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Old 05-01-2013, 07:28 PM   #9196
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Old 05-01-2013, 07:35 PM   #9197
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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!
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Old 05-01-2013, 07:36 PM   #9198
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I'm getting about $83 from my bank's rewards program. Nothing like unexpected money.
Nice!
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Old 05-01-2013, 07:40 PM   #9199
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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 !
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Old 05-01-2013, 07:48 PM   #9200
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Thank you! I can't quite believe it's all true.

So excited about OSHA.
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Old 05-01-2013, 07:57 PM   #9201
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awesome news.
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Old 05-01-2013, 08:11 PM   #9202
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Good stuff ortho. . We all knew you'd be fine.
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Old 05-01-2013, 08:38 PM   #9203
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Not bad for a Canadian.
Seriously, I wish I were at a proper keyboard. Big hugs to you and your resilient brain cells.
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Old 05-01-2013, 08:47 PM   #9204
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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. )
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Old 05-01-2013, 09:35 PM   #9205
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that's amazing news ortho
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Old 05-01-2013, 09:45 PM   #9206
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Soooo, you're really a bot, eh.
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Old 05-01-2013, 09:57 PM   #9207
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A big congrats on everything, Ortho!
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Old 05-01-2013, 10:01 PM   #9208
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Way to go!
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Old 05-01-2013, 10:10 PM   #9209
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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.
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Old 05-01-2013, 10:28 PM   #9210
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Go O!
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