Hey Y’all.

I Hope everybody had a great weekend and enjoyed their Halloween.

I really haven’t been up to a lot this week. I would describe this week thus far as “the calm before the storm”; because I have test and projects due at the end of the week. The end of my week and the beginning of my next week will be crazy so I’m going to enjoy it before it ends. I am looking forward to this weekend.

This weekend is the Search retreat!!!! I have heard so many great things about the retreat. As far as I know it is a retreat that involves a lot of soul searching and self reflection. I think with my hectic end of the week I will enjoy the retreat a lot. I know several of the leaders going on the retreat and they have assured me that I will love this weekend. This makes me very excited but there is also a lot of mystery to this retreat; this is because they (the leaders) have to keep things a secret for it to be a surprise for us attending the retreat. This just adds to my inquiry obviously…but I guess we will just have to wait till this weekend to find out.

I promised to let you guys know how midnight madness went this past weekend….IT WENT GREAT! I had such a great time. All of our dance teams put on a great performance and impressed the crowd with their performances. But I am obviously biased and am going to say that Urban Beats had the best performance, although Suburban Beats was pretty awesome!! I told you I would have a link to our performance and I do but it is only on Facebook. Sorry guys.

Random thought: In my Spanish class we are reading a novella that I recommend to anyone who speaks Spanish and likes novellas. It is titled “Falsas cronicas del sur” by Ana Lydia Vega. The book is written in mini vignettes and tells a very compelling story. I definitely recommend it.

It’s time for song of the week: “Fireflies” by Owl City!

Well have a good rest of the week.

Love,

Joshua Martinez

PS: Don't forget to smile! :)