A Great Day!

About time, huh? Today was wonderful. First, and foremost, I got an e-mail from Chad's advocate (which is like what we called the homeroom teacher). She's a sweet, sweet lady and we were so blessed to have gotten her for an advocate. They keep the same advocate for the whole four years of high school. I'm the advocate mom and had sent donuts yesterday and she sent me an e-mail thanking me for the snacks. Then, she added: I talked to Chad yesterday about his plans for the future. I told him he needs to think of something in the “service” field – whether it be working in a hospital or even retail customer service….. He’s always willing to help others & he’s so thoughtful!! That really made my heart sing! Second, and probably really most important, I lit the gas grill at lunch to fix steaks and while quite apprehensive about turning on that gas, everything went fine! And thirdly, and maybe even more important, I started thinking about our trip to Louisiana and all of a sudden, I just thought . . why don't we leave a day early since my time with my family has been cut short. I wrote the principal to see what would happen if Chad missed school one day. Unexcused! No excused absences without a doctor's note on the day before a holiday. Hmmmm, not what I wanted to hear but also not to be stopped, I wrote to his teachers. He has three classes and I heard back from two of them. Math teacher said they were having a test that day but she thought by the time spring break was over, she would have "forgotten" that his absence was unexcused and he could make up the test. (She had a little "wink" in there!) The Medical Terminology teacher said the students were giving a presentation on Thursday but she would let Chad give his on Wednesday. The Military History teacher was out today but I figured . . worst case scenario is a zero in that once class so I changed all our reservations. Now I get an extra day with mom and dad. I called to tell them and they had already decided to drive to Lafayette at least one day while I'm there to spend the day with me while Vince is at his seminar so I'll probably end up getting to spend more time with them than I would have had our plans not changed. Can't beat a day like today, huh? Judy L.