Wednesday

I got both my tests back today. I did well on both, my ASL better than I was expecting.

ASL class done today.
Homework mostly done.

My plan for the next few days.

Study and take care of me.

Sunday

Today was great, mostly. God is awesome. The good: I went to 2 church services today ( one Hearing, one Deaf) .

The Not so great, I went to visit a friend in the nursing home,( he has been living in an assisted living facility)  it was difficult, but it was right. He is in his 90's. Today he looked every one of his 90+ years. He almost seemed ready to go Home (heaven).
 I would love to say that he will live forever , but lets be honest... He is a great man of faith and I will miss him when he goes. But there will be a party in paradise when he gets there.

Moving on.. happier thought:
Deaf Church
Before church "started" we had a little fellowship time. I was so glad to be back.
I couldn't stay at Deaf church the entire time tonight, because, it was movie night. The movie? " Heaven is for Real" We had to leave about half way through. One person teasingly told me: I was spoiling my moms fun. They told me "I could leave her there and go do my homework." My response? "How is she going to get home?"  She came home with me.

The people at Deaf church are some of the most wonderful Christians I have ever met. They support one another and  pray for one another. I had missed Deaf church since the Christmas party due to various things. I walked in and it was like I have been AWOL. Questions/comments included :Where were you? I'm so happy you are back. Everything ok? People were asking about you.  ( I love Deaf people, they tend to be blunt, if you are gone and they are involved in your life... Its awesome)

My homework wasn't bad and I have studied for the quiz.

All in all today was good. Soon I will have to write about the bad... but not yet.

Pax to all.

Its Saturday!!

Saturday.... I don't have to go anywhere this morning. I could have slept in, but no, 7:30am and I was awake. -Shrug- Routine is good. I looked out the window this morning and it was nice and bright. Then... I looked down. The entire street is covered in ice. The main roads that I can see from the other window look good, but my road and driveway leave much to be desired. That's not a complaint, just a fact. There is an optional event tonight for school, I would like to go, but if the roads are not safe,no thanks. 

I have already had coffee and its time to get productive.

My plan for today: Start dinner in the crockpot( lasagna)
Do homework: ASL( review vocab and book), Linguistics ( study for quiz), Field Exp.( write paper)prep for Church

Yesterday was awesome, today is good(so far) and the future looks bright. I am excited.

ASL & Java my thoughts for a paper preview.

Today I went to the "ASL& Java" in Brentwood, MO. 

If you haven't figured it out before I am a Christian. Today God was very obvious about what my future holds. Today confirmed many things for me. I had been waffling about the future a little, I knew God had a plan but today.. well I will let you see what I mean.

I got to meet so many different people. I'm only going to talk about 2 of them. I loved meeting all of them though.

 I met a lovely man who "happens" to have the degree, I want, in the "specific" field that I am going to go into. It was cool to pick his brain. We "talked" for a bit about what I want to do, and how long school would take. He told me approx. 10 years is a good estimate. But, that what I want to do is needed in the Deaf community and not to get discouraged when it gets hard. And it will. He recently lost his wife, and it is easy to see he still misses her. His eyes light up when he talked about her and how smart she was, they were married a long time 40 something years.(I do know the exact number)  He gave me his business card to get in contact with him. Then we officially started the "chat". He is very well known in the area, so I am not posting his name here. If he wants to identify himself that is his choice. But He is AWESOME!

During that time I "met" a lovely lady who grew up an Army Brat. I felt like we had a connection. BRAT's  normally do.  She told me a story about growing up and not having much help in school. she was mainstreamed and the teacher told her she was stupid. She is Definitely not stupid. We "talked" about living in different worlds( Cultures). She grew up in one then had to adjust to the others, the Deaf and Civilian. YES they are different. I am looking forward to seeing her in April.

One of the topics of discussion today was cued speech. We haven't talked about it much in classes, just in passing. It was interesting. I can see from the Deaf point of view the issues, from the Hearing side the benefits, and from my individual point of view the pros and cons, and maybe a few applications for late Deafened adults if their brains have a hard time learning ASL. ASL is a complete Language, but if you still can speak.. I can see a pro for it. But I understand a little of that controversy.

The moderator today made sure all of the student who were there had a chance to participate. She let the students have a chance to respond to questions with our own opinion and reasons for them. Everyone used their signing skills, even Mom. The group today was great, they were warm, welcoming and open to our questions. Many of the people who attended were retired, but still very involved in the local community. It was awesome to see how much difference of opinion there was, they argued with each other but they were still respectful. They were more casual in a way than my other event, I think. The lighting was great in the building , and the elevator was great for mom. It was easy to find and I will be going back soon.