god is good . . .ALL THE TIME
all the time. . . GOD IS GOOD

retreat high..yep i got it just like they said we would..
this retreat was bunches of fun! it was SWELL!!
haha. we thought it would be not fun..but it turned out to be a blast! hehe
this is how it went.
friday --i got to church at around 4:40 and trish the tourist and jo were already there.
then came jessica and roxy and kristi..etc.
and then trish kept talking about disneyland, and then who do we see?? it's frank!
whoa. haven't seen him in a while. haven't talked to him in a while!
we left to go to wrightwood..blahblahblah
we ate HARD cookies..and i couldn't tell if my brown one was burnt, cause it was too dark. haha
then we listened to natalie and margot. you! oh yeah! we had little groups. my leader was natalie. umm, in my group was roxy, therese, dominic, rudy, chris, and frank. hey south pointers..hasn't frank gotten a lot more "open and lively" in trish's words..?? yep... well we were introducing ourselves and then i was like "i'm laura, and i'm a sophmore at walnut" and i lost my voice in the middle of that. what a retardo. then it got to frank. he was like "uuuh, i'm frank. i'm a sophmore at walnut. and i've known that girl since sixth grade." then he shined his flashlight at me. in my eye. that hurt. haha. then went to sleep. lights out was 12:30

sleep. we were supposed to have 6 hours of sleep. but NO, not for laura. damn those girls! they kept turning on their flashlights! but it's ok, i forgive you.. saturday--jessica woke me up at 5:30. i seriously think i probably only had like 2 hours of sleep. oh well. we went to the chapel for mass. then we ate breakfast.. "are you girls those people that can eat a LOT and not gain an ounce?" "NOT ME!..that's her!" said laura pointing to patricia. what's that supposed to mean anyway? we weren't eating a lot! yeah right.
yum. bacon. yum. pancakes. ew. juice. that tasted like some filipino drink, i just can't think of it right now. then, we listened to renita, joe, bernice, shelagh, and jamie that day too. i can't remember what order. and we ate, hehe can't forget that. and we all went on the floor and carried people. first was trish..then more girls, and heavy boys. jo - "my life flashed before my eyes!!" laura - "dang. but my life flashed before my eyes..TWICE!"
i forgot who it was..i think maybe jamie..well after whoever talked about purity, we got back into our groups like we do after each speaker. our leader asked rudy if he was pure. then he was like "umm..what do you mean?" then she started telling us all a story about when she was a teenager. she told us stuff and then she said something about sex. then rudy interrupted her and said "OH! you mean that way!..then i lost that a long time ago!" haha. then they took out the benches and put them in a big circle. we all sat and did the blessings. angie came, and i was fine. then natalie came and i started crying. man she made me cry. then i calmed down cause it took forever for joe to go to everyone. he came to me, and i could barely hear what he was saying. then a little more wait and then (err i can't remember her name)..well she came..THEN there was the big rush of people. then frank came. haha that was funny. first he was just praying for me in his head. then he stopped and looked up and he was like "and lord..she is a very smart girl..something something bless her..." haha. and can you believe it? erik made me cry. erik alicante made me cry! whoa. of all people. and kristi made me cry so much too. i love you kristi. then we did our blessings. that took forever. i think 3 hours. whoa jessica the 30-year-old man!! carlyn, do you still remember the "attractive guy who smells good"??..haha he was there. after the blessings, we ate smores and listened to..*it might be you*..*angel*..*say it*..*weak*...*cruisin* and all those songs. WHY?? i think God is trying to tell me something. errr.

erik - A-B-C-D-E-F-G-H-..I get sooo weak in the knees... someone tell me the lyrics.
frank - yeah..you know..cause i . . . get so weak.

that was funny. till they killed it.
then we went to sleep again. our group was supposed to set up for breakfast sunday morning..but...we were late. but it's ok, everyone in our group was late. it's not our fault! the boys cabin is closer. after breakfast we got time to write letters again. then we all brought our stuff down..i mean up the hill. thanks ernest for bringing all the girls crap! then we went to the jacuzzi and listened to ernest's beatitude. then we went home. on the way back home, we read our letters. =)
got to church and saw my dad..whooo hooo! he gave me my jersey (finally the people sent it to me)..and my phone..yay. i'm in heaven right now. well we have to go to mass at 5:30 and then life teen after that. ok, gotta go. *peace*

HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY EUGENE!
hope you had a fun day on your birthday..you...birthday boy!