This week started out with my midterm exam for ASL, which basically consists of the teacher signing a long story and then we (students) are responsible for answering the questions. To my surprise, I only lost 0.75 of a point. So, score!
Today, I had my signing midterm for ASL, where my partner and I had to sign our prepared dialogue. I was anxious, as I always am for live-signing exams. The exam is set up so that each pair signs up for a time-slot. When they enter the room, the professor is sitting at the big table in the front of the class facing the whiteboard with a video camera set up on a tripod. The students stand between the white board and the video camera and face each other signing their dialogue with minimal usage of the script.
Where I always get tripped up, is fingerspelling. I can spell. I can fingerspell. I can fingerspell quickly. EXCEPT: my hands shake when I am having issues with my anxiety, and shaky hands make for difficult fingerspelling with speed and accuracy. I always catch myself fumbling and have to repeat it slowly "punching" each letter so that my hands stop getting in their own way.
Today, I was very proud. I had to re-spell two words: aerospace and scholarships (which, are hard spelling words when your brain is going too fast anyways). I only messed up signing Catholic (which, to be fair is very similar to Italian and thus easily confused), campus (which I knew I messed up as I signed it), and Closet. I have no idea what happened when I was attempting to sign closet.... my brain just completely fell apart there. WOOPS.
But, overall, my partner and I nailed it. She also made a couple minor mistakes, but seriously-- those three words I flubbed up on, and her three words-- couldn't have taken us down more than a few points each.
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Next week is spring break, so I have a week to study for my next exams and finish up my big projects for the semester. I have to finish my draft of my senior seminar paper, write a paper analyzing sexuality in a text from antiquity in Greece, write a paper on the translations of classic literature into children's literature, and then finally just STUDY my butt off for my Ancient Sexuality class.
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Finally, to the exciting stuff:
Have I mentioned how happy I am to be dating my best friend in the entire world? Because I am.
There's nothing complicated about being with him. It's perfect. It's perfect and happy, and for once, I feel like this is a happiness I absolutely deserve.
Yesterday, we took a morning stroll through the Como Zoo and Conservatory and we both oogled over the beautiful flora and fauna of the conservatory. I think it could easily be one of my favorite places in the world. I've never been a huge fan of the zoo itself-- I'm partial to the Minnesota Zoo because I prefer their exhibit structures and their mission to educate guests on the endangered species of the world rather than just presenting big animals for people to gawk at. But, the conservatory and Japanese Gardens (which were sadly closed yesterday) are beautiful!!!
Some pictures:
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