College is easier when you actually work at it!

Well, midterms are over, and I am pleased to announce that I aced both my tests! I got the top score in both classes. It's amazing what can happen when you're going to school to learn, rather than socialize! Just after I got my midterm grades, I got an e-mail from the Registrar's Office stating that I was in academic peril. It seems that my past poor performance had come back to haunt me. Fortunately, there is this lovely program called Academic Renewal. In a nutshell, it makes it possible for you to petition to have the University ignore a semester's grades where your GPA fell below 2.0. They're still on your transcript, but it doesn't affect your cumulative GPA. I had to write a paragraph explaining why I was making the request. It was approved and now everything is okay. I thought it was funny that at the bottom of the e-mail it said that a letter would be sent to my parents. Be watching the mail for that one, Mom and Dad. I promise, I'll do better this semester!

We got more good news today. The company that makes the chemo drugs that Paul is taking has a Commitment to Care program where they provide you with the medicine for free. We went through the application process, but were denied. They said we hadn't paid enough out-of-pocket yet, but should fax them our receipts after another month. I did that today, then followed up with a phone call to make sure they had gotten the fax. They said a case worker would contact us if there was anything else they needed. About an hour later, a woman from the company called to say we had been accepted into the program for 2 years! That will save us over $19,000, our portion of the cost. We are so happy and grateful that we won't have to worry about how to pay for Paul's medicine.