Sign Lessons and more....

June 20th 2013 Sign Lessons:

For the past two weeks, hubby and I have had a private tutor instructing us in sign language. The man who is instructing us is a full time interpreter. As of this last year, he was working in a high school with a student who was deaf but not blind. As of yesterday he might have left that job for another position, not sure. He has come to our home twice now for one hour. We learn the signs; learn how to make the sign tactually, and then how to use it. In our first lesson we learned about 20 signs. This most recent lesson we learn an upwards of 100 signs. That is if you count all of the numbers as one sign. We now know signs like how, where, why, when, what, here, day, night, summer, table, name, banana, refrigerator, cold, more, later, now, time, IPhone, blind, deaf, alarm, help, Amen, and many more. Our sign vocabulary is growing by leaps and bounds. Unlike with hubby, I need repetition to learn the signs; hubby needs to learn the mechanics of the signs. Just different learning styles. We made out a list of all the words we wanted to learn, we originally decided on like 140 words. Hubby is also keeping a written description of all the signs and how to make them, and sometimes the different variations. Like for example there are two different ways of saying the word "what". One of our major questions, is how does a deafblind person tell the difference between the words, "summer", "Black, and ugly". The only difference between those signs is that they are displayed on different parts of the face, in other words different levels on your face. Further, summer, is signed on the forehead. It’s a question I will be putting out to the deafblind community. Our tutor has worked with deafblind persons for several years now, so is very versed into the culture of deafblindness. He has been at our SEPABD events.

Thursday, hubby was sick. And of course you guessed it, Friday I then got whatever he had. Hubby woke up on Thursday with a stomach ache, heartburn, a fever, and just overall feeling icky. He stayed home and I took care of him. Luckily it seems it only lasts about 24 hours. Friday was my turn. I slept for much of the morning, and wasn't up until the afternoon. I felt a little better by Friday evening, but truly felt much better Saturday morning.

Friday night we went to sign up for a Costco membership. Yes I know so exciting to be shopping in Costco on a Friday night. Saturday, hubby was up early for a men's bible study. This was their first meeting that includes breakfast. I spent the morning, doing laundry, and working on a baby blanket.

I know very exciting, sorry. Not every post can be exciting or funny. I guarantee more to come....