posted on May 5, 2001 06:12:59 AM new
I was going to mention this in Julesy's "Gloat" thread, but I didn't want to step on her well-earned accomplishment.
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Mama's just looking for a captive audience to do some bragging and you guys are it.
Two years ago my daughter and her husband tightened their belts so that she could go back to school full-time to earn her graduate degree.
This month she will receive her Master of Arts in Communication Studies from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Her focus is in film and TV theory and production.
The thesis: Thwarting the Finale: Thinking about the Relationship between Gender and
Interactive Video, to which my reply was: "Huh?"
Always mindful of her resume, she applied for and was accepted to intern with the BBC (British Broadcasting Company) for a month and will be leaving for Scotland at the end of May.
She is and always has been my hero, even when she was young. I admire her focus, concentration, tenacity and love of education.
I like to think she possesses my good qualities. Oh, and probably a few of her father's, as well.
At the same time, with each accomplishment, she is a reminder to me that I was capable of so much more, but lacked the focus and drive.
posted on May 5, 2001 11:17:50 AM new
Thank you, guys. I just knew I could count on you to share my joy.
We are really excited that they are looking to locate back to the DC area. Just 1 1/2 hours from us and 3 hours from his family in NJ.
They've decided that they would rather be close to their families and the friends they made while working on their degrees at George Mason University in northern Virginia.
He is an attorney (not criminal), and you just know DC needs another attorney.
For you poor souls that had to deal with my whine about daughter #1 back in the winter (still estranged from her and the grandkids), you can imagine how much it would mean to us to have daughter #2 closer. But, we keep that to ourselves. We would never burden them with that kind of pressure. To do so, would be selfish.
Of course, it will all depend on if they both find positions in the DC area that are satisfactory to each of them. Heck, they could end up in Timbuktu.
posted on May 5, 2001 12:31:39 PM new
It sounds like you have been a big influence on your daughter femme . You might not have the same education, but you have other qualities that are just as important!!
posted on May 8, 2001 07:24:48 AM new
You've been hard at work too, Femme. I've spaded, composted, and tilled to plant tomatoes (of course), a new strawberry bed with about 250 plants, an addition 25 asparagus. Fertilized lawn, cut back old growth on roses, crepe myrtles, etc. Transplanted about 30 peonies. A hell of a lot of weeding and also new wood chips and shredded mulch. Planted dwarf cherry tree. Trimming hedges now. About half-way through. More than you wanted to know?
posted on May 8, 2001 07:42:03 AM new
Hello! Hello!
I saw you were around this morning. Posted a reply to your post in another thread.
You must be in better condition than moi. I'm exhausted just reading what all you've done.
When we were finished, I told my husband I was going to put up a (literal) yard sale sign. House not included.
My ornamental cherry tree was loaded and just beautiful this year. The crabapple did well, also. The pear and plum trees didn't do too well. Plum trees are my favorite.
I don't do the vegetable thing. I did plant some basil in a pot to repel bugs on the patio table. I read that somewhere. We'll see.
May put in some tomato plants. Haven't done that for awhile. Nothing better than fresh tomatoes on a BLT or grilled cheese sandwich.
posted on May 8, 2001 08:14:03 AM new
LOL--yard sale
Basil's good. It and cilantro usually re-seed themselves every year. Don't know how effective it is as an insecticide but it might work.
Early and unusually severe winter here took its toll on some perennials and damaged shrubs. Lost a Japanese maple that I need to replace soon. Magnolia's kind of ragged but it survived.
Anyway, it saves me from the dens of iniquity or whiling away the time chewing tobacco and whittling.
