American Sign Language

I can't believe it has been since December since I last wrote a blog. Oops! I guess I'm just going to have to get writing again. There has been some big changes in my life since December and one of them has been the passion that I have found in ASL.

Since December, I have moved out of my apartment into a townhouse, got a roommate - two actually, got a puppy, and took Level 1 and 2 in American Sign Language. In a little over two weeks I am going to be taking American Sign Language in an Immersion Course through the local Deaf Society here. I absolutely can't wait to take it. I want to become a sign language interpreter and this will help me. I have a few things right now on the go and that I have to deal with but I'm planning on taking level 3 in the fall and then hopefully moving on up to Level 4 right after that. After I am done level 4 and with my immersion course I will have about 125 hours of sign language instruction done and then to become an interpreter I think I have about 400 more hours to go. It seems like a lot but since I am only taking sign language in the evenings, it will take a bit longer than normal to get all my hours completed. The only thing is, I wish I had more people to sign to. I really want to practise and get good, and be able to have full conversations with people in ASL. Anyway.....