Award Mass

It’s time for….another story! *Applause* SO here it is:

This will also explain why there was no post yesterday…

SO last night I went to an Award Mass in Scranton, Pennsylvania. Yes. Scranton. If you aren’t from Pennsylvania, you might not understand my sarcasm in how wonderful a place that is but maybe you did right there…if not it was sarcasm. Blogs don’t really relay sarcasm well…anyways, I’m in the car with my father. Keep in mind we were already lost once, not terribly bad though. We stop at Wendy’s and eat quick. We leave. Because we were already lost once, I was like SCREW THE DIRECTIONS I GOT A PHONE I DON’T NEED PAPER! So I type the address in Google Maps. And click on what I thought would be our destination, right? It’s only 12 minutes away, so no rush. We get there. There’s no church. Shit. Type the address back in…I hit Kingston, PA instead of Scranton, PA…so it’s 6:15. I need to be there at 6:30. The REAL destination is 30 minutes away. So we get there around 6:40…I walk into the church. Now I go to a Catholic School and I’m in my uniform. Well so is every other student in the church. SO I walk down the middle isle. It’s dark. I look like an ass. I’m like intensely looking at all these students in the church looking for the kids from my school and everyone is looking right back at me. I CAN’T TELL THE DIFFERENCE WHEN EVERYONE IS WEARING A UNIFORM IN THE DARK. SO I go up to a lady and she’s like: (Read the left in an old lady voice. The right in a confused 17 year old male.)


-Are you lost?

No, I’m just looking for St. John Neumann-

-Well what’s your pew number?

I don’t know I don’t have one-

-Well it’s on your name tag.

Well isn’t that in the pew?-

-No that’s in the back.

So I hurry back to the back of the church get my name tag. I’m in pew 30. I get to sit next to a couple cute girls. I suck with talking to girls. So then the people move us anyways! WTF!!! I had a nice seat. Then I get moved right behind a support pillar! RIGHT BEHIND IT! I couldn’t see anything. And it doesn’t help that I’m short. There’s really nothing more annoying. So an hour passes mass is over. Awards start. ONE
HOUR LATER! 250 FINALLY received their awards. And then it was like a mass Exodus from the church…like my puns?

SO there you have it. My night in the Electric City. (Scranton)

A TICKle Of A Day

Hello to everyone who is reading this. Not that I think that there is many readers to my blog. But today lets talk about ticks. So yesterdays was Easter and we had an Easter egg hunt like some people like to do. Now, I’m from central Pennsylvania, so theres a lot of rural areas around. It just so happens that the hunt did take place in a rural area with high grasses and bushes and stuff. Also I’m wearing shorts. So keep all that in mind. So I hunt for the eggs I find three…blah…blah…blah…you’ve heard it before. This morning I wake up. My leg hurts. Ok so I pulled a muscle. NBD. I watch my morning show on YouTube, Good Mythical Morning. Excellent show. I finish that. I get out of bed. My leg really hurts, almost like it’s getting a shot. I feel the back of my leg and there’s bump. I’m like alright something bit me. I look back. I see legs sticking out of this black thing on my leg. A tick. Let me tell you, the word tickle did not come from the word tick. So I look up how to remove one, the government has a page saying to pull it out with tweezers. I did that. I do not recommend that. It took my an hour to remove it with tweezers. I’d actually recommend painting over it with clear nail polish or olive oil. It will need to back out to breathe. So when I pulled it out it just like tore it apart and it was really hard to get the head out, but I managed. It’s not fun. So I got medicine and a temperature of 100 degrees F. I don’t think I got the bullseye thing but its hard to see. The doc told me 10% of people get Lyme’s disease without developing that bullseye so better safe than sorry. Anyways that’s the story for today, it’s a little eh, but I’m feeling a little eh as well, I’ll post again tomorrow.

