What the heck happened! ..

I got up early this morning with the goal of getting to school about 7:15 so I could beat the crowds to the copy machines. I know no one will believe me, but I actually did not do a lick of school work over the Christmas break. I thought about it...but then several good books, a wedding reception, a couple of short jaunts to Orlando seemed to grab my attention more. Therefore, I was not even close to being ready for today. Thus, my eagerness (?) to arrive early to get a jump on things. WELL...it was shortly after 9:00 when I discovered that even though I was dressed, I did not have my phone in its usual "holder." I discovered this when I needed to make a really important phone call to Valdosta State. Thankfully, Catie arrived at my room about the same time my panic started to set in and while I was in the first meeting of the day, she walked home for me and got it. She had perfect timing (again) because she returned just as the meeting was breaking up. I called VSU to see if they had received my transcript from Albany State yet. Albany State had already set two transcripts to VSU in the month of December which somehow did not make it there. I was told that I should call back about 4:30 to see if it had arrived. I was also told that it VSU didn't have my "official" sealed transcript, I would not be able to start my Specialist degree program until MAY!! Mind you, I had started the process of application back during the middle of November. Knowing that Murphy likes to mess with my life, I decided that the only way for my transcript (and thus full acceptance, financial aid process, etc.) to go from ASU to VSU today was by courier...ME! When I reached that decision, I could not find my principal, nor my team administrator to ask permission to leave . I finally came across a 7th grade administrator and she gave me permission. So Catie and I went from Tifton To Albany to Tifton to Valdosta and back to Tifton--all by 2:30 today. By the way...the Graduate School business office is on N. Patterson just a couple of blocks down from where we used to live when we were in Valdosta. I had no problem finding the "old homeplace" but finding N. Patterson after some 37 years was interesting to say the least... On the way back from Valdosta I received a "courtesy" call from VSU to tell me they had received my transcripts! I was too tired at that point to relay to the lady just exactly how the transcript had been delivered to her...I just told her thank you for the info. Then she informed me that the "committee" would be meeting on Wednesday and I would get an email on Thursday telling me whether the committee had decided to accept me for the program or not! Did I mention that classes start next Monday...a week from today...two school days after my fate had been decided by the committee...Nothing like taking it right down to the wire! Needless to say, my Blood pressure meds have really had a workout today!