I’VE BEEN TRYING NOT 2 POST, SO EVERY1 WOULD SEE OUR CHRISTMAS VIDEO, BUT SO MUCH HAS HAPPENED SINCE THEN, THAT I DON’T KNOW WHERE 2 START!
I’VE BEEN KEEPING TABS ON THE THINGS I’VE TYPED SINCE MY LAST POST (ESSENTIALLY POSTING 2 MYSELF! LOL, SO I MAY WRITE ANOTHER VERY LONG POST! BUT 4 NOW, I’LL BE SOMEWHAT BRIEF.

4 QUITE AWHILE, I’VE BEEN TRYING 2 WORK UP THE NERVE 2 TALK, & NOT SIGN, ALL DAY. I’VE DONE IT 4 BRIEF PERIODS…& I DON’T CARE 2 DISCUSS THEM. BUT I KEEP CHICKENING OUT OF DOING IT 4 A LONGER PERIOD. HOWEVER, I WANT MY 1ST TRY 2 HAVE A BETTER CHANCE AT BEING A POSITIVE EXPIERIENCE, & I FEEL LIKE I’M NEAR A “PEAK” IN MY “SPEAKING CYCLE.” HOWEVER, I’M AFRAID OF IT NOT STAYING MUCH LONGER THIS MONTH…I COULD BE WRONG, BUT I CAN’T CHICKEN OUT OF DOING IT IF I POST IT—SO I’M TRYING IT SUNDAY (2MORROW).

I USUALLY STRUGGLE THE FIRST TIME I TRY SOMETHING, BUT I KNOW IT GETS BETTER THE NEXT TIME I DO IT. COME SPEAK WITH ME IF YOU SEE ME, HOWEVER PEOPLE NEED TO GIVE ME A CHANCE 2 RESPOND, BE PATIENT WITH ME, & TRY NOT TO FINISH MY WORDS. I MAY NOT GET TO SAY MORE THAN A COUPLE WORDS, BUT THAT IS OKAY. JUST DON’T GATHER IN A LARGE GROUP AND GIVE ME PERFORMANCE ANXIETY., OR TRY TO COMFORT ME IF YOU THINK I AM ANXIOUS! (MK DOES THIS WELL. HE MIGHT LOOK INSENSATIVE,BUT IT HELPS KEEP MY PBA IN CHECK.) PLEASE TRY TO ENCOURAGE ME TO TALK RATHER THAN RELYING ON ASL. ALSO, LIE TO ME A TELL ME HOW GOOD I SOUND. YOU ARE EACH ALLOWED 1 TIME TO SAY MY “WOOKIE’ LANGUAGE IS GETTING BETTER.

SO MUCH FOR BEING BRIEF!