Oh smonster ... I'm sorry that your sister isn't holding up very well these days. It must be hard to be far away right now, but it's good that you can get her on the phone and that's she's still talking. That's huge. I wish her love and light and strength to get through the next bit of time. And lots of the same to you, babe. *smooch*

Sorry your sister's not doing well, smonster.

I have two more days of sign language class. I've learned a whole lot. I'm trying to find ways to practice during the school year, so that I won't forget half of it by the time I come back next summer. I'm probably going to email some of my classmates to see if they want to chat on Skype sometimes. There are videos and vlogs and things I can watch, but it's not the same as conversation. (Plus, I hate watching a whole lot of the ASL vlogs. Either the video quality is so bad that the movements are all blurred, or the signer's hands are outside the frame half the time.) There are also a few DVDs of ASL movies, and I'm going to get some of those at the Gallaudet bookstore.

I also just bought a bunch of baby presents at the bookstore. For one friend, a book called "Where Is Baby?" where each page is something like "Where is the cat?" or "Where is Mommy?" along with the sign for the thing, and then there's a flap to open and see whatever it is hiding behind something else. For the other friend, a onesie with the sign for I Love You on the front. (It took me a while to find that onesie. There were like 20 pink ones, and I just hated that shade of pink, and then I finally found one red and white one way in the back of the rack.)

I've decided this week that my new default baby gift is going to be a blue canary nightlight.

You know, to plug into the outlet by the lightswitch.

Who watches over you?

My aunt got me a blue canary nightlight. I don't think she understood why I wanted it, but it was on my Amazon wishlist. I'm still deciding where to plug it in. I have no outlet by a light switch except in the bathroom.

Perzactly!

One of my HS classmates is posting some of the pictures from our 10 year renuion.

I am so thin, I could cry.

Our 20 year is in October. Think I could lose 40 pounds by then?

Our 20 year is in October. Think I could lose 40 pounds by then?

Yup. But healthily? Prolly not. I just saw pictures from the wedding you were in, and you are so beautiful, lady. I understand BIDs (boy howdy, do I), but you are beautiful right goddamn now.

*blush* Thanks, love.

Even though I was wearing flip-flops? Snerk.

Even though I was wearing flip-flops? Snerk.

If I could wear my Croc-flops (well, the 4-years-old Lands End version of Crocs slides) to work, I totally would. I live in them as soon as the weather is remotely warm (much to Tim's high heel-loving chagrin).