I spent my spring break at my house. On Friday after my classes (around 3:30ish) my mom came and picked me up on her way back to the house from Springfield MO. We started to catch up on the hour long drive to my house and arrived home around 4:45. The rest of the day was pretty relaxed with the two of us watching Hawaii 5-0 and Blue Bloods at the end of the night.
On Saturday I woke up early to go see my brother’s last basketball
game of the season. It was the only game I was able to attend and I was so
proud when they won (they aren’t the best in the world so maybe I was a good
luck charm???) After we got back home I made banana muffins and translated and practiced
the songs I was signing in church the next day. My church has three Deaf who
come to church every week and there is a team of us who take turns signing the
songs to give the interpreter a break before and after the sermon. When the
Deaf found out I would be home they volunteered me to sign all the songs that
week lol.
Then on Sunday I signed the songs during service and afterwards the
Deaf and signers stuck around just like normal. We talked for a while and I was
told by the Interpreter that I have Deaf Mouth, which means when I sign my
mouth moved just like a deaf person’s does. In the Deaf community this is a
very big deal and a huge compliment for me. I was also told by one of my
friends (Corey, who I will be talking about later) that he stopped signing with
me during service because I had become so ASL he didn’t know what to expect to
come off my hands next. This was also a big compliment and I am very happy with
how much I have improved already at William Woods. After Church we went to a
couple from the church’s house and my brother was able to shoot his compound
bow and a gun (I think they called it a 22?). He let me try the bow once and I feel
I did pretty good for my first time…
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday were all pretty boring, I had
a dentist appointment, I made more muffins, I stayed at the house, I did some
homework (yes I know it was spring break), and I went through most everything
in my room to prepare for all my stuff I have at school to move back at the end
of the semester.
On Friday my grandparents came in town to visit me and my family while
I was in town. We went out to eat and hung out for a while before they headed
home. After they left my sister asked me to help her go through basically everything
she owns because she didn’t like how cramped her room felt so I spent the rest
of the night and all of Saturday until 4ish holding up items and throwing one
way or the other.
Sometime around 4 I went into the kitchen and started making a new
recipe, chocolate tacos. I made chocolate shells from scratch but because I didn’t
have a waffle cone maker I ended up making chocolate crisps to eat with ice
cream instead of being filled with it. But they still tasted good so everything
turned out great. About half-way through my little experiment my friend Corey
(from above) showed up. He came over to teach my brother his song he was
signing in church the next day. While he was teaching him, I made dinner (pork
chops, scalloped potatoes, and green beans if you were wondering) and after he
had initially learned all the song we ate dinner and then dessert. Everyone loved
the chocolate crisps and Corey went back for….was it seconds or thirds??? All
during dinner and for a while after we were sitting at the table just talking and
generally having a good time; my family likes to tease and just be goofy, especially
when we have guests and Corey and his personality just fit right in. My brother
and dad even talked him into trying chocolate covered green beans (gross) which
he said weren’t all that bad but would never be found on a menu anywhere. When we were done it was back to practicing because
my brother was getting nervous about his first time signing in church. After another
hour or so of practicing and reviewing and constructive critiquing Corey headed
home and we basically settled in for the night.
Sunday morning (after losing an hour of sleep) we headed off to
church, but not until my brother had practiced until he lost count of how many
times he had done his song. We got there extremely early because my sister and
the youth band were performing one of the other songs and they had to get there
to practice with the praise band. When the first service started my brother
practiced his song again, and after one last critique to have fun we went to Sunday
school. In Deaf Sunday School we acted out the story of Ruth and Boaz, and the
Deaf teacher picked me to be Ruth (yay me?). Then we all filed into the worship
center for second service. After the choir sang their song (I signed that one)
my brother signed ‘How Great Thou Art’ and did a beautiful job. I was like a
proud momma bird seeing him sign like that and the Deaf absolutely loved seeing
him sign. Then we both sat down and Corey signed the rest of the songs as we
watched and we were listening to our sister play her flute in the youth band. We
were very proud of her too! After service we hung out with the Deaf and signers
for about 20 minutes before leaving. I grabbed one of my other really good
friends on our way out because I had missed her birthday (March 1st)
and she hadn’t been at church the week before. I had stashed her gift (a stress
bag) in the car to give to her and she was so happy with it and promised to
keep it in her car ‘just in case’. When we got home I packed my stuff up and
made soup for dinner and cookies to bring back before watching Toy Story with
my brother and leaving to come back to school. When I got back I unpacked and
Victoria, Jennah, Aly and Kira (we went on a hike with her) all came up to hang
out and steal all of my cookies.
While I didn’t have any big plans, like Florida (my dance captain) or
the Galapagos Islands (Megan), I am very
glad I did what I did and it was a very good spring break.
Until next time, Love God, Love Each other and Love Disney
Jennah
My Spring Break was not very exciting, but I had a great time
relaxing and spending time with my family. I took a plane back home to Texas, and
then spent a fun night playing board games with all my brothers. The next few
days were filled with catching up on much needed sleep, a chiropractic appointment,
some geocaching and working on a rather difficult puzzle with one of my
brothers (we never ended up finishing it!) I also visited the stable where I
used to work/take lessons before college and chatted with my friend who is the owner.
Then I rode an adorable yet feisty little pony, which was super fun and
exciting! Later on that week, my family and I went to a pottery shop and
painted some ceramic pieces. I painted a bowl, and cannot wait for it to finish
baking in their kiln so I can see how it turned out! The last day before flying
back, I convinced my dad to take me to a BBQ place, Rudy’s, for the most
amazing, delicious, mouth-watering breakfast tacos that I have been craving for
months! That week was the break I needed to relax and recuperate for the next 8
weeks of school, so now I am recharged and ready to take on this last half
before the summer!
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| This is the puzzle we worked on, we finished about half of it! |
Aly
Hello everyone, this past week was spring break and after my
morning classes, at 12:00, my dad came to pick me up and we loaded the truck
with all things I would need for the break including my chair which broke right
before the break. I sat down on the chair and the chair snapped in half. My mom
bought me a beanbag so that I didn’t break any more chairs because this was the
second chair I broke.
Megan went on the Woods Around The World Trip to Ecuador and the Galapagos Islands over spring break. To learn more about Woods Around the World click here, and come back on Friday (or click here if it is after Friday) to hear about her trip!
Leave a comment to tell us what you did, we would love to know about your spring breaks too!
~Friends at the Woods
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