December 23, 2008: Christmas Shopping With My Interpreter, Kelsey

I went out all afternoon with a young, nice female interpreter named Kelsey yesterday.  She's hired by Mom and Joe.  Kelsey is a college student who knew my deaf friend, Chuck, who is happened to be her ASL instructor at Daytona Beach Community College (DBCC currently turns into Daytona State College since last year).  I didn't know Kelsey knows Chuck until I found out that few months ago.  I already know Chuck works at a college for teaching students ASL class.  That early Tuesday afternoon, Kelsey came to pick me up 30 minutes later after my chosen original schedule to get her on time, a noon, but she did call to inform my father she would be there in 15 minutes.  After we left the Manison, we went to a big bookstore, Barnes & Noble, in Daytona Beach.  That big bookstore comes first for me to do a Christmas shopping.  First, I ordered my lunch in the cafe there.  I planned to eat there cuz I needed taking a break from making a lunch at home.  My lunch was an apple-cransberry spread, cheese and turkey sandwich.  Yummy!  My beverage was hot Peppermint White Chocolate Mocha.  That drink was so delicious!  I tried this out.  After I finished eating my lunch, Kelsey helped me to look for a signing language book.  Kelsey asked a female bookstore employee where we would find a signing language book.  We found it with other books in the other area of the section after we followed that employee.  I've decided to buy a signing language book there.  It's a Christmas present for Mom and Joe cuz they need to learn how to use a signing language.  They don't using it much in a long time.  That's why Mom and Joe have a very busy life and don't understand me well by my speech (sigh).  I chose the best book, a big and thick but not too much.  That the same one I saw at a library few years ago.  I borrowed it for scanning few pictures from that book to put into my blog.  I like that book very much so I purchased it at the front.  Kelsey bought her own presents for some people she knows.  After I purchased the new book, I decided to buy a sweet chocolate cupcake (YUMMY!)  at the cafe.  I wanted a glass plastic container of it to go, not staying in the cafe cuz we had to leave immediately for going to the mall.  At the mall, I kept searching for my family member's Christmas gift.  I had to make a hard decision to choose what he or she want but I couldn't find anything but I did find out what Mom and Dad want for Christmas already before I left home.  I've decided to pick a package of 4 pairs of Docker's socks for my Dad at JCPenney's but can't find his after shaving lotion.  After that, I wanted to stop by music CDs and DVDs shop to look for David's Christmas gift but I can't find anything that would be interesting to him and I decided not to buy DVD cuz of the price there.  Kelsey suggested I could buy a gift card instead but I told her in a sign I am thinking about it.  And to the Sears.  No, I can't find anything for Mom there.  I decided I am done searching at the mall and then we left the mall for going to Wal-Mart in Ormond Beach.  Wal-Mart was my last shop to do.  I purchased few Christmas presents for Mom and David, a package of more bows, and needed to buy a package of more Thomas English Muffins for my breakfast.  And then I went home.  Kelsey dropped me off at my family's Manison.  I came home at about after 6:30 pm.  I had a wonderful and fun time.

That evening after eating my snack, a sandwich and a soda, I had to wrap Christmas presents for my family immediately.  That's alot of work through the night.  I finished wrapping them at about 10:30 pm and then cleaned up Christmas items on my bed.  What a mess!   I put them into my bedroom closet.  Mom put my Christmas presents under the Christmas tree in our family's living room for me.

Note:  The reason I decided to buy a signing language book for Mom and Joe is that they need an upgraded book.  Mom's other English signing language books are very old.  New ASL changes them.

That's it for now.  Good night.