Acceptance

A brief break in the Parisian travelogue to share some exciting news. Holly has been accepted to her first (and some might remember only) choice in colleges - Cal State University Northridge - as a Cinema and Television Arts major!

We learned of this great news on Friday evening as Holly and David combed through the pile of mail that came while we were gone. Holly was specifically looking for something from CSUN and found it pretty easily - a package addressed to her from the Office of Admissions at Cal State Northridge. (Holly later admitted that she knew she was 'in' just from the package, because by her logic, 'they wouldn't waste the postage or materials to send me paraphernalia on the school if I wasn't going there.') Sure enough, right across the top of the letter in bold red letters was:

WELCOME TO CAL STATE NORTHRIDGE

Naturally, excitement and pandemonium then set in. I was not actually home when the package was opened, but was on my way so they waited until I came in to tell me. Grandparents and friends were then called to share the good news and Holly just floated around the house for the next 30 minutes or so. I only teared up a little bit and was of course immediately called out for it, but come on! What Mom wouldn't shed a tear or two to see her kid so happy and excited, especially based upon something that they accomplished as a result of their own effort and hard work?

The excitement has not died out, even with Holly coming down with a pretty strong bout of the flu for the entire weekend (and had to go home from school early today). There is a lot of work that lies ahead, but the first big obstacle has been handily covered with plenty to spare, Go Matadors!