accomplishments

chris' mom said:
I cleaned my living room, shampood the carpets down stairs, folded and put away 6 loads of laundry, shampooed the upstairs hallway and cooked a wonderful dinner for me myself & I to enjoy
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:shock:

i don't think i've ever accomplished that much in a day unless i was manic. :giggle:
 
I went to the Valentine's Day Party for the local Deaf Club by myself last night. I really debated going, because I wasn't sure if anyone else from my class was going. I am really glad that I went, I feel it helped me to better understand, at least a little bit, what being deaf must be like. I ended up sitting by myself for a while just observing, until one of the members invited me to come sit at another table. While I was observing, I truly felt that I was on the fringes of an event. Being there, but not really being involved or feeling welcome. While discomforting and over-whelming, it was also a wonderful learning experience for me. Once I moved to the other table, things were less uncomfortable as one of the men included me in the conversations, being very patient and helping me with my signs. One aspect that stands out in my mind is that when the children decided to start popping balloons, I was the only one that flinched. Everyone else would just continue with their discussion. This helped me to better understand what a daunting experience it can be for a deaf parent with a hearing child. Not that I don't think it a doable experience, but it certainly must open up a whole new avenue of concerns and challenges that hearing parents don't face.

Sorry, for rambling, but just going by myself in the first place was an accomplishment, and I feel the experience helped me to personally expand on my knowledge of the Deaf Community.:cheers:
 
dorothy5664 said:
I went to the Valentine's Day Party for the local Deaf Club by myself last night. I really debated going, because I wasn't sure if anyone else from my class was going. I am really glad that I went, I feel it helped me to better understand, at least a little bit, what being deaf must be like. I ended up sitting by myself for a while just observing, until one of the members invited me to come sit at another table. While I was observing, I truly felt that I was on the fringes of an event. Being there, but not really being involved or feeling welcome. While discomforting and over-whelming, it was also a wonderful learning experience for me. Once I moved to the other table, things were less uncomfortable as one of the men included me in the conversations, being very patient and helping me with my signs. One aspect that stands out in my mind is that when the children decided to start popping balloons, I was the only one that flinched. Everyone else would just continue with their discussion. This helped me to better understand what a daunting experience it can be for a deaf parent with a hearing child. Not that I don't think it a doable experience, but it certainly must open up a whole new avenue of concerns and challenges that hearing parents don't face.

Sorry, for rambling, but just going by myself in the first place was an accomplishment, and I feel the experience helped me to personally expand on my knowledge of the Deaf Community.:cheers:
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Love your open minded attitude and insight! You go!
 
Survived a few roller coaster rides yesterday. Helping me to overcome some of my fears of heights. I actually enjoyed it! So I felt that was an accomplishment.
 
Babyblue said:
Survived a few roller coaster rides yesterday. Helping me to overcome some of my fears of heights. I actually enjoyed it! So I felt that was an accomplishment.
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Good for you! Taking risks!:applause:
 
Babyblue said:
Survived a few roller coaster rides yesterday. Helping me to overcome some of my fears of heights. I actually enjoyed it! So I felt that was an accomplishment.
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next step - SKY DIVING.

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I'll have to go with Jiro on this one. Skydiving's better than sex! Yes, there may be some sex moments that are way better but... generally... skydiving's better!
 
Babyblue said:
Survived a few roller coaster rides yesterday. Helping me to overcome some of my fears of heights. I actually enjoyed it! So I felt that was an accomplishment.
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Wow... I wish I could do the same... I'm also suffering from acrophobia, as well as arachnophobia and thalassophobia... it's bad :(

Today I have not overcome any of those fears but I did some cleaning (what else did you expect? :laugh2:), cooked some delicious food (yum!) and baked a marbled cake (double yum!) :D

JamieLynn *off soon to watch my nephews for the evening...* :wave:
 
JamieLynn said:
Wow... I wish I could do the same... I'm also suffering from acrophobia, as well as arachnophobia and thalassophobia... it's bad :(

Today I have not overcome any of those fears but I did some cleaning (what else did you expect? :laugh2:), cooked some delicious food (yum!) and baked a marbled cake (double yum!) :D

JamieLynn *off soon to watch my nephews for the evening...* :wave:
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acrophobia = fear of heights
arachnophobia = fear of spiders
thalassophobia = fear of sea

(in case people don't know what are those. I had to google for it)
 
Jiro said:
acrophobia = fear of heights
arachnophobia = fear of spiders
thalassophobia = fear of sea

(in case people don't know what are those. I had to google for it)
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Thank you, Googlemeister!:ty:
 
Sorry... I should have posted the correct description for it at first place... :ty: for correcting that asap Jiro

JamieLynn
 
Yesterday I managed to leave a thread which I was finding very upsetting for me. It's not that I didn't have any answers. More that there was no way to keep my answers polite any more.
 
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