fingers crossed . . .

we spent the day in jax trying to get all of kidlet's hard work to mean something wooly . . . you know, sheepskin.  O.M.G.  i just looked up sheepskin in urban dictionary.  no. no. just no.  i'm talking about a diploma. the thing you hang on your wall after four long years of drudgery.  that thing.

as you remember,  kidlet went down the rabbit hole in the fall of 2012 after we lost the 9TS.  alice wasn't down there, nor was the white rabbit . . . it turned out to be a hell hole with initials flying everywhere:  ADD, BPD, BP2, AS and MDD.  it's enough to drive anyone mad.  but kidlet held on.  tight. tighter. tightest.  she had a lot of help but by july of 2013, she was doing much better.  much.

the problem is, she didn't graduate.  actually, it wasn't an issue.  just breathe, i said, 7952 times.  one step at a time, i said 10,723 times. and she did.  forward she marched, until one day it was suggested that she see where she stood academically.

today we talked to her old adviser.  she still needs advanced calc1 and advanced calc2 plus computer programming and capstone for a degree in mathematics.  ugh. groan.  mumble. but a kind soul also mentioned we talk to the interdisciplinary  studies adviser. that's their version of a liberal arts degree and guess what????  all she needs are two english courses.  one in children's lit and one in business composition and they are both offered on-line which is the perfect scenario for kidlet. if all goes well with her reapplication to the school, she'll take the two courses starting in january and graduate in the spring of '15.

we should hear within a few weeks if she has been re-accepted.

does it get any better?!?!?!?!

oh, p.s. we stopped at filet of chick for lunch and i was having difficulty getting my packet of spicy sauce to release its goodness, suddenly the baggie torn and a jet stream landed all the way down my shirt from the collar to the hem, onto my slacks and across the booth.  kidlet ducked.  she's fast that way. needless to say, we took care of our last appointment via phone as i was rather aromatic and feeling picante.