When I got back, I found out my
study hall days were Mondays and Wednesdays. I also found out, unfortunately, that my payments for my Geology and Lab
class and my Essential Managing Information class had not been received so
Kriti told me to go met with Jessica tomorrow at eight.
The
next morning I met with Jessica and we got me signed up for Essential Managing
Information at 9-9:50 on Mondays and Wednesdays and Intro to Geology at
3:30-4:45 on Tuesdays and Thursdays and a Geology lab from 12-1:50 on
Wednesdays. I went to my Essential
Managing Information class afterwards and after that I found two new pebbles
for my collection and turned them into mani stones. Then I made a toilet paper roll diorama of
the city of Timbuktu in Mali and started making flowers from paper plates, one
saying, “Do good,” another saying, “Do no evil,” and another saying, “Purify
one’s mind,” forming a saying of the Buddha. Later I went to Crazy Dog’s and then I went to Hasting’s where I bought
a current a current issue of Sufi magazine and a November 2012 issue of
National Geographic Traveler. I also
went to my Transition Planning II class at 4 which I had on Mondays,
Wednesdays, and Fridays from 4-4:50 and there we got our textbooks.
The
next day I talked to my granddad and he mentioned my internship, which I still
didn’t know what it was. He said he knew
but wanted me to be surprised saying, “Oh, you’ll enjoy it!”
On
Wednesday I didn’t have my Geology Lab. I found out when my teacher dropped by the lab I was sitting in and
explained that he sent an e-mail out to all the students saying it wouldn’t
start until the week after next week but I wouldn’t have gotten it because I
wasn’t signed up, so I sent that time deleting several old e-mails. On Friday I went to Crazy Dog’s with Tyler
and that night we watched one of my DVDs called Secrets of Shangri-la about hidden Buddhist texts and art found in
caves in the Mustang region of Nepal. The next day I found another pebble for my collection which I turned
into another mani stone and I worked on my decorative flowers made from paper
plates. I also made another toilet paper
roll diorama of the city of Djenne, also in Mali. The next day I went down to Walgreen’s and
bought some shampoo. Then I went to
Hasting’s where I bought an issue of Total Film and Sci-Fi magazine which had
front page articles about The Hobbit movie.
On Thursday of next week I got a
call from Jessica and found out what my internship would be: starting the UCM
Autism Spectrum Support Group. She told
me to make an appointment with Dr. Mayfield to talk about planning it and I did
for Friday at 2:30. I also got a call
from Jessica that day about my Person Centered Planning time as my original one
at 4:30 conflicted with my Geology class. I told Teresa that and she said she could meet me at 12:30 on Wednesday
and I told Jessica that I could make it there that week because I didn’t have
my lab until the next week. The next day
I went to my Person Centered Planning and Teresa gave me a schedule of people’s
times so I could find someone to trade times with.
Later that day I went to Hasting’s and bought a Rolling Stone
Collector’s Edition The Hobbit The
Ultimate Guide and an issue of Ancient
American, a magazine which believes Christopher Colombus was one of the
last people to discover America, which featured on the cover an article about
King Arthur’s colonies in Pre-Colombian America. I read a quote in there by Peter Jackson
saying, “When you realize your film gets better with every day you work on it,
it becomes hard to take a day off.” This
really encouraged me as I often never get around to working on my screenplays.
I
read the Rolling Stone magazine later and felt inspired by how Peter Jackson
could make a huge film career without having to move to a place like Hollywood,
since I hoped to make my career and stay in my home state of Kansas. The next day I took one of my ripped socks
and used it to insulate my coffee mug. On Friday I went to my appointment with Dr. Mayfield and I told her my
plans for the group. She also told me of
a meeting for student organizations at four next Wednesday. That night I went to Crazy Dog’s and bought
some soap in town. Tyler left that day
to work at his job at AMC over the weekend and on Saturday I texted him the
homework assignment for Transition Planning II.
I wrote thank you notes to my grandmom and my Uncle John and Aunt Nini
for their Christmas presents. The next
day I went to Hasting’s and bought the current issues of Smithsonian and
Shambhala Sun magazine.
The
next Monday I completed my Windows 7 tutorial at my Essential Managing Information
class. On Wednesday I found out to my
dismay at my first Geology Lab that I didn’t have the required textbook. After class I e-mailed Mrs. Fahrmeier, who
was substituting for Mr. B in Transition Planning II and said I wouldn’t be
able to make it because of the meeting. I did my assignment for that class and e-mailed it to Mr. B. Then I went to the student organization
meeting someone I knew. Mckinsey was
there and she seemed glad to see me. We
said hello and asked how we were doing before we sat down and heard the
presentation. That night I helped Tyler
with his Transition Planning II homework and the next day I switched my PCP
time with Jennifer in THRIVE for Monday at 1:30 and helped Tyler with our assignment
for Transition Planning II again that evening.
