Ready to move on

Thursday:

I gotta admit that I am getting a bit burnt out. It's not that the work is hard or even terribly time consuming when considering the work load of a typical semester. It's more that I have to work harder and harder to communicate with Stephyn each day. We both are having a hard time expressing complicated notions quickly. On numerous occasions, either he or I have simply decided to remain quiet rather than trying to spend 5 minutes to relay one idea.

In addition to that, I have been dealing with some family problems that have made me less interested in working. Of course, I have to do what I need to do in order to complete my project, so I shall soldier on, but it certainly has made it more difficult. In any case, we are about finished with the scheduled deprivation periods, and that is relieving.

I will close by saying that I have certainly enjoyed learning these various methods of communicating with Stephyn throughout his deafness, but I will be glad when I can simply ask him a question verbally.