Hey Everyone,

Summer is going well down at Loyola... I think Celeste, Anter and I are holding down the fort ok... As usual Father Jack has been impossible to find (especially considering he is in California literally every 5 minutes).

Mostly I've just been moving into my new apartment (which now has furniture! Exciting!), working on my research and doing some babysitting and Care-a-van and such.

I did get a chance to go to the shelter and to the Ark, which is one of the day cares that a lot of the kids from the shelter go to. When I showed up at the Ark both Omar and Pops were there (some of you may remember Pops), Omar was very surprised and then kindly told me I was not supposed to be at the Ark I was supposed to be at the shelter, so I told him I was going to play at the Ark that day and asked if that were ok with him, he proceeded to hand me a book and say "ok you can read me this book".... needless to say we had a great time. I'm sure by now Kyle is laughing hysterically at picturing this interaction between Omar and I. People at the shelter are doing well... a few have moved on, but most said that they miss us terribley. August and Robert are gone as well as Christopher, but Deja, Omar, Sean, London, Nic, etc are still around and getting ready for camps and things like that. At the shelter Omar proceeded to tell everyone we saw I had been at his school and we had read books together, it was very amusing.

For those of you that go to Care-a-van (Megan, Meggie, Alicia) I have seen both Tino and Mike in the past few weeks and they are both doing well with their jobs and apartments which is always good to hear!

My last update is that my Relay at home was a great success raising almost $200,000 and a ton of fun!

I hope everyone's summer is going well, if you happen to visit Loyola at all this summer let me know cause I have a pool and a spare bedroom! :)

Talk to you all soon,
Ashley

Hey All,

I have just returned from a wedding in Avalon NJ and I'm starting to get in to the groove of the summer. I (like Pat) was in England but I was Oxford visiting a friends from home. I am going to be volunteering next week with my sister in Newark. Hope everyone is doing well. God Bless AMDG

Hello from CLEVELAND!!

hey everyone!
First of all I would just like to clarify some things that have been said on this blog:
1. There is no way I went to London with mr. pat tobler, he begged me but I refused.
2. Cleveland is AMAZING!! I dont know if any of you realize but CLeveland is going to the NBA finals so Everyone is going crazy around here!! I've basically just been bearing witness to Lebron James and Daniel Gibson (my personal fave!) ...life here is awesome, so you can stop sipping on that hatorade (pat)!

Anywho, life around here has been somewhat busy. I was in Chicago one weekend to visit some friends, and then in Boston the next weekend for my brother's graduation. Then last weekend my cousin also got married, which was sooo much fun! And this weekend I've just been Rising up and watching the cavs game and such!! I have been doing a little bit of work so far babysitting, doing some park security at our city pool and doing some math tutoring. I will start teaching tennis lessons next week, so that will be exciting. As for service I was supposed to start today, doing Challenger Baseball, which is this league that is for children with mental and physical disabilities, so I will be matched up with a player and we will play for the next several weeks. The game today was rained out sadly, but I'm really excited to get started with it.

Its been soo good hearing from all you peoples who have posted so far, and I can't wait to hear from the rest of you! Keep having fun summers!!!

love, mary!