Claire's Post

Hi everyone!
I miss you all and especially Newman mass! Mom, Ben and I went to St. Adalbert's last Saturday for the vigil Mass and it just wasn't the same. This Sunday, however, my family is going to a new church in the District that does Mass in Italian. I'm very excited!

Moving out went quite smoothly, actually. We rented a storage unit and put at least half of my stuff in there. More exciting than moving out was the fact that Ben met my mom during the moving process and that my mom actually likes him! My mother likes my boyfriend! This is such a novelty! :-) So that's a happy thing, and a good omen.

I've taken to writing letters in my spare time this summer, so if you'd like to correspond via the US Postal Service, email me your mailing address and I'll write you a letter! I've already written to all of my friends that gave me addresses and am anxiously awaiting responses.

I had my first lesson with my [somewhat] new violin teacher yesterday and it went really well. I think I'll be able to improve quite a bit with her this summer.

Other than that, I've just been practicing and reading and trying to reorganize things in my room so that it all makes sense. The picture above is of my bookcase and some of the books I was reorganizing (there were also a lot of boxes on my bed and on the floor...I sort of have a book problem). So many books, so little shelf space.

Kirsten, Steve, THE OFFICE SEASON FINALE! I won't say much more in case you haven't seen it but let it suffice to say...Wow. And, I hate Andy. He ruined everything.

Hope you're all doing well!!!!!!

Love,
Claire