Muffins

The summer has flown by so quickly.  Thinking about going to school tomorrow is insane.  It feels like yesterday that I was moving out.  I think it will be good though.  I love being independent all the time, like I have my own decisions to make.  However, I didn't realize how hard it would be saying goodbye to my best friend from back home.  Last summer, I didn't really get to hang out with my friends, so it feels so much like I'm leaving home for the first time, even though I know that isn't true.

Today I got to sell muffins to mentally impaired people.  Random, I know, but I was so mesmerized by all of them.  They knew how to count change (well, ok some of them.  There was this one guy who gave me a nickel instead of a dollar, but I didn't say anything because I felt bad.), dance (yes, they dance better than me!!), and they have their own little social circles going on.  They talk to one another like they are the best of friends.  It reminds me of all the old ladies that I worked with my mom for who all knew everything about one another and hung out every night for Bingo or some new movie.  They were just a little slower, but they didn't know that about themselves.  It's so weird, it really is.  I feel like they have better abilities than I do to engage in social activities.  Shouldn't it be the other way around?  Maybe we have more to learn from people with disabilities than I realized.