Sunrise, Sunset..

I just wanted to say that tonight's Tramonto was really beautiful. I don't think I mentioned this before, but every two weeks we have this meeting called Tramonto (Italian for 'sunset') during which we essentially st around and talk about our feelings. It sounds really lame, but it's actually a really good way to get rid of stress and what not. Plus it's planned by students so they make sure it's something that everyone needs during that specific week.

Well, this week, they had everyone write down 3 things- the funniest thign that has happened ot them, the most touching thing that has happened to them, and their biggest worry. We put the funny ones into a bucket, and everyone pulled one out and read it (it was a anonymous). It was really great ot be able to laugh our bums off- I love laughing! Then we went around and read our touching moment ones, and a lot of people has some really touching moments. My friend Zach talked about how he had taken a walk to the cemetary with Natalie and that they had foudn a grave that wasn't taken car eof very well, so they found it a flower and tried to put together the headstone again. He jsut talked about how he doesn't think we should ever forget anyone, and how this experience is going to stay with him for the rest of his life, and I think he really summed up how a lot of us are feeling at the moment. It was a just a really wonderful experience, because you could feel the love in the room (cheesy, I know, but it's true). I just find it so amazing that after such a short period of time, we have all become to close-knit- very much like a family.

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Laughter and tears are both responses to frustration and exhaustion. I myself prefer to laugh, since there is less cleaning up to do afterward.
~ Kurt Vonnegut