Yeah! I'm done!

Ok, that wasn't too hard. Not that I think it's a 95 paper, but I'm sure it's at least in the 80s. It's a nice relief to have it finished AND to not have the final paper due until 3 weeks from now. I'm planning on going by school around noon to drop off my paper, and pick up that next assignment, though I doubt I will do any more than read it until at least some time next week.

Oh, I have another thing I'm thankful for. I had to take my son out to the hospital tonight for one of his periodic ultrasounds for an ongoing medical condition. Anyway, last time we had one done in December, the tech did not get any good pictures (though he didn't tell me that at the time). Instead, he then told me that I could have the pictures sent to his doctor that needed them by simply calling them and have them call the hospital and request them. UGH! First of all, when I tried to call and do that, they told me it did not work that way. Since I had waited until a few days before the appointment to call, I had to make about a dozen calls before they would actually agree to help me and do it without me having to go in and request the info in person. THEN, we get to the appointment with his specialist, wait an hour in the waiting room, a half hour in the exam room, and she comes in and spends 2 minutes with us telling us the ultrasound was bad and she can't tell us anything until we have another one! It was so frustrating because this amounted to a number of hours of my precious time that were completely wasted!

Yes, I will now get to the part I am thankful for. Tonight, the tech was so nice and friendly. She wanted to make sure she got the right images, so she took the time to look up some of his previous ultrasounds (he's got about 10 years worth there!) to compare and make sure. Then, she took a LOT of pictures. When I asked about getting a copy to take to his doctor, she told me I needed to fill out a form requesting it. Then, she walked me to the counter, asked the person for the form, and stood there to make sure I filled it out and knew when and where to come to pick it up. She was SOOOO helpful, kind and thorough. I am so thankful for her (and for all people who really try to do their job well)! I wasn't too happy about having this appointment tonight when I needed to finish this paper, but her attitude made a huge difference.

She kind of reminded me (because of her attitude) of a guy I took some shoes to be repaired to a couple years ago. My husband had some shoes that needed resoling, so I took them to a place I had noticed that provided that service. The business is a tiny little one, and the man who took in the shoes was very friendly. What shocked me however, was when I walked in to pick up the shoes 10 days later, he called me by my first name! He had only seen me once! I was so impressed. Anyway, I just love it when people will go the extra mile for you.

In other news, we found out that Cal Tech, Princeton and UCSD have already sent their notices and acceptances out, so they should be arriving here any day now. I'm thinking we might even see Cal Tech's and UCSD's tomorrow. Of course, MIT's will be online this Saturday. Then Berkeley and Harvard are doing theirs online and by email on March 30, and Stanford will be on April 1. So, in 2 weeks we will definitely know where my daughter will be next year. It's so exciting. I think she is embarrassed that I want to know so bad, but I can't help it! I'm just so proud of her and of course think that any school that doesn't accept her is FOOLISH!

I'm tired and ready to get to bed, but before I do I thought I'd post this link: Overheard in Law School. Of course, it gave me an idea for using that as an occasional post here. So, this is fair warning.....if I hear you say it, I may be posting it here!