Homework

I guess Sundays aren’t working out so well for me to update this! :O/ ... I think I’ll try for Mondays, instead. On Fridays at noon, I’ve been set up for my auditory rehab sessions, so I’ll try and write something about that when I get home from JH. ... It may not be both days each week – so, if I don’t have an update on Mon., check again on Fri. – and vis-a-versa.

Fri., I was sick and didn’t make it to Mass, so on Sun. I went to Mass and a friend there has offered to help me with my listening for an hour once or twice a week :O) ... I went to the library Sat. and checked out two CD-ROMs to try: "Curious George: Reading and Phonics" and Reader Rabbit: I Can Read With Phonics"; three books on cd/cassette + matching book to read along with: "A Treasury of Mother Goose", "In a Dark, Dark Room and Other Scary Stories" (one of my favorites when I was a kid!), and "One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish" (which I’ve read so many times to my sister when she was little that I’ve practically got it memorized!). With the Mother Goose and the Dr. Seuss books, I’ll try listening without reading along, since I’m very familiar with them! I also checked out a CD of Beethoven piano music to listen to and see if I can do better with just one instrument playing. ... I haven’t tried any of them, yet ... I’d better get going, though – the library just let me know they have two more books on cd/cassette in that they’d ordered for me from another library! :O)

I’ve noticed this week that Jenda’s purr SOUNDS like a purr – and I heard the "W" at the end of her "meow" – so, now she says, "M-yow" instead of "Oooooo" or "Mooooo" :O) ... A friend sent me an e-card with a "mystery" song playing – and after I listened to it for a little while, I figured out it was "Don’t Worry, Be Happy"! I was so tickled I kept playing it over and over – I distinguished the sounds even better once I knew what it was! :O) ... And the chimes at Mass definitely SOUND like chimes! All of the sounds are still at a lower pitch/tone than what I’m used to, however. But that’s okay – they’re getting better tiny bit by tiny bit! :O)

This Friday will be my first auditory rehabilitation session – my therapist’s name is Jennifer, too! I’ll have to call my audiologist who does my CI mapping "Jennifer1" and my rehab therapist "Jennifer2"! :O) ... I’ll write about my experience with Jennifer2 on Friday! :O)