This is the end of Fall 2015 Semester~!

All of my grades are final except for my English grade, which I believe should be up by.. Saturday. I think my professor said he had to have them in by tomorrow so maybe they will show by then. I'm not sure how that works on the college level.

Pending confirmation, I can tentatively say that I have worked very hard at the cost of my health and sanity and produced A's in ALL of my classes. In English before my final is graded, my weighted average is 101%.

I really enjoyed English 111. I had a great professor, an incredibly patient man, who was willing to work with me, was patient when I was confused, and helped me when I needed clarification and extra review, on assignments via e-mail. I realize that I can't expect that from the average professor which makes me all the more thankful for having gotten to know this one. I give him a Christmas card, with a link to the family blog, and also asked if I could keep in touch via e-mail and maybe facebook if he was comfortable since I would no longer be his student.

I also really enjoyed my classes with my ASL professor, and will dearly miss her, but I was unable to learn enough ASL to communicate my desire to keep in touch clearly. So, I may see if her facebook is public next semester and send a friends request then. I know that she keeps in touch with many former students as they tend to flock to catch up at the Silent Dinners and other Deaf Events, and I can understand it. She's a nice woman, very sweet, friendly, and makes learning a very difficult language fun. She is also incredibly patient, and despite the minor language barrier (she is fluent in written English as well, but profoundly Deaf), is excellent at understanding beginning students who have only gesture and confusion to communicate with.

I can't celebrate properly until I see my final English grade but I am excited. I set out to get straight As and until I am told otherwise, and despite SERIOUS setbacks I did exactly that. Now I can go and enjoy Mr B's first CD (he gave me a copy of his first CD in class today, which I asked about earlier this semester, and I will be tracking down his new release very soon) and ponder some thoughts that were brought up by all the research I did for my final English projects.

In regards to school, I have dropped *ASL 3  for spring semester and am taking a slightly lighter course load so that I can prepare for my move back to Texas without the stress of the move and finals killing me towards the end. I have three, 3 credit hour courses now, instead of four, and so will have a total of 9 credit hours for spring semester instead of 12.

I have a huge post that I need to write later about my English project(s) but I want to get back what I turned in today first, because I want to see further comments from Mr B (if there are any) before I share my thoughts.

*I told some ASL classmates that I had dropped ASL 3 and they called me a quitter and refused to let me explain my COMPLETELY LEGITIMATE HEALTH REASONS.

I’m only taking a short break to get my health on track and focusing on other classes in my native language. I will come back to ASL once I am in Texas seeing my specialist(s) and no longer have the health issues of brain reverting to English in panic mode when I stand up for presentations.

I KNOW the signs. I’m just not capable of signing them when I go tachycardic, and lightheaded and my brain switches to lock down mode.