that’s how I feel. It’s good to know that there are other people who believe that this is not inevitable, not matter what has already been happening.
Also, I really like it when I can email a professor about an issue I’m having, and then when he writes back telling me not to worry, that we will get it worked out. Herb wins.
AND, I like it when I get to talk to friends I haven’t seen in nearly two years. Hooray!
I’m scared for William. Tonight is his second night in jail. He’s in the county jail near Columbus for now, until they move him to whichever federal prison they choose. He and another guy were the only two on trial yesterday, and the trials lasted from nine until three or so. He must have put up such a fuss- in a good way, though. I’m proud for him, in such a huge way. Scared as hell for him, but proud too. I believe he has a good head on his shoulders, and overall, I trust the kid. I trust his decisions. That doesn’t mean this isn’t going to be an easy six months, though. Good lord….
Things have been so busy here this past week. Nothing too out of the ordinary, but just busy. I haven’t been getting home early at all. I realized that Monday through Thursday, I have things going until six nearly every day. Wednesdays I am home at 5:45, and that is the earliest. Even Fridays I have class until 4:30. So when I have 7:00 or even 8:00 meetings, it doesn’t really seem worth it to come home for just an hour, if that. So Thursdays I am on campus from eight in the morning until ten at night. This schedule just leaves me feeling tired and not much like doing work by the time I get home. But I have been keeping up decently well. KP and I are scheduling in HW time for this Sunday and Monday, which will be good for us. Everything is just busy busy busy. And all the seniors are busy busy with applications and whatnot for their plans next year, and I am becoming SO glad that I don’t have to deal with that stuff yet. Whew.
Also, if anyone wants to see what my hair looks like these days, you can go visit our chapter’s APO webpage to see me and Jen:
http://kx.apo26.org/photogallery/meeting2-9-03/IMG_1296.JPG
:)
Today was the National Jesuit University Day of Action; all the Jesuit schools had actions and activities to promote non-violent solutions to all this stuff with Iraq. So the Jesuits had silent prayer after the noon mass, and that was really neat to see. All these priests and faculty members and students stood on the steps of the church and were silent, while the church bells rang for ten minutes. I thought it was really powerful, and apparently the media did too, since there were bunches of camera people running around for those ten minutes. We had a table out on the mall all day long with Nebraskans for Peace paraphernalia (propaganda? :) ), stickers, and balloons, and then there was a student rally in the afternoon. I was really energized to see all these students out there who I didn’t even recognize. Sometimes, I feel as if I know nearly all of the students in the peace movement around Creighton, since, well, I just feel that was a lot. But there were a lot of people out there, and it made me really glad.
I said at the Amnesty meeting tonight that I still have hope that we won’t go to war, that I still think we can do things to not let it happen. Michael said he felt the same way, and I really appreciated that. I just can’t face the idea that we are for sure going to war. That can’t be true. War is something that I have never had to face; it’s something that happened to generations before mine. I know that’s not true, but that’s how I feel. It’s good to know that there are other people who believe that this is not inevitable, not matter what has already been happening.
Also, I really like it when I can email a professor about an issue I’m having, and then when he writes back telling me not to worry, that we will get it worked out. Herb wins.
AND, I like it when I get to talk to friends I haven’t seen in nearly two years. Hooray!
I’m scared for William. Tonight is his second night in jail. He’s in the county jail near Columbus for now, until they move him to whichever federal prison they choose. He and another guy were the only two on trial yesterday, and the trials lasted from nine until three or so. He must have put up such a fuss- in a good way, though. I’m proud for him, in such a huge way. Scared as hell for him, but proud too. I believe he has a good head on his shoulders, and overall, I trust the kid. I trust his decisions. That doesn’t mean this isn’t going to be an easy six months, though. Good lord….
Things have been so busy here this past week. Nothing too out of the ordinary, but just busy. I haven’t been getting home early at all. I realized that Monday through Thursday, I have things going until six nearly every day. Wednesdays I am home at 5:45, and that is the earliest. Even Fridays I have class until 4:30. So when I have 7:00 or even 8:00 meetings, it doesn’t really seem worth it to come home for just an hour, if that. So Thursdays I am on campus from eight in the morning until ten at night. This schedule just leaves me feeling tired and not much like doing work by the time I get home. But I have been keeping up decently well. KP and I are scheduling in HW time for this Sunday and Monday, which will be good for us. Everything is just busy busy busy. And all the seniors are busy busy with applications and whatnot for their plans next year, and I am becoming SO glad that I don’t have to deal with that stuff yet. Whew.
Also, if anyone wants to see what my hair looks like these days, you can go visit our chapter’s APO webpage to see me and Jen:
http://kx.apo26.org/photogallery/meeting2-9-03/IMG_1296.JPG
:)
