{"id":482,"date":"2011-01-28T00:01:05","date_gmt":"2011-01-28T04:01:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cmcurr11.me.holycross.edu\/2011\/01\/28\/here-we-go\/"},"modified":"2011-01-28T00:01:05","modified_gmt":"2011-01-28T04:01:05","slug":"here-we-go","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.holycross.edu\/cmcurr11\/2011\/01\/28\/here-we-go\/","title":{"rendered":"Here We Go!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sorry, my sister and I bought Mario Kart for Wii and I think I’ve picked up Mario’s “here weeee gooooo!”<\/p>\n

Anyway, I am officially in the second semester of my senior year. And you know what? I am very surprisingly quite calm about the entire situation. I think what helped a lot was my participation in the Spiritual Exercises, which is a five day silent retreat offered by the Chaplains’ Office on campus. Yes, I said it.<\/p>\n

I, Colleen Curran, the local chatterbox, went on a silent five day retreat.<\/p>\n

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At first, I thought that the silence would be tough, especially since I went with some of my best friends. But I actually just got into a rhythm of spending more time focusing on internal conversation with God and myself than external with my friends. Over the course of the five days, I learned to let go of my anxieties about this semester, next year, and my overall plan. As one of the spiritual directors, Fr. John Savard, said, “God has such a brilliant plan for you that even you can’t mess it up.” I like that optimism! It was an absolutely incredible experience – I realized that my graduate school applications are already in, my thesis is progressing, and I have a general sense of direction. And I realized that I can’t freak out about any of that stuff, especially since I have one last semester to savor. So, everyone, you should do the Spiritual Exercises. Or at least try to be silent for just a day. It’s amazing what a difference the silence makes.<\/p>\n

Then we returned to Holy Cross…which was covered in snow.<\/p>\n

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And then Holy Cross reminded us that we’re seniors and we’re graduating soon. We had Senior Convocation, which was a night of great food, showcases of senior musical talent, and far too many trips down memory lane (laughter was the soundtrack of the night).<\/p>\n

And before you know it, classes started. Here’s what I’m taking this semester:
\n1) Contemporary Literary Theory
\n2) Chaucer & Dante (Prof. Ireland wants to put a sign that reads, “Abandon all hope, ye who enter here” above our seminar room’s doors)
\n3) Chant as Popular Music
\n4) My thesis
\n5) and I’m auditing T.S. Eliot.<\/p>\n

Exciting semester, right? Okay, if you’re a sciency person, then no.<\/p>\n

Then, today, as if to really hammer it in to the entire senior class that we are graduating in May, the Registrar told us how to apply for graduation. Graduation. In May. Aaaaaaaaaah!<\/p>\n

So, my goal for this last semester is to truly enjoy everything that Holy Cross has to offer – my friends, classes, and opportunities. I can’t believe that this is the beginning of the end, but it has been a fantastic first week back already.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sorry, my sister and I bought Mario Kart for Wii and I think I’ve picked up Mario’s “here weeee gooooo!” Anyway, I am officially in the second semester of my senior year. And you know what? I am very surprisingly quite calm about the entire situation. I think what helped a lot was my participation … <\/p>\n

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