Today, we met up earlier in front of Casa de Mañana to talk about our HAP’s. It was so nice to work outside because the weather and the scenery were beautiful. Even the professors agreed so much that we took a group picture in front of the ocean. Afterwards, we went inside to meet more seniors for the LEG activity. The senior woman that I talked to was named Deetta. When I told her my name, she told me that people often think that her name is Deanna. I thought that was interesting because people always think my name is Diana. Deetta mainly talked about her life of traveling. She has traveled to all seven continents and almost all the states in the U.S. except for North Dakota. Her most memorable trip was to Antarctica, where she saw a ship almost sink. I was impressed with her amount of traveling given that she had nine kids. I asked her how did she find the time to travel with having so many kids. She had done all of her traveling when she retired and all her kids were grown. At 20, she was close to graduating college with a degree in sociology and psychology. She was also engaged as well to her husband, who was an engineer. For her career, Deetta became a teacher for special needs kids for 25 years. I was amazed at her life and how she has been able to age gracefully at 91 years old. She most definitely had an interesting and fulfilling life and I hope to be able to travel as much as her one day.
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