Uh-oh!

This past weekend was my second immersion weekend for ICAN. That means I go up north for four days (away from my sweet family) and immerse myself in the ASL language. There is 15 participants in the program and we have 8 or so mentors Deaf and other amazing interpreters. We do 9 hours of workshops and other activities and games. I was super worried about not being able to talk for that long but you are still able to express yourself so it's not as hard as like completely silent. But I did miss my voice and chatting and when I met up with my aunt yesterday I just wanted to chat chat chat. :)

Jeff asked me while I was there if I felt it was worth it. You know I really did. I felt it really allows me to get more comfortable with the language. By using it so much you have to learn how to use it in different ways and stretch yourself. Also having language models like our Deaf mentors was a great help as well. The workshops were amazing and really gave me a lot to think about and work on in my skills. I have two big tests in Oct and Nov and am really trying to work so hard right now to improve my skills. If I could pass those tests I would be so excited. They are tough ones but I'm hoping if I can really focus for the next few months I can do it.

Anyhow, the main point of this post is to tell abt my daughter deciding she wanted a mullet and taking matters into her own hands. Luckily I wasn't home or I would have flipped. I do feel like I kept in pretty good control since Jeff was flipping and I had to be the "calm one." Regardless of my "acting" calm. I did miss my exit and ended up 15 min past my exit. Thankfully my sweet friend, Trista, came over and fixed the mullet. The front still has short pieces everywhere. I have to keep tiny topsy tails in constantly. When I take it out it makes me shudder ( don't tell Skylee but it is pretty ugly when not done). Jeff says it is a right of passage for little girls to do it I was just hoping Sky would skip that one. I have talked to her SO many times about not cutting her hair. Oh well, I guess it could be worse. And the only pics we had were cell pics so sorry!