just because

I have been seriously neglecting this blog. So, quick Elsa's life update.

I'm midway through the semester, and I've got to say, I can't WAIT till I graduate. But my classes aren't too bad. I found out that I can take my last 2 classes over intersession, and I'm praying that CSUF won't change their minds and decide they like me too much to let me graduate. It'll make for a very hectic 3 weeks in January, but, as my mom says, "You like doing crazy stuff like that." The only, um - interesting - aspect of this plot of mine is that I have to pay $1560 on 11/8 when I register. So we'll see how I come up with that money.

My TFA application process is finally DONE! After obsessing about this since basically March, I can finally take a step back because I know my part is done. BUT the downside to this is that I have to wait till 11/9 to see if I got in or not. 18 days - not like I'm counting or anything. My interview went REALLY well, and I don't think I could've been any more prepared than I was. So I'm hoping to get in but still trying not to get my hopes up, which makes for an interesting combination.

My group fitness certification thingy came in the mail on Friday, which was kind of anticlimactic as I am too busy to begin teaching anyway. I'm very intimidated by the idea, and I'll probably wait 'till I finish school to start teaching, just so I don't go crazy.

Work is okay - a necessary thing at this point. I learned this week that PMS and waitressing do NOT mix well. But I get to babysit this weekend instead of working, which makes going back on Monday much more bearable.

I adore my two cats, who are sleeping contentedly on my bed and cat-ottoman (the ottoman they have adopted, which is now permanently covered in white hair), respectively, and I'm REALLY enjoying the cooler weather - finally!

And, on the brightest note, I get to visit a very dear friend in less than a week.




I wish it looked like this here.

woah.

"My first monastic Triduum occurred well over a decade ago. This Easter, it was I who preached the homily at the Resurrection Eucharist. What can one add to a liturgy that celebrates the resurrection promise into fact? I tried. The scripture for the day was simple enough: the story of two disciples running to a vacant tomb, then returning to their homes (John 20:1-10). For them, I suggested, the resurrection had not yet occurred - for when it does, one can never go home again. Even Judas could not escape the Easter event. He hanged himself. But tradition tells us that on Holy Saturday Jesus "descended into hell." This time it must have been Jesus who kissed Judas, repeating the same words as in the garden: 'Friend, why are you here?' But this time they became a resurrection invitation to Judas: 'Follow me.' Jesus knows the way out, even out of hell. Together they walked, and all of creation walked with them - through the Red Sea to death's other side. If at easter the slaughtered lamb becomes the Good Shepherd, then God's final word to everything must be 'Yes!' (2 Cor. 1:19)." -W. Paul Jones