Famous Last Words: Hot Chocolate Parties Are The Best

This week went pretty well. I'm still a week ahead in this class, so I had the week 8 review assignments instead of new reading. I used some of the free time that made to do some extra Japan readings, which were incredibly fun. I might have to use one of the books I found for my story this week as they were so fun, there were at least three different stories I would love to retell. I'll also be working on my second story for the project this week. I'm pretty afraid of this one, it's going to be harder to write than the first.

My other classes were fine this week, and I finally started my internship at the Veteran's Center. It's going to take some getting used to because it was a little awkward for me, but it was all around quite an experience. I helped with art class while one of my classmates played the piano, and then I got to go help in the dementia unit. You'd think that would have been the hard part but I felt more relaxed in there. No one cared if I was awkward.

My daughter took her first college test this week. She was really nervous about it but studied hard and felt good about it afterwards. We spent the evening before sitting in her room while she told me all about the topics she was going to have to write essays about. I sure don't miss taking tests this semester. I felt weird about not having tests in any of my classes, but I have to say my life is better without having to worry about them. After her test, we had a hot chocolate party (something we've been doing for her whole life), with Halloween colored sprinkles and ghost shaped marshmallows. Mario was mad that I wouldn't give him the jar of sprinkles. I'm not sure what he planned to do with them, but he was really annoyed with me.

(Photo of Mario from my personal collection)

I also got to go purchase my cap and gown this week. It's getting really close, and I have a lot to do before then. It feels much more real now after bringing that stuff home with me, though. I guess it's time to get back to those grad school applications before time gets away from me.