Friday 9/26/08

Every week here goes by so fast and it always feels so nice to survive another week full of classes, papers, projects, interviews, the bus system and downtown San Jose. This morning Mami didn’t wake up to her alarm and so I just let her sleep in and poured my own bowl of Corn Flakes. I figured I could just buy a lunch (so I could just let her sleep in) After leaving the house, I realized that not waking Mami up might have not been the best decision (as I began to imagine how freaked out she would be when she woke up that she hadn’t sent me with a lunch) Sure enough, I learned later in the day that this is exactly what she did (freaked out and felt horribly guilty that she didn’t pack me a lunch) I bought lunch across the street from school and then made the 1 hour trek from ICADS to LASP. We didn’t have class today, but from 2-6 we had “spiritual journey” were we all shared bits and pieces of our life stories so that we could all know each other on a deeper level. It was very interesting to see the unique stories of each individual (although 4 hours of sitting in a circle and sharing 1 by 1 was a bit long for my undiagnosed ADHD self) Our professors provided us a with a very Americanized pizza and soda dinner and then we all headed home around 7. It’s always a little tough having activities after dark because I’m the only person who has to take a bus into San Jose to catch my bus home. It’s always a bit scarier in the dark, but I’m as safe and precautious as I can be. When I got home I watched Jon and Kate Plus 8 and Little People Big World with Pamela. It was funny because the family in Little People Big World is from Oregon so I was telling Pamela that’s where I live. Also, the episode happened to be about the father and son going on a road trip to Seattle so then I was telling Pamela all about going to school in Seattle and pointing out all the landmarks to show featured. It’s been interesting because there have been lots of shows and movies where I’ve been able to point out Oregon and Seattle (Grey’s Anatomy, Little People Big World, and a Disney movie called Agent Cody Banks) I was pathetic and went to bed ridiculously early for a Friday night.