[nfbwatlk] Update

[gloria]

Hi Lisa,

My prayers are with you.

Keep up the good work and good luck! 

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Sent: Saturday, February 14, 2009 6:30 PM
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Hello:
 
I am taking a 3 day break from the OTC and spending time with Ron and the
baby birds. It's nice to be home. I return for a two week break on March 9. 
 
How is it going:
 
Braille:
 
I am starting on Grade 2 braille next week. Reading is great! Writing with
the slate and sylise I need to keep working on it but it is getting better.
Joy  is a great teacher. I have to slow down my reader for the other two
students who  are reading at a much slower pace then me. The book we are
using takes a fast  approach to braille and it is advanced. I really enjoy
the class. 
 
Computers:
 
I am being trained on the braille note the KNFB reader and I am learning
excel. Jim is a wonderful teacher. He has a great sense of humor. I have
been asked to be a peer tutor for other students in regards to MS word and
Windows. I  hope I can help other struggling students. 
 
Home Ec:
 
I am doing pretty good in this class; but I burned my hand last week when I
accidentally touched the stove burner; good reflexes saved me from getting
seriously burned. I thought Quill was going to have a heart attack. That's
life under sleep shades. I will complete this course March 4.
 
O&M:
 
This is the struggle. It is coming very slowly. I must be patient. My  O&M
instructor is an Intern from Texas. She is nice but very strict. I tease
her and think of her as my drill sargent; just like the Army. I hope to have
much more O&M time next term. I am getting the cane techniques down but it
is slow work and I am still in the building. 
 
The other classes are good and I love dependable strengths. The only things
that really bother me is the outside drama (mainly with some of the other
students); it can be a very stressful progam to go through and it is not
easy to be away from Ron for 6-10 weeks at a time. I still can't cook in my
apartment  nor walk on my own to the center.A lot of things have changed
since my first  training program in 1989-1990. However, all in all the
program is a good one and  I am glad that they really make you wear the
sleep shades. I think I am handling  the stress a lot better now then when I
first started last month. 
It's a work in  progress. 
 
Please keep me in your prayers. I am really glad I am in the program! It
may not be in LA or CO but it is still a very good program and I am learning
a great deal. What a blessing!
 
Lisa A. Owen
NFB & CFB
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