Some sobering news...

So, today I went to the business office to submit my application and fee for graduation. The lady kindly asked me my student number to verify my records. I thought--no big deal, as many hours as I have, and all the classes I've taken--I should have no problem. So, you can imagine my surprise when she told me, "You're not eligible for graduation. You're missing a class."
You could have knocked me over with a feather. WHAT! One class--what class could it possibly be? I'm so glad you asked. I am missing a one hour credit in....wait for it...freshman orientation.
How big a joke is that! But she was serious. She denied my graduation application because I never took freshman orientation at this school. It doesn't matter that I have almost 150 undergraduate hours (and a degree) or that I have 31 more graduate school hours on top of that (plus another degree), it doesn't even matter that I made it to the end of the nursing program without having an orientation class.
So, the student records lady ever so sweetly sent me back to the dean of nursing, to whom I explained my predicament. After she picked herself up off the floor, she texted the dean of academics (who was in the middle of the school golf tournament fund raiser) to get him to okay the waiving of freshman 0rientation for me. And we waited....
And we waited....
And we waited....
Finally, I decided to go home. He did text back and told her that he'd talk to her monday.
I couldn't believe it! I was being denied graduation! Craziness!

Okay, so now the rest of the story (its very short).

The dean of nursing texted me once I got home and she had worked everything out with the academic dean--I will graduate after all! Hooray! Don't let me sound surprised. All day long, Ive been saying, "I WILL graduate". It was going to take wild horses to keep me from it. So my blood pressure is back down now. I'm geared up for a busy weekend.

We had our last test today in class. I did okay on it, but not superb. I could just about flunk it and still pass, so I'm not too worried. I do like to do well though.

Stay tuned...