The Just Thought I'd Share Thread

[daniellaaarisen]

I'll be MIA until late Wednesday or early Thursday of this week. Tomorrow morning, I leave for a 3-day silent retreat that my school hosts for interested students. Basically, I get to live in a gorgeous huge house in the mountains for 3 days with no phone, music, internet, anything.... in total silence. It'll be really nice to just get away for a while.

Don't talk about anything too interesting when I'm gone!!

[FMlex]

Originally Posted by daniellaaarisen

I'll be MIA until late Wednesday or early Thursday of this week. Tomorrow morning, I leave for a 3-day silent retreat that my school hosts for interested students. Basically, I get to live in a gorgeous huge house in the mountains for 3 days with no phone, music, internet, anything.... in total silence. It'll be really nice to just get away for a while.

Don't talk about anything too interesting when I'm gone!!

Wow, that's interesting, Dani! Let us know how it goes

[Ghost_Tracker]

Originally Posted by daniellaaarisen

I'll be MIA until late Wednesday or early Thursday of this week. Tomorrow morning, I leave for a 3-day silent retreat that my school hosts for interested students. Basically, I get to live in a gorgeous huge house in the mountains for 3 days with no phone, music, internet, anything.... in total silence. It'll be really nice to just get away for a while.

Don't talk about anything too interesting when I'm gone!!

Life without Internet!?

Well . . . I GUESS that's possible! . . .

[chelluversu]

Originally Posted by daniellaaarisen

I'll be MIA until late Wednesday or early Thursday of this week. Tomorrow morning, I leave for a 3-day silent retreat that my school hosts for interested students. Basically, I get to live in a gorgeous huge house in the mountains for 3 days with no phone, music, internet, anything.... in total silence. It'll be really nice to just get away for a while.

Don't talk about anything too interesting when I'm gone!!

if only my school did something like this
but we cant because:
pwcs is completly broke
and alot of the "bops" in our school would definately come back pregnant lol
sad but its true

[daniellaaarisen]

Originally Posted by chelluversu

if only my school did something like this
but we cant because:
pwcs is completly broke
and alot of the "bops" in our school would definately come back pregnant lol
sad but its true

Keep in mind that I go to a Catholic school. We have to pay to go on this retreat and its a religious thing in many senses-- the retreat house is an old monastery. Most schools don't offer a program like this. I think we are really lucky to be able to go.

Last year, I went on the junior retreat that was held at a different facility and it was a much more communication-oriented thing. I absolutely adored that experience and my sources tell me that senior retreat is a thousand times more memorable, especially for "somebody like me" (?? don't know what that's supposed to mean but a teacher than I am very close to said it....)

http://jrclosaltos.org/default.htm

[vivfox]

Originally Posted by daniellaaarisen

I'll be MIA until late Wednesday or early Thursday of this week. Tomorrow morning, I leave for a 3-day silent retreat that my school hosts for interested students. Basically, I get to live in a gorgeous huge house in the mountains for 3 days with no phone, music, internet, anything.... in total silence. It'll be really nice to just get away for a while.

Don't talk about anything too interesting when I'm gone!!

No books or magazines either? With all those things and this I would go absolutely crazy. You might as well lock me in prison.

[daniellaaarisen]

Originally Posted by vivfox

No books or magazines either? With all those things and this I would go absolutely crazy. You might as well lock me in prison.

We can have books, no magazines. I'm bringing a journal obviously, and some Billy Collins/ee cummings/T.S. Eliot, too. But really, I'm excited for the lack of distraction. I need this retreat more than ever right now.... I feel like recently, both the best and worst aspects of my life have been accentuated, so this will be a good way to balance them out or something.

So excited!

[GypsyBlueEyes]

I'm trying to get my phone set up for one of my email addresses and it isn't working

[vivfox]

It amazes me how a new man in my life can really erase the stress from my face. Thank you Juan.

[Meowi]

Originally Posted by GypsyBlueEyes

I'm trying to get my phone set up for one of my email addresses and it isn't working

Ha! your not the only one having technological problems - try teaching my ten year old brother how to use an ipod!

[FMlex]

My flight leaves at 10:30am tomorrow.
I have a test at 8:00am.

FML.