The good, the bad, and the adorable.
I had a big scare yesterday morning with my school situation. Ugh...I was in tears. The Assistant Director of Admissions called me back and told me that the information I had been given last week (that I was to have taken the foreign language at an outside institution - NOT FAU) was correct, and that since they had extended the hold on my admissions file three times in the past and given me a "final chance" to take the language somewhere else, they could not make any more exceptions for me and they would most likely have to drop my enrollment as a matriculating student!!
I explained to her what my impression was (that I needed to take the language in order to clear the hold on the file, and that I would be able to register for it in the Summer or Fall 2006 semester at FAU in order to satisfy the hold), and this impression had been confirmed by people in her department EACH of the three times that the hold had been extended. She accused me of "shirking my responsibilities", trying to lay blame on anyone other than myself, and basically told me that if I couldn't comprehend FAU's policies and work things out on my own, that I had no business being a student at FAU.
*shock face*
I was livid, but very polite. I asked her for the phone number for the Director of Admissions, which she gave to me, then proceeded to tell me that "Barbara is very strict about the admissions policies and she is not going to help you." She continued rambling on about how I shouldn't try to blame my situation on others, blah blah blah, and I interrupted her and said, "Ma'am, with all due respect, we don't need to have this conversation. My only concern right now is finding out what I need to do to remedy this situation. Thank you for your help." I hung up on her.
I called the Director and left a message for her - her voicemail said that she was on vacation until the 21st.
After that, I broke down into tears. I called Lyndon and he let me sob to him for a few minutes...tried to console me and reminded me of my options. I was talking to Danielle on YIM and she said the same things...helped me immensely.
Well, the Assistant Director called back about a half hour later. My thought is that after she hung up with me, she realized what a colossal bitch she had been and was afraid that I was going to leave a message about her conduct on her boss' voicemail. Soooo, apparently, she decided to call the Director of Admissions on vacation and try to get things sorted out.
Long story short, the Director admitted that my file was opened under the previous Director and that they had no way of knowing what information I had been given by the former Admissions employees. Since she could not rightfully cut my enrollment without knowing what kind of information I had been given by her predecessors, she agreed to wipe the hold from my account. That means that I will still be responsible for taking a year's worth of foreign language prior to graduation (besides the admissions requirement, it is also a graduation requirement), but I am under no obligation to complete it now. The hold is simply gone. I'm a free bird! Furthