where to begin?

i feel like so much is going on in my brain right now, i feel like i've been talking so much lately. i just kind of want to sit for a little while, relax, and not think. don't you wish when we needed a break we could have an off button for our brain? i feel like it would come in handy!!

oof. so this weekend was just sogood. it was filled with a lot of prayer. a lot of wonderful conversations with fantastic people, shopping and good food! yet i don't feel very rested. but sometimes we need that i suppose.

tonight my friend from home and i were talking about good friends. and how hard it is to truly find people you can rely on. how many friends do you have in your life that you know you will stay friends with forever? as in you are 100% certain. you can call them at any hour of the night sobbing your eyes out like a crazy person, and they are right there with you. you can tell them your fears. your insecurities. you can vent. be ridiculous. & they bring out the best in you. or the ones you look at and think, "how the heck does she/he know EXACTLY what i am thinking right now?" how many of those do you have? and do you appreciate them? sometimes i think we take those the closest to us for granted, because we know they will always be there. but if anything we need to be EXTRA thankful for them. because they are the ones who God places in our lives to keep us sane, to keep us happy. :) good friends are like a good pair of socks... comfy, cozy, and even with a few holes -- they are still your favorite ones. ;) baha. that is the conclusion we came to.

---- on a completely different note

today is world missions day! go hug a missionary! no but seriously. do it. oof. so, i haven't really shared this - but i am discerning whether or not i want to be a missionary after i graduate college. i am feeling extremely called to it, but it makes me nervous...because i am always practical. i always choose the practical choice. but i'm feeling so called to be not practical for once. today our priest gave a homily about missionaries and i kid you not, i felt like the whole time he was just talking to me. i did not feel anyone else in the chapel with me. no one at all. it was just me, father, and Jesus. it was like my own personal message from God being like, "katie, if you don't get this you are really dumb..." haha. not that he'd call me dumb. ;) but it just felt SO obvious. so RIGHT. so.... sent straight to me. it was like God hit me in the head with a brick. ouch. it was as though in that moment i felt completely at peace. more at peace than i have ever felt. and it scares me. a lot. who knows though, i still have awhile to think about it - it is just something that has been on my heart lately.

i better go get back to my lesson plan writing. i hope you all had a wonderful weekend!!!