car ~ma to JZ, Hec and family...
get better ~ma to omnis...
packet ~ma to Kristin...
Kristin, if it helps any, I feel your pain on the letter of rec saga. In August I asked a good friend for a letter of rec for a scholarship. Several times I checked with my friend to verify if he had done it. In January, right at the deadline, he promised me it was done. In early February I received a letter from the committee that they had my packet but were missing 1 of my letters. Checked with friend, again, and he promised he sent it but would send another copy. Early this week I e-mailed the head of the committee to verify everything was OK as next week I have a final interview with the scholarship committee. She sent me a terse e-mail that they had never received a letter from my friend. She did tell me that I could bring the letter next week, throw myself on the mercy of the committee, explain why I didn't get them the letter on time and ~maybe~ they would still interview me (up until the letter was overdue I was the front runner for the scholarship). My friend got angry e-mail, text and phone calls from me. He send another copy of a letter of rec with an "I'm scum, it wasn't her fault, please don't punish her for my being an idiot" letter with it. If he costs me this $$ (it's $6500!) I may have to hurt him.
So now I'm all fretful about the miserable commute they had, and how much this will cost us (and whether our credit card can stretch enough to cover it, because no way do we have the cash), and how stressed out they'll both be when they get home, and how this pretty much kills any chance of making it to the F2F.
It wasn't that big a deal except Emmett was 45 minutes late to school. We got over the bridge and stopped at the big CalTrans complex immediately on the other side. We pulled up and I popped the trunk and a big ol' guy named Donnie came over and introduced himself, and flagged down a towtruck supervisor and she called one of the trucks and they came and filled me up with water and coolant and we were off.
No damage except annoyance at the idiots who charged us $300 for a thorough overhaul of the car and then almost caused my engine to burn up because they neglected to tighten a cap.
Wow, GG, that's much worse than my scenario. This is just a case of someone who got overwhelmed and forgot until the last minute and then got sick, but she's generally a very responsible person. I hope that everything works out for you--that's really awful.
Hec, I'm glad that it wasn't as bad as you all feared!
Oh, Hec. That's good news.
Thanks, KT. I'm full of hope of being able to win over the committee with a winning smile, personality and a fabulous outfit. Everything else in my packet was done to my usual 'overachieving standards' and my other letters were quite strong. I'm just praying it's enough to cover the snafu.
I honestly don't know if I would be able to forgive someone for doing that to me. I could forgive someone backing out or telling me that they couldn't do it or even forgetting it...but I don't think I could forgive outright lies that led to me missing an opportunity.
Hec, good to hear! Glad things are ok.
I'm sorry, hon. I have had that experience myself. So not fun. I know you don't want to see anyone right now, but let me know if we can do anything for you, okay?
Actually, I'm all for seeing folks. Except I shouldn't be too far from a rest room, so I kinda wanna stay home.... and my house is (as always) not really fit for guests. If Saturday is goes well, maybe Sunday?
Sunday might work. My time is a little limited between grading midterm exams, starting to write narrative comments, and trying to eke out a little time with ND before he leaves again; but I will do my best. I can certainly bring something down to you if you need food or anything, I just don't know how long I can stay.
I hate to admit this, but Your Mama Can't Dance is kinda adorable.
Spend time with ND! You two need every precious minute together!! I got plenty of food, thanks. You are the best for offering.
