Cardboardness

Ok so i have realized that the whole one post a week thing has not been working out very well. I apologize.

Today though I am going to tell ya all about what i did last night. I slept in a cardboard box.
FUn right?
It actually really really was.
My school did this thing called Cardboard Village, where girls experienced homelessness by sleeping on fields in Cardboard boxes. we ate a typical meal served in soup kitchens, and weren't allowed to have our phones or ipods. It was not cold at all until morning. Then it was freezing. It helped me to open my eyes to homelessness. Oh the thing that shocked me the most was that all of the money raised by this event and the one last year and the year before that, all went too the same person. ANd only one woman. It puts me in my place i can't even imagine that it takes that much to help just one person....

So not only am i more aware about homelessness, but i also got to talk to some girls in my class that i never have before. Me and my budddy Mandy hung out with one of the girls in Broadcast all night. She's soo sweet. and then another girl helped me and many build our box. Another girl was just really nice all night and i found out that another girl has a twin Brother. It was quite a great bonding experience.

So yeah thats my saturday night for ya. I feel a bit closer with a couple girls, and i feel more obliged to help stop homelessness in its tracks. Maybe ill volunteeer at St. Patrick's Center....

Thanks for reading :-)

Colleen

hmm soo i have not posted anything since last wednesday... sorry bout that guys,
Well this week was the last week of the quarter, so naturally it was stressful, not too mention i had play practice everyday except tuesday.
but then it all turned around thursday at around 7:10 ish give or take. I was at youth group, and things were looking a little bit better i had finished everything i needed too soo i knew i was going to have fun that night, but then the greatest surprise ever! Some of our collage kids came back. I love the collage kids. They are amazing, but i think i also really love the effects of what happens to our youth group when their home:
Too me is seems like the room is just a little bit fuller, people seem to talk more, the already present smiles get a bit wider, (MUSIC!!!), the whole ideal of the night seems to make everyone soo completely and totally happy!!
Inside jokes are made, blow-up palm tree wars are fought, hugs are everywhere!
soo i got home and had nothing to doo so i got on facebook for the first time in a while and my lil sis recorded a video on my wall singing to me :-D
It was the cherry on the top of my extremely great day already!!
and then then then!!!
today was Friday, and i knew it would be a good day as soon as i went to first period and my english teacher noticed the stress level of the the majority of the people wasss high, soo she gave us a free period.
and thats how it was mostly for the rest of the day.
teachers just wanted a breather at the end of the quarter soo none of them assigned homework.
Play practice was interesting.... but then me and my sister ss went out to dinner and that was fun.
its prolly a good thing i dont have much homework cause tommoorrow i have to write the two speeches for sundays speech meet
he he hee
prolly could ve done that soonerrr but oh well
soo yeah wish me luck on that
byeee!!!!
Colleen!!

Just a quick little update
Life is good
My car is mean (sometimes) but i really hope it turns out ok cause i really really like my car
School is stressful but surprisingly i have not been effected to bad by it
like i know that i have this and this and this and that to do tonight and yet I'm not really worried
Surprisingly i am not worried about my history timeline even though i got a 14 out of 30 last time
i am not worried about my speech for speech class even though i know its going to be over time
Im not worried about that 35 minute presentation due in two weeks for social justice.
and i'm not worried about leading youth group tomorrow night
not really any of the above
even though i have something each night of this week where i have to leave and come back cept of course friday
Im not worried... its weird but calming!
i like it
Also i have learned that i really like the color yellow, its happy and it catches people's eyes
it makes me smile
And i have a renewed sense of love for the Beatles.
I feel like im copying all of my friend Claire's likes but its weird cause i dont think im coping her
i just have started really really liking the same things she does..
hmm interesting
well like i said i have a lot to do tonight and even though im not stressed about them i should still go finish them

Happy Living!
Colleen!

Homecoming and Fall Fest

Hey yall, soo this weekend was an ursuline girls weekend
homecoming friday
and fall fest yesterdayy
soo much fun
i have over onehundred pics from the entire weekend
It makes me feel all happy
and today was a day off!!!!!!
Horrah!!!!
soo much funness
but i think thats all i can sayy

well and this last thing
I love my friends!!!!!!!!!!!!!

stay cool as beans!
Colleen