On September 20th, a beautiful rainbow spanned the sky in South Bend. Who ever said that there isn't gold at the end of the rainbow??

Wow. Those of you who watched the game know exactly what I'm talking about. We needed this one-- what an amazing comeback!!!!!!!

Amy had reserved the mini-movie theater where we live for this game, and so we watched it on a huge screen, complete with surround-sound and stadium seats. It was amazing. My brother and Claire even came in from Chicago for the event. I am so glad they were able to make the trip, and hope that Claire wasn't too overwhelmed watching two Shirilla's cheer on the Irish. Let's just say that it was a little crazy at times! Claire is a great sport!

Here are some of my favorite picutres from the game...






(#28, Kyle McCarthy, went to my high school)







I know it's just a game, but I LOVE it!

Go Irish!!!!

For the past two weeks I've been filling in as a substitute teacher at my former high school, Cardinal Mooney HS in Youngstown, Ohio. An English teacher had to have a surgery right at the beginning of the school year, so I have been filling in and teaching his sophomore Honors English World Lit class, as well as 2 classes of seniors, who are learning Brit. Lit. Literally the day after the MCAT I drove to Ohio to start teaching, and since then have been lesson planning, grading and re-living my days both as a high school student and as a full time teacher! All of the sudden I am watching my grammar more closely, and trying to stay at least a day ahead of the students with their reading assignments. To tell the truth, when I was in high school I would have rather forgotten about the story "Beowulf", but all of last week I found new interest in it as I had to teach it to about 55 seniors!!

It's been a lot of fun being back at my high school, and a great chance to be back in the classroom. The first few days I was really tired, and remembered the early days of ACE (and the challenges) of teaching in Baton Rouge. But soon enough, I was also remembering all of the GOOD parts about teaching-- at the top of the list is getting to know the students. They are really a good group of people, and I am going to miss them when I return to South Bend!!

By the way, speaking of South Bend... way to go Irish! I can't wait to be there for the Michigan game and take in all the best parts of South Bend in the fall. Good luck vs. Penn State!!