Happy Inauguration Day Part II

Hello again. Well, it's not as quick as I promised, but here it is. So after the mass, we had tamales. I went inside with Mario and he gave me tamales. I was really just feeling strange. I hadn't seen an authentic tamale before and didn't know about the cornhusks. Well, I'd heard about them, but I'd never felt it so I didn't know to take the wrapper off. LOL. After that, we went into his room and had a jam session. He and his cousin did punta music by making the desks, walls, metal pieces sticking out, etc. into drums. It was so incredibly cool. Then he sang some stuff on the guitar. He wrote a song and taught me the piano part. When his little cousins came in, he and I sang Feliz Navidad. Then, he started singing I Will Survive. It was so cool. That's one of my numerous favorite songs. We both sang it together and it was a lto of fun. I felt bad because I thought I was gonna be the last one to leave. He said I'd always be a guest at his house. I was really stupidly ecstatic. I guess I was just hoping we'd become good friends. Anyway, Sunday I was there for part of a baha'i meeting and I felt kinda bad about leaving. I went to my grandma's house since she'd been begging me too for a long while. We had a lot of food, watched tV, and played cards. I beat her at King's Corners almost every time. Mom and Nana also came to visit on Monday. It was kinda fun. Today was the day of Obama's inauguration. Access came really lat, but it took me to work. We watched it in the dorm. First, Aretha was awesome. I wasn't fond of Dr. Rick Warren's invocation. I love John Williams. I think he might spell his first name differently actually, but whatever. He was the writer of the Star Wars Symphony, the Harry Potter music, etc. How awesome is that? He wrote a version of "Simple Gifts" which is a shaker hymn. It was totally fabulous. Obama's speech was also great. The chief Justice screwed up the oath of office and Obama was trying to correct him and both of them got thrown. This is why the title is happy inauguration day. Oh. I must say that the benediction by Dr. Joseph Lowry was fantastic. He cofounded the SCLC with Dr. King. It was amazing. Well, right after the ceremony was finished, Kristin called me. I got mail from the certification board for the braille test I took. Well, I am now an officially certified braille instructor. I had my students and then came home and watched TV. I ate and then got kinda sick so I went into my room and talked to tasha. I watched the end of Dr. Doolitle II with Kristin and then went into my room where I am now finishing this blog post. So now that I'm up to date again, I'm gonna go to bed since it's after midnight and I got no sleep last night. Take care and enjoy the day. carpe diem.
Leena