First off, confession: I didn’t get my blog post up last night because I fell asleep on the bed while writing it, so today you get two! I’m trying hard to keep up with and complete #bloglikecrazy this year! 🙂
I have had an epic week, despite feeling crummy for part of it (female problem, ick!). I’m usually pretty chill during the week because I’m working and such, and I tend to have my fun on the weekends. But not this week. This week has been jam packed with stuff and it’s still going. I’ve been to two concerts, a Silent Dinner, and a social media and marketing conference.
Daniel and I saw AJR earlier this week and lost our collective minds. We love this trio of brothers and try to see them any time they are in the area. We just found out they are coming back in March for part 2 of their tour and CANNOT WAIT! Already! And we just saw them! They always put on a high energy, enlightening, intensely entertaining show.
Then I suckered him into seeing the Jonas Brothers with me on Wednesday night (hehehe, get it? Suckered?) He was a wonderful sport and I’m extremely grateful for his sense of humor. I’ve taken a shining (LOL!) to their new material and had a small, almost comedic, inkling to see them since I heard they were coming. But I wasn’t about to dish out real (aka good) money to see them. If I happened to get tickets or something I would go. Well, I checked Stubhub like 2 hours before the show and saw 4th row center tickets for stupid cheap and asked Daniel if he would humor me. It was definitely an experience. The Jonas Brothers were great – talented and catering to their young fan base. They were so cute in their Crayola suits. But what fascinated me the most were the fans. I really felt like that was what it must have been like in the 60’s around the Beatles. My ears could barely handle the decibels of screaming girls. I’ve never heard anything like it and I’ve seen Taylor Swift and Beyonce. Twice.
The next evening Daniel was kind enough to accompany me to the Silent Dinner that the Birmingham regional office of the Alabama Institute for the Deaf and Blind (AIDB) hosts around town each month. I haven’t been in years and they can be very intimidating for a hearing person who is new to ASL (which yes, I still am because I am slow and not proficient in the least). A lot of deaf and hard of hearing people attend the dinners and they tend to sign very fast so I can’t understand what they are saying or asking me and I get flustered and overwhelmed quickly and then want to leave. Thankfully, this time I had Daniel with me who was also new and we helped each other throughout the evening. Daniel has asked me to teach him ASL. So as I learn new things I teach him, which is perfect because it helps me practice. It also helps me realize I know more than I think I do. Baby steps.
Today was the Southern Social Summit at the Haven. It was a wonderful conference about social media marketing with speakers from every background. My favorite part of it was the women-led panel. Those were some powerful women up there giving some great advice!
How was your week?