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Jan. 6th, 2004 11:13 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
terrypurple73I don’t know what it was about tonight that made me laugh so hard. Maybe it was the jokes Kari and I made about being lemonade. Maybe it was the jokes that Kari and Aaron are in the CIA. Maybe it was the bottle of hot sauce we were all pretending was a nuclear weapon, and Aaron kept trying to tickle the nuclear weapon. Maybe it was when Steehler was making us confused about whether God, a sparrow, and Sam Adrians are all the same thing. Maybe it was the idea of Shannon’s bird saying, “I’m an American, you dirty racist bastard!” And I was a nosy bastard, prying for information into Ben’s life. In the end, I’d laughed enough that my eyes watered and stomach hurt, and I don’t really know what exactly it was that was so funny. But we all had dinner together, and it was fun.
I go back to Omaha in a few days. I’m not even thinking about school at this point. When I get back, there will be people to see and a Community retreat to be had. I’m excited to see people again. And all I’ve been concentrating on the past week (aside from apparently having a social life) have been my volunteer applications. I’m nearly done with the one from Colorado Vincentian Volunteers, and I’ve made good progress (to be done by the end of the week) on the one for DeSales Service Works (which is in Philadelphia). And today I talked on the phone with a Brother from Capuchin-Franciscan Volunteer Corps (which has locations in D.C., Pittsburgh, and Baltimore). He seemed very nice, and had things about his program that were good for me to hear. I’d filled out the initial application online, but I haven’t gotten the actual one yet. He even seemed impressed by me- he said he had “good vibes” from our conversation so far. :) So he’s mailing me the application for that program.
It’s a lot of work, all of these, but they’re going well so far. I have a schedule (that I’ve been behind on since the day after I made it) as to what essays and questions to work on which days. That’s because I am a nerd, and also because I know that deadlines are the only way I get things like this done. I just really want to get as much as I can done before I go back to Omaha. I know that once the semester starts, motivating myself to get these done in a timely fashion is going to be difficult. And really, why shouldn’t I have been able to finish two applications over three weeks?
Insert concluding sentences here, as I am going to go to bed soon. (“Go to bed! Go to bed now! Go to bed! Go to bed now!”) I’ve been working on enough art projects (or, um, creating visual statements) and discerning my core values. That’s hard work. A lot harder than I thought it would be over vacation.
I go back to Omaha in a few days. I’m not even thinking about school at this point. When I get back, there will be people to see and a Community retreat to be had. I’m excited to see people again. And all I’ve been concentrating on the past week (aside from apparently having a social life) have been my volunteer applications. I’m nearly done with the one from Colorado Vincentian Volunteers, and I’ve made good progress (to be done by the end of the week) on the one for DeSales Service Works (which is in Philadelphia). And today I talked on the phone with a Brother from Capuchin-Franciscan Volunteer Corps (which has locations in D.C., Pittsburgh, and Baltimore). He seemed very nice, and had things about his program that were good for me to hear. I’d filled out the initial application online, but I haven’t gotten the actual one yet. He even seemed impressed by me- he said he had “good vibes” from our conversation so far. :) So he’s mailing me the application for that program.
It’s a lot of work, all of these, but they’re going well so far. I have a schedule (that I’ve been behind on since the day after I made it) as to what essays and questions to work on which days. That’s because I am a nerd, and also because I know that deadlines are the only way I get things like this done. I just really want to get as much as I can done before I go back to Omaha. I know that once the semester starts, motivating myself to get these done in a timely fashion is going to be difficult. And really, why shouldn’t I have been able to finish two applications over three weeks?
Insert concluding sentences here, as I am going to go to bed soon. (“Go to bed! Go to bed now! Go to bed! Go to bed now!”) I’ve been working on enough art projects (or, um, creating visual statements) and discerning my core values. That’s hard work. A lot harder than I thought it would be over vacation.
