Friday, April 27, 2012, 16:05:00 was my last minute of childhood.
It wasn’t the climactic transition as I had hoped for, I think I was finishing homework or napping while my mom was doing housekeeping for me. The morning was very enjoyable, though – after Japanese class, I met my mom, bearing birthday cake and a large bowl of fruit, behind McCulloch. She shared some delicious snacks then drove me to Kemeny for Japanese 10. Unfortunately, I had never asked Professor Washburn for permission to bring her to class, so she had to wait until Linguistics 1 to experience Dartmouth’s academic scene. The topic that day was perfect. Since my mom used to teach grammar, she found the introductory lecture to syntax very easy to understand, and Professor Pulju actually told me he deliberately watered some of it down just for her. It was a lot of fun, and I loved seeing her enthusiastic about linguistics! Nothing else significant really happened while she was here, since we tried to walk to the clay studio and learned that they do not accept projects completed at a different studio. We had some nice conversation for the two miles though, and it was a lovely day to be outside.
I must also thank my friends for making my birthday special. Meili brightened my room with a beautiful flower vase, and Pranamはかわいいこけしときれいでむらさきうちわをくれました。(gave me cute Kokeshi dolls and a pretty purple fan). Thinking ahead, Etai gave me a neat comic-book picture frame to preserve some memories during the LSA+ in Japan. And of course, Bryan bought me a lottery ticket, which I didn’t win, and a grape Zigzag, which I gave back to him. Dinner was so much fun! Meili arranged for a bunch of floor mates to gather at Molly’s and Pranam ordered an elaborate Lou’s cake with ［華子、お誕生日おめでとう］written in frosting. He took so much time to look up the kanji online – I am forever grateful!
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