Since We Last Spoke...

...life has been very busy, and VERY stressful.

So, we were working on a benefit dinner for my campus ministry. It finally all paid off (literally) on Friday with our dinner. From plates alone we made about $5,000. That does include additional sponsorship opportunities (sponsor pizza for one of our meetings, sponsor a kid to go to the National Gathering, etc.). It ended up being a huge succes, went off with only a slight hitch (miss counting the number of meals needed, one toe few of the salmon...but it was just our chaplain, and he was schmoozing anyway). However, after spending 11 hours setting up, serving, and cleaning up, with the dinner only lasting about 2-2 1/12 of those hours, it was very stressful...kind of like when I was in the shows, weeks, months even, of rehearsals for a weekend worth of shows--8 hours tops. It's more stressful afterwards when you think back on the weeks you spent getting ready and realizing how little there actually is at the dinner...but this was our year of formation and it helped to get us off the ground.

So, my parents were hear for the weekend--for the dinner. I love my parents...but when we're together it is a little stressful. They came and spent a pretty penny at the dinner. That was good. We quarreled a little, that was bad. We made up and they took me to go grocery shopping, that was good. I didn't hear from them until I called them last night at 11:30 which threw me into a bit of a tizzy (I'm not sure if you realized that I am a worrier...but I am) and made me think about how we quarreled and hoped they were not shunning me. Turns out they were a little busy...but whatever. Everything is good now.

So, I am now trying to write another four papers, take another three quizzes, do two extra credit problems, and pack up one dorm room. All of this while remaining stressed because I am at the end of an era--really The End of the World as I Know It...but that's another blog entry.

So, I woke up this morning (reluctantly as always), went to read my e-mail (thank God I did) praying my Latin prof. was sick like he often is and cancelled our quiz and/or class today. What do I find but an e-mail that says class is indeed cancelled. I think it is a bad omen that Temple University delayed all classes. That is, all classes occurring before 1040 (only one of mine today) are cancelled because of the weather, but everything else is still on schedule, and classes resume at 1040 today. The last time they cancelled classes was a Friday about 3-4 weeks ago. Remember when we had that snow storm that was surprisingly bad...snow and sleet and rain and etc.? Well, they cancelled all classes after 240. It was a gesture more than anything else. I mean, we are a largely commuter campus, they cancelled all classes after 240 on a Friday...what is that, like 5 classes...maybe? Anyway, I still have two classes after the cancelled one (one at 1140, one at 1240). And I have to go in the wind, and the rain, and the gross-ness. Loverly.

So, my plan of action for the day is to go to class, suffer through it for the two hours I will be in class, make my way hastily back to my room, heat up some left over Wisconsin Cheese Soup (Beer Free-unfortunately), have lunch, take a nap, wake up sometime tomorrow. It should relieve some of the stress.

Have fun dancing and singing in the rain....

JCM

P.S. The bonus of this all: Spring Fling is tomorrow!!!!!! unfortunately, i can skip none of my classes this year for it. but if the weather keeps up, i probably wouldn't want to be outside all day anyway...