OurGirl: WOOOOHOOOOOO!!!!!!

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AAAAh. At last. oh, that squeal of astonished excitement you heard at 10:30am, thursday?

ME.

i saw the email. i leapt out of my chair and bounded out of the cubbie—WWWEEEEEEEE!! an A, i got an A! A! A! A! —AAAAYYEEE! — with such enthusiasm that i slammed into walshie as he rushed back into the cubbie, alarmed something was wrong. i grabbed his shoulders—an A, WALSH! an A in FISCAL MANAGEMENT! "OH MY GOTTS" walshie yelled. my brother poked his head out of the cubbie and we exchanged the pat morita/ralph macchio acknowledgement:

i did it mr. miayagi! i did it! and my brother looked at me with pride in his eyes and nodded.

i think somewhere birds may have wept.

i dunno. something over the top.

its the cinderella story, the small town girl living in a lonely world taking the midnight train going anywhere, the never-been-kissed drew barrymore waiting on the pitcher's mound and then it happen! i wished and worked really hard for the a, but told myself the b would be fine. i know now what my husband felt when he went back to school. i appreciate anyone pursuing a higher degree. it ain't for babies or the fainthearted.

the relief is great. supposedly, this was the more challenging of the courses. i can attest that i thought it was a tooth-puller for a girl with a BFA. yeh, quit laughing. i admit, the last paper i wrote was in 1818 english, high school, circa 1982. HEY. really. that laughter is starting to hurt my feelings...

i am now 1/10 of the way there in the pursuit of my ultimate goal. we will see if i will be able to continue—i'm as cautious about the ability to finish as i was about this class. but i do know i am able to get in there, work hard and see it pay off. 5-7 page cost-benefit analysis paper? i'm your girl! what's next? bring it on!

HEY WALSH—MORGIE—check it out.
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