Home Is Where The Heart Is

I called Leo after dinner, and he was beginning to head into the Opening Year Picnic held on DeBartolo Quad. University of Notre Dame always ends the first day of classes with a campus-wide picnic outside of DeBartolo Hall, complete with barbeque, ice cream, live bands, and culminating in a fireworks display. I always loved the fireworks. Hearing about everything happening at Notre Dame makes me incredibly homesick. Yes, homesick ... because home is where the heart is, and my heart will forever stay at Notre Dame. It will stay at the Grotto, it will stay at Touchdown Jesus, it will stay at the stadium, it will stay at McGlinn Hall. It will stay with the drunken nights at the Linebacker, it will stay with dinners at South Dining Hall, it will stay with AAA meetings, it will stay with late nights studying at Lafortune. It will stay with the memories.

Although I wish with all my heart that I was going out to Notre Dame for the weekend, my books cost much more than I had anticipated. I will write more about my first week at the University of Toledo during the weekend when I have more free time from classes and studying. Yet as a quick note, I cannot help but compare everything at the University of Toledo with the University of Notre Dame. And unfortunately, everything about Notre Dame seems much better. It's been extremely difficult for me to move on with my new life at Toledo because it literally hurts to miss Notre Dame and all my friends incredibly much. Though what I miss the most is Leo, and I wish with all my heart that we could be together. Love Thee Notre Dame!