Zoo and dancing

Last weekend was pretty exciting, on Saturday my visiting student friends and I went to our first Deaf dance party. I was expecting a lot of signing, of which there was actually very little, but didn't know what else to expect. The party was held in an apartment-style dorm room and they surprisingly fit some huge speakers, a DJ and about 30 people in the room. People came and went and the flashing-light doorbell was sometimes distracting to me since i am not used to it. But the party itself was great, loud because many hard-of-hearing and deaf people can hear lower registered sounds, and can of course feel the bass. But everyone was having a great time, and almost everyone was a great dancer!

We also went with a bigger group of friends to the zoo this past weekend!! In DC almost everything is free, the zoo included and the National Zoo is also one of the only ones with pandas! I'm sure we didn't get to see half of what was there, but we did see birds, reptiles, elephants, cheetahs, and of course the pandas! They were very cute :) Then all of us went to Georgetown and some of us waited in line for Georgetown cupcakes. I have to say, the cupcakes were amazing and I know how to navigate the metro system pretty well now!

The week was not that eventful, I did change one of my classes. I am now taking child psychology instead of interpreting. Although both professors are hard to understand, I find child psychology much more interesting and I am excited to add onto the psych 101 class I took last year. I am also taking an ASL III class to learn the most I can about the language.

This weekend will be a little different from last, as most of my friends are going out of town already! But I will hopefully be able to get some homework done, and spend some time outside. It is only 78 degrees here today, I love this weather!

I feel as if I have been here for months already, although it has been only a few weeks. I miss everyone from home, but I am having a great experience and truly enjoying myself here. Have a great week everyone, I will update you all on mine next week!

Kaleena

new sign of the week: development

most used phrase of the week: what are you doing?