D24’s second year continues to go well, with ONE minor hiccup - the Friday night start of fall break, she fell and fractured her radius and ulna. (And was not intoxicated, she is pretty uninterested in substances, but knew when she told me the story it would SOUND like maybe she was under the influence, so started the call with “I AM NOT INEBRIATED JUST DUMB and I think I broke my arm so don’t panic if you see me at the ER on find my” (which I appreciated all of that info before I did see her on find my!) Her house had found a big tire on the side of the road that they were going to make into a tire swing, but before they did that they were taking turns balancing on it (in the upright tire position, like a circus seal) “and I was doing really great on two feet and decided to try one foot and did not do as well!” Her housemates were fantastic, helped her wash her hair in the kitchen sink, got her to the ER and CVS and then to her surgeon’s appointment, but when she was booked for a Friday surgery she called and asked if I would come down. Surgery was Friday, she has 100% more titanium in her than ever before, and her HS bestie came down that night and stayed with us in the hotel. She hadn’t seen her since before school started, and when the door opened and she saw E, she burst into tears. The next morning I got her sorted with some pump hygiene bottles and a cast cover and starbucks, and left her and E at her campus house. She’s thankful it’s her left arm, and we both appreciated her college location - it’s far enough away that she is spreading her wings, but close enough for us to be there pretty quickly when she broke one. (about a 5 hr drive.) Our motto is “make good choices, take good risks” and honestly, I think it was a good risk to take - you don’t break your arm doomscrolling or bedrotting alone in your room, you know? (The anesthesiologist, upon hearing how it happened, said “I gotta tell you, I normally hear stories like this from 19 yo boys!” LOL.)
I am also adding that this kid is my AAK - Awesomely Average Kid - that I posted in the 3.0 groups about a lot, she barely had a 3.0 and that was propped up by taking more than one yoga class for PE credit - even with this issue, she only missed two classes and it was the first two classes she missed all year, she was in immediate contact with her professor who was understanding, and when she went back to that class (It just happened that her appts all landed on a MWF morning course) a classmate said “OMG, where have you been! I thought you were dead!” - which may seem silly, but I pointed out to her, that means you’ve become such a reliable attendee that it is wildly out of character for you to NOT be there… which might not have been the case last year.” I like to add that in case any 3.0’ers are looking for “how things worked out after the acceptance” (like I did when I first jointed) and are looking for that info.
And finally, I had TOTALLY forgotten that I’d signed up for “accident insurance” at work this year. I’ve never taken the supplementals like that, but had the thought that she is now riding in other people’s cars a lot, probably taking risks I don’t know about, and maybe it was worth the $135 this year to try it out, and I have filed a claim already, but am already thinking it was a good move.