Congratulations Stephen

Stephen is officially in grad school now. What? You thought he was already in grad school? Well, he was, he is, and now its completely official. Let me explain: This past spring/summer was such a whirlwind of things going on what with his graduating from college, getting married, going to Europe, moving, and renovating a 3 bedroom apartment (whew, it makes my head hurt to think about cramming all of that into a couple of months) that there just wasn't time enough to get through all of the application requirements. Mainly it was scheduling/taking the GRE that was holding him up. So ECU gave him the opportunity to go ahead and enroll in classes this fall as a "non-degree seeking student", with the idea that he would be able to take the GRE and get accepted into Grad school officially.

Anyway, he got through the application process, got all of the required teacher recommendations, and took the GRE late this summer. And today? Today he got the notification that he was accepted OFFICIALLY to pursue his MA in English (linguistics, specifically). So we are all happy and feeling celebratory. I mean, this was the way the plan was supposed to work.
But you know that even the best laid plans can go awry, so it feels really good to know that things are on track and official. And all of his classes this semester should count towards his degree, so he didn't lose any time, which is also nice.

I hope everyone has a nice weekend. I won't be having as much fun as I did last weekend, in NY, but its good to be home again anyway. Even if we have planned to paint the front porch since the weather looks like its going to cooperate for the next few days...