After I blogged about missing Mass last weekend , I emailed one of our favorite local priests about what I could do regarding my terrible ...

Hello everyone! Sorry for the lack of updates but with the start of classes and a week-long virus (I spent almost all of last week in be...

I am currently sitting in bed, eating homemade chicken soup, trying to rest because I caught my mom's bug. Fun! I'm pretty sure...

Two weeks without a single post. Sorry! If you're following me on twitter ( @nerdwriter ) then you know that I had a nasty throat infect...

At the request of Dan (ha! didn't think I'd mention it, did you?), I'm writing about the the most bizarre/tense/scary confessio...

Yes, that's me and, yes, that was the reaction I had to everything I endured past week. (Side note: so no one wigs out, that is my cladd...

Yup, these are some (about half) of the books I will need this semester. Yes, one semester and I still have to get the other portion. Repeat...

Do I smell a conspiracy? We're days away from Holy Thursday and I, of course, have a low grade fever. It was at 99.7 last time I checked...

I feel like a thing from the swamp - gross. I'm still sick but I have to try to concentrate because a lot of things are due tonight and ...

Pain. So much pain. Not even two Tylenol tablets helped. Headache, backache, stomachache, and fatigue have won. I'll have a proper post ...

Until I feel better, I will be taking a break from posting. The tetanus vaccine side effects have kicked in (23 hours after I got it) and al...

Photo: Felicity Jones as Catherine Morland in ITV's version of Northanger Abbey (which I will talk about.) I hope everyone has had a go...

I know this post is very belated (St. Teresa of Avila's feast day was a couple of days ago; on the 15th) but I've been stuck in bed ...

This picture is of dad and I when I was about 4 years old. He was always there when I truly needed him the most. I know, I haven't po...

Just a quick update because I am swamped with homework. Three days behind schedule will do that to you. I've spent the past two days in ...

I was taken to the Emergency Room of one of the county hospitals on Tuesday a bit after midnight and spent 14 hours there. They thought I ha...