This weekend was one of those that just makes you happy to be alive! Life at Luther doesn't get any better than this! It started on Thursday, when some friends and I went to cheer on our friend in the world-premiere of Camille's Carnival, which is a play that is written based on the songs of Camille Saint-Saen's Le Carnaval des Animaux. It was basically written by a professor at Luther, and was a lot of improvisation while writing from the students who were in the play. It was wonderful! The set was amazing (thanks to one of my friends who is on the set crew) and the play was magical.
Friday night was the Aurora/Norsemen choir concert and Relay for Life, which is a walk that raises money for cancer. The concert was great! I never cease to be astounded by the talent that Luther has, especially in it's choirs. It is simply amazing! And Relay was incredible! It started at 6pm and ended at 6am. I only made it until 2:45, though. But the sheer number of people walking around the track in the SRC (Student Recreation Center in the gym) was stunning. It's amazing to see that much support and effort given by a bunch of college kids. It was overwhelming; it's times like that that really remind me that there is good in the world.
Saturday, after sleeping in ;-), I wrote my last first draft for Paideia, and then joined the Brandt BBQ. It was a great time, the RA's (Resident Assistants) grilled hamburgers and hot dogs and had fruit and veggies and chips, the usual picnic foods, and anyone from Brandt could come and eat dinner outside. It was a great time! After dinner, we got a bunch of people in a circle to hit around a volleyball, then threw around a Frisbee. At 8 o'clock, we started the annual East v. West Capture the Flag game!!!! It was so much fun! West has won the past two years, and so we were hoping for a three-peat. It ended in a draw, as both teams crossed the line with their flag at the same time, after both teams cheated by throwing the flag from person to person. It was so much fun, because the grass was getting slippery with dew, so it was kind of like a big slip-n-slide :-)
Today was a glorious day! A friend and I rented "banana bikes" from the Luther Bike-Share program through the library. Let me just say that those yellow bikes are great! We went to the Decorah Fish Hatchery, where the DNR raise trout to stock the rivers. It was great! Then we stopped at the Sugar Bowl, which is an ice cream place downtown. It was so nice! We came back and went outside to join friends in doing homework on the lawn. But that didn't last too long before the Frisbee somehow appeared, just begging to be tossed around. So I took multiple breaks from my Spanish homework to please the disk.
This weekend has really made me grateful for living in Decorah, going to Luther College. I am positive that there is no where else that you can get a bike, ride for 30 minutes along the river and see the most beautiful bluffs anywhere. Everywhere we went today, the birds were chirping and the sun was shining. I don't think I could ask for not only a better day, but a better weekend or a better school!
Always,
Allison
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment