July 1, 2009 by Avy.

So far this week, I have been on my best gal behaviour. I have been doing my make-up and dressing like the hawt onee-gyaru I am meant to be. Hooray for that. My hair has been up with side bangs. That’s all I can manage, but it still looks cute. It’s soooo thick and crazy.

This is my last week of Japanese 101. I get a 2-week break, then I start JAPN102. Those are all the language credits I need, but I may use my grant money in the future to take JAPN201 and 202 at a later time. It just helps to have met people in class to speak with on a regula basis. I was great at teaching myself before, but didn’t speak enough. This time should be different. Best part: I’m either getting an A or a B+. Those 2 katakana quizzes were my only bad grades.  I hope they don’t lower my grade to a B. I know I aced the written final and my spoken final is tomorrow– which I will RAWK. I gotta quit it with the -awk in place of -ock… I’m a grown ass woman.

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June 8, 2009 by Avy.

Watching Buffy with my Lacey is good stuff. She’s staying with us this week while my mom is in Georgia. It’s good times. Xavier loves it most.

I’m at the halfway point in my Japanese language course. It’s going well. I suck at katakana, but that quiz is over. I’m getting better at it as we go on. My hiragana is great, so that’s noproblem. We get on with the kanji next week. Urasai! The radicals and all will make me nuts. Luckily, I already know a bit. I just get jumbled up when looking at a paragraph or whole page of it. I’m studying it early to get a head start. Going line by line helps. Hooray for particles being in hiragana.

Anyway, back to Buffy.

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May 31, 2009 by Avy.

I just read Aunt Mildred’s obit again. I really wish I could have been to the funeral. It was in February, so this isn’t new news. I don’t know for sure what made me read it. Xavier has a smile like my grandmother. Aunt Mildred was her sister. They look alike and so on. Maybe that was the lead. Bah. I need to get to the reunion this summer.

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May 13, 2009 by Avy.

So uh yeah. Every day, I get really excited to play when I see Xavier’s eyelids get heavy. But now, I have even more reason to play. My friend Krystyn made a char/toon for my server. Woo hoo! I’m in the happy.

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May 11, 2009 by Avy.

I’m trying people. Really, I am.

As I sit and type, Xavier is watching First Signs and bouncing happily. His smile comes and goes at his favorite parts. When he doesn’t love a scen, he spins the toys on his bouncer and listens for a familiar scene he does like. It’s wonderful. I love that he notices audio cues. I love knowing he has preferrences for something other than food. It’s great!

Yesterday was technically my first mama’s day. El Dia de Madre. Yay. Erik, I mean Xavier, got me a digital photo frame. It’s a big ‘un, too. It makes me happy. The thing has tons of features and I can watch videos on it or add music. I just love the thing.

I just posted my RPGLife play-by-post update. I like how the storyline is progressing. Crippled Planet is fun to play despite being slow. I can’t complain too much. At least it’s good writing practice. I’m not in total control which is challenging– which is good.

Speaking of writing, I got an A on my final paper and a B in the class overall. English Composition is the class I’m talking about. I should have said that first. My next courses, Psych and Japanese, start next week. I take Psych online, but go to campus for the Japanese class. So far there are only 13 other people registered. Hopefully it doesn’t get canceled at the last minute. The professor hasn’t responded to my effin email, nor has she sent the syllabus. I’m concerned. I’ve been looking forward to this class for months.  Wish me luck.

And that’s all for now. I will try to update at least every other day. It’s a frivolous personal goal I suppose.

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