<p>It seems a rather slow day for good news, so in the spirit of sharing happiness will inform that today my son heard from the first of 9 schools (8 in US plus 1 Canadian) and was accepted to Macalester! He will be happy to have this option- great fit for him. </p>
<p>For our family this comes on the end of a personally challenging week, nothing like what SoozieVT is experiencing in reality- but we have had a tense medical evacuation (to another country), a fractured front tooth(not the reason for the evacuation!) and the anniversary of a death…So, we will take this good news and look forward to the next few weeks with optimism and positive energy. </p>
<p>It is St. Patrick’s day here, and son is 1/4th Irish (though the school has Scottish roots…)!!</p>
<p>Thanks for sharing the good news. We are all in need of some. Congrats on the Macalester acceptance. It IS a good school. I’m sure more good news will follow soon.</p>
<p>What great news from Macalester! I know what a huge comfort it is to get that first (I am sure of many) acceptance letter. Sorry about the other difficulties. You must live on the edge a fair amount! Best wishes to you and yours.</p>
<p>What fantastic news!!! Congratulations to your son on his acceptance to Macalester! It feels so wonderful to have “one in the pocket”, especially if it is a college which provides a good fit for him.</p>
<p>I am so sorry that this has been a difficult week for you all. It sounds as though you have had quite a few challenges, and I hope that everyone (and everyone’s teeth!) are O.K. Anniversaries of a death can be so difficult. Sending huge hugs your way as you remember your loved one.</p>
<p>Again, congratulations on your GREAT news!! I hope there is much more to follow. love, ~berurah</p>
<p>…goes with motherhood/modernlife/work territory, I guess. It’s funny how things can seem to come in overwhelming bunches, I’ve had some spells like that this year, and of course in the past–as most of us surely have had. I will pray to this god for me and all of us…</p>
<p>I/we are accustomed to the bunches as well. In the same week almost 20 years ago I finished my residency and had my first child and then hemorraged, my husband graduated graduate school and had major surgery to clarify a chest x ray finding…and we moved to Alaska. This was in ONE week. I subscribe to the need for regular appeals to the ‘god of smooth living’!!! Thanks for all the nice thoughts.</p>
<p>Robyrm, Congratulations on Macalester! You can exhale now. Your kids seem destined for snow and more snow. Should be fun to think about during a tropical spring break. My son’s coming home and we’re heading for the beach. We “heart” Siberia especially when we can spend our off time in Bali.</p>
<p>Congrats, Roby! What a great school, both my kids looked into it. No matter what, your son is set for going to a good place now. So tremendously liberating, isn’t it?</p>
<p>His reaction was odd, actually. Maybe he was enjoying the attention that came with being the “last of his friends to hear anything”, or maybe he is just thinking about his mock exams… or about Bali! </p>
<p>He is not worried about the cold, he has visceral memories of early life in Alaska, or so he claims. </p>
<p>With son #1 I had a strong feeling about where he would end up (every time I started playing tennis I just had this ‘awareness’)…but with this son, no idea (but then, I am playing less tennis!!). </p>
<p>It is very different the 2nd time around, that is all I can say!</p>
<p>Congratulations Roby. lol I could have written the second half of your last post! Yes it IS different the second time around. Like night and day. Except on the tennis court I find that I can’t let those thoughts about college creep into my mind if I want to keep the ball in play!</p>
<p>Robyrm…I have a hook for you back in the “parent hook” thread at the cafe: “can foretell the future while playing a mean game of tennis” :).</p>
<p>Have fun with the decisions coming in–it is so great to have a wonderful one in the pocket and infuses the rest of the process with greatly increased peace. (although son’s one rejection still stung last year, I have to admit) We’ll be anxiously awaiting your final news. I don’t know if you were posting last year but there were one or two long threads where everyone came on and let parents know about their children’s final decisions. Mine was one of the last, even though the early action decision ended up being where he went. It was so much fun to hear all the news, and all the thoughtfulness of how the decisions were reached by all the different students.</p>
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