Easter Egg Hunts

Good Easter night! I recently spent time at my families’ houses over the past two days, and it’s great to see everyone coming back from college and from work and everything for a little. That doesn’t happen too often; however, today I was at my Aunt and Uncle’s for Easter dinner, and I hid eggs for kids that are 4 and younger, I hid 42 eggs. 42 eggs for 3 children. I have no problem with throwing the kids an Easter egg hunt, but there came a point where I just ran out of spots to hid the eggs. You might be thinking how can you run out of space, use some creativity! And you’re right except for the fact that these kids are really young and we gotta keep it fair! So eventually the eggs were placed really close to each other in some spots and it’s like you walk a yard and you find another one. I don’t know what it was like for the kids, but I thought I would get bored. I’m 17 though…Anyways the rest of the family participated in a hunt except the eggs had lottery tickets in them. So the prize was all chance. There were twenty eggs hidden. Guess how many were found…if you guessed 19 you were correct! So right now I’m thinking I bet that last egg was like the $2,000 winner…I’m never going to know…It’s lost out there….waiting for someone to scratch it off…It’s itchy. I don’t know if that ever happened to you, but it always seems like this happens each year. I think we need to date the eggs in case we find one from previous years. But leave a comment if anything like this has ever happened to you before. It’s good to share stories. Spread your world!

The Crazy Things About Easter

So I don’t think it is any secret the the Easter Bunny comes on Easter, because what kid doesn’t know that by now, right? But since today is in fact the day the Easter bunny came, here are some strange things to think about relating to Easter:

1. A RABBIT LAYING EGGS: Now I’m no biology major, but since when do rabbits lay eggs? I mean I understand it is for the children, but doesn't it seem a little strange that there is a rabbit pooping out eggs in a basket filled with candy????? Again, maybe it is just me and I’m probably over thinking this but you know it is kinda an odd thing to think about.

2. HOW DOES THE EASTER BUNNY GET IN?: Santa comes through the chimney, the Tooth Fairy is freaking magic who knows how that gets in, and Jesus is in our hearts; but the question is, “How does the Easter Bunny get in?” I don’t really think parents explain this to their kids, but then again I never really asked this question either. If they ask though, maybe you should tell them he just rang the door bell and you invited him in for some drinks.


3. NO MEAT ON FRIDAYS: Ever wonder why the Church says one cannot have meat on Friday during Lent but fish is acceptable? TBH everyone I have not researched this, but my teacher told me that when this rule was first implemented in the early ADs, fishing was a major career. When the Pope instated this rule, the fishermen were like, “YO YOUR EXCELLENCY, WE FISHERMEN ARE GOING BANKRUPT!” So the Pope was like, “ALRIGHT EVERYONE YOU CAN HAVE MEAT ON FRIDAY!”, then he thought to himself “It’s not that great anyways…” I don’t mean to poke fun at the Church I am Catholic, I’m just exaggerating…a lot.

4. The Date on Which Easter Falls: Now this is interesting, most holidays have specific dates or at least have something easy to remember to know when in falls right? Like Mother’s Day is the first weekend of May. I suppose that Easter is like that too, its on a Sunday forty days after Ash Wednesday. Alright. When is Ash Wednesday? AH! Gotcha. See nobody ever knows its not like, “Yea, I think it’s on the 23 of February.” Does anyone know if that’s even a Wednesday?! Probably not. Although there are those people who pull out the calender on their phone right away and are like, “HOLD ON I GOT IT RIGHT HERE!” And again I haven’t looked into this much and I go to a Catholic school so I should know this, but Easter has to do with the moon cycles and like the equinox I believe. So unless you know your astronomy, you probably won’t always be sure when Easter is going to fall.

So there you have it, 4 really odd things that Easter has revolving around it’s day of EGGcelency. Excuse my puns. But I hope everyone has a fun Easter, go hunt eggs and everything! If you would like, you can reply to this. How big do you think Easter Bunny is? What does he look like? How large is his excrement? What do you do for Easter? Do you still hunt for your basket? I know I do!