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