Helping Friends

Whew! What a morning! I'm back home after a kinda stressful morning. Here's how it all started.

I went to ASL class and got there JUST on time. Almost late, which I'm never late to. Class went well. Leon, my professor, told stories and had us sign a conversation to him and told us all that we were doing such a good job! It made me smile. I also learned the sign for England, Germany and Greece, all of which I will be traveling to in January. I asked him what the sign was for Sweden and can now show up my mom. :)

After class, I went to the Admin coffee cart for some coffee and good gossip with friends. Then Jessica showed up. She got into a car accident on Sunday and was T-boned by some lady. Luckily she could see it coming and was able to step on the gas and the lady hit her in the back seat door. But now Jessica is all sore and her muscles are ceasing up. She was in such pain that she left class early and could hardly carry her bag, let alone think. So I walked her to the Dinning Services office, where we work, so we could get her purse. Once there, Linda, our boss, saw Jessica's pain and immediately told Jessica to "go home!"

That's when we decided that since Jessica had a car here, I would drive her car to her house with her, and Linda would follow and take me back to school. Jessica was in so much pain that she was crying. All the way to her house we talked about anything and everything just trying to get her mind away from the pain. I felt so bad. What are you supposed to do/say? I just wanted her to feel better. We finally get her home and into bed. Her mom was on her way home and Jessica just needed to lay down. So off Linda and I go back to school.

This is where it gets good. Linda was almost out of gas, so we stopped at a gas station. Then we're off again. After about a good eight to ten minutes, we're both like, shouldn't we have been on the freeway by now? We decided we went the wrong way on Meridian. So we turn around and we're off once again! This time, we knew we were going the right way because we started to recognize things.

We finally made it back! It only took about 30 minutes longer than we expected, but whatever. We got to catch up and talk about work plus many other things. Linda has so much on her plate that I hope the car ride was a nice little break for her.

Now I'm back at home, thinking I should do some homework or take a shower, and yet all I really want to do is watch a movie or read. How unproductive of me. I work tonight at six, covering a shift for a friend. Sometimes I wonder why I keep taking shifts! I always end up regretting it because once I'm home, I never want to leave! Oh well. It's only three hours and I'm closing a cart. No big deal. Just think of the money, I keep telling myself. Which reminds me, I am going to have an AMAZING paycheck this month. 91 hours! Whoo hoo! This is really going to help the whole paying for another Europe trip thing.

Well, I'm off to do something. Not sure what yet, but something. I hope everyone's day is fabulous and wonderful! God bless!

As always,
Cait

Another Week

And so ends another week. Thursdays are my Fridays since I don't have any classes on Fridays. I just have to work, and really it's not too bad. Here's a little recap of my last week.

I went to Bellevue to visit my parents and my aunt last weekend. My mom was pretty sick, but she still came over.

On Saturday, dad, Aunt Pat and I all went to see Wicked in Seattle. It.Was.Amazing. I cannot express how much I loved it. It was simply amazing. Plus it was really thought provoking. There were some undertones that were really interesting. Some about treating others as you wish to be treated, blaming someone just to have a common enemy, and the role the government plays. If you haven't seen it, go! It is totally worth it. It's not even that I'm a huge fan of musicals. There was something different about this one. Just go. See it. Listen to the words. Listen to the music. Hear the undertones. It really makes you think.

Sunday mom and dad came to Tacoma to see the apartment. They were the only parents who hadn't seen it yet. And that was only because everyone else live close enough that their parents could help them move in. That is totally fine with me. I understand that mom and dad can't really take a whole bunch of time off to come and move me in. It worked out just fine. They really like the place. Then off they went. Off to the long drive home with mom coughing all the way.

I then had to go to Puyallup to meet my professor. He is my advisor but is on sabbatical this year. My senior year. Tell me how that's supposed to work. I met him at some coffee shop and he helped me with part of my capstone. I was really struggling before, but with his help, I found my direction again. It's good that he lives so close and is willing to meet with me. I don't know what I would have done if he had been in Italy.

I busily went to work on my capstone piece. I had to skip my history class on Monday, but I finished! And it was on time! I don't think it was my best work, but I did it! I don't know how, but I somehow pushed through and got it done. Yay for me.

The rest of this week was just fine. Nothing special. It's over though. And that's what matters. Today James, Tracy's friend, came over for dinner. We had pulled pork and it was super good. Hannah did a good job making the pork. Yummy! Then we played Hand & Foot and Apples to Apples. A good night, all in all. Since then, we've all gone our separate ways and have retreated to our rooms.

There's so much I should be doing right now. I have a to-do list that's a thousand miles long. There's one pressing matter: my history book report. But I have until Monday. So hopefully it'll get done.

Anyway, I'm off to procrastinate some more. Have some fun tonight!

Ciao