In an otherwise dreary morning, you knew I'd find SOMETHING positive, didn't you?
Listen in then, on a cell phone conversation from yesterday afternoon...
"Hi, Mom!"
"Hello, sweetheart. Are you having a good week?"
"Oh, yes! I just got my Religions of Southeastern Asia Midterm back and I got an A+!"
"That's fabulous, I'm SO proud of you!"
"Thanks. The reason I called is because tomorrow is my academic advising appointment. We have
preregistration coming up and there are so many classes I want to take...."
"Okay, which class are you most interested in?"
"I wanted to know if you think it would be okay to take a class about King Arthur and the Round Table."
"Sure, that sounds really interesting. Ask your advisor if you can sign up for it."
"Thanks Mom, I was afraid it was too frivolous for college work."
"No worries, honey."
"Ha, that's a good Australian phrase, Mom. I'll call you tomorrow and let you know what my advisor says...."
"I Love you darlin', talk to you tomorrow..."
"Love you too Mom, bye!"
mwah.
Ahh, Greta, bless you for giving me that refreshing spritz of water in my face. I needed that.
Posted by: Norma | November 03, 2004 at 09:55 AM
And that's exactly it, Greta!! You always DO find something positive. It's refreshing, invigorating, it's what I aspire to. Thank you.
Frivolous, shmivolous -- yay for King Arthur and your wonderful daughter!
Posted by: Vicki | November 03, 2004 at 10:02 AM
Awww....I've been getting calls like that too but more along the lines of ..
"I can't stand it here anymore...mom I gotta find somewhere else to stay...they won't go to bed at night, they bug me to come watch tv when I have midterms to study for...." and that's just stating the problem mildly...
So while the courses are great and she's making scads of new friends...her daddy had to drive up and help her move out of a long time family friends' place to new digs....
Yeah Greta I know I need a blog of my own don't I.
Debbie in Ontario, Canada...who now has a third dog....somebody stop me!
Posted by: debbie | November 03, 2004 at 10:34 AM
I love this story. Love you for posting it. Tell her to watch out for those medievalists, though. They're a tricky bunch of trickster teachers. Ask me how I know.
Posted by: Em | November 03, 2004 at 02:04 PM
Tell your daughter to take whatever appeals to her - college is no fun if you stick to the straight and narrow! (says the woman who took senior-level history classes without prereqs. - for fun!)
Posted by: Sarah | November 03, 2004 at 08:34 PM
I can just HEAR her voice. And yours.
Posted by: Rachael | November 04, 2004 at 02:22 AM