|
05-01-2013, 06:28 PM
|
#9196 |
|
Junior Master Dwellar
Join Date: May 2011
Posts: 2,728
|
@MTP: for sure!
|
|
|
|
05-01-2013, 06:35 PM
|
#9197 |
|
Not Suspicious, Merely Canadian
Join Date: Oct 2006
Posts: 3,774
|
A very strange day - in my entire academic life I haven't had one to beat it ...
I spent the weekend of my 3rd son's grad finishing a term project (for a horrible course) and a term paper (for a great course) between 2 and 6 am each night. Totally stressed over both, as they were worth a lot. Got them submitted. Today I got results back ... 100% on the project for the awful course, which means I have a shot at an A overall if I spank the final ... and a shot at a 4.0 GPA if other finals go well. And my health policy term paper came back with a grade of 100% - the prof said he's never given a perfect score before. And ... I was offered a very competitive rotation of 2 months in DC this fall at OSHA headquarters, right beside the Capitol. The email came in at 5:30, a little before I left the office. I'm so excited, really deliriously happy, because at the start of this semester I had chemo brain so bad that I couldn't figure out my spring schedule. I wrote everything on a big dry-erase wall calendar and I couldn't comprehend it, and I just cried. But my brain slowly reconnected the neuro pathways over the past several weeks. I could almost feel it happening. Today was confirmation that chemo didn't permanently damage my brain. I am profoundly thankful and very, very happy. Also very excited to be spending the early fall in DC! Two of my sons will be there - I plan to really get to know our nation's capital!
__________________
The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated. - Ghandi 
|
|
|
|
|
05-01-2013, 06:36 PM
|
#9198 | |
|
Not Suspicious, Merely Canadian
Join Date: Oct 2006
Posts: 3,774
|
Quote:
__________________
The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated. - Ghandi
|
|
|
|
|
|
05-01-2013, 06:40 PM
|
#9199 |
|
Person who doesn't update the user title
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Bottom lands of the Missoula floods
Posts: 6,402
|
WOW ! I'm impressed.
Congratulations (100%) again and (100%) again and (OSHA) again. DC OSHA doesn't know how good they're going to have it ! |
|
|
|
|
05-01-2013, 06:48 PM
|
#9200 |
|
Not Suspicious, Merely Canadian
Join Date: Oct 2006
Posts: 3,774
|
Thank you! I can't quite believe it's all true.
So excited about OSHA.
__________________
The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated. - Ghandi
|
|
|
|
|
05-01-2013, 06:57 PM
|
#9201 |
|
Person who doesn't update the user title
Join Date: Mar 2011
Posts: 13,002
|
awesome news.
|
|
|
|
|
05-01-2013, 07:11 PM
|
#9202 |
|
trying hard to be a better person
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Brisbane, Australia
Posts: 16,493
|
Good stuff ortho.
. We all knew you'd be fine. 
__________________
Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber |
|
|
|
|
05-01-2013, 07:38 PM
|
#9203 |
|
To shreds, you say?
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet!
Posts: 18,449
|
Not bad for a Canadian.
Seriously, I wish I were at a proper keyboard. Big hugs to you and your resilient brain cells.
__________________
The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs |
|
|
|
|
05-01-2013, 07:47 PM
|
#9204 |
|
UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Austin, TX
Posts: 20,012
|
That's wonderful, ortho! (Hey, remember when we all said something better than that crappy job that backed out on you would come along? It feels sooo good to tell you we told you so.
)
|
|
|
|
|
05-01-2013, 08:35 PM
|
#9205 |
|
is a beach
Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: One step back from the end of the world
Posts: 245
|
that's amazing news ortho
__________________
Schrodinger's cat is a koan. |
|
|
|
|
05-01-2013, 08:45 PM
|
#9206 |
|
The future is unwritten
Join Date: Oct 2002
Posts: 71,105
|
Soooo, you're really a bot, eh.
__________________
The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump. |
|
|
|
|
05-01-2013, 08:57 PM
|
#9207 |
|
Junior Master Dwellar
Join Date: May 2011
Posts: 2,728
|
A big congrats on everything, Ortho!
|
|
|
|
|
05-01-2013, 09:01 PM
|
#9208 |
|
™
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Arlington, VA
Posts: 27,717
|
Way to go!
|
|
|
|
|
05-01-2013, 09:10 PM
|
#9209 |
|
Not Suspicious, Merely Canadian
Join Date: Oct 2006
Posts: 3,774
|
Thank you so much!!! Love you all! I want to hug you all and buy everyone a beer or glass of bubbly.
Tonight, things are positive and I am happy. That's all I need for this moment. I appreciate all your good wishes so much. And yeah, I'm a Canadian bot. A suspicious, cool, merely Canadian bot. 
__________________
The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated. - Ghandi
|
|
|
|
|
05-01-2013, 09:28 PM
|
#9210 |
|
Back in 10
Join Date: Aug 2008
Posts: 3,684
|
Go O!
__________________
Speaking simply... do not confuse this with having a simple mind. |
|
|
|
 |
| Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 358 (0 members and 358 guests) | |
|
|
Linear Mode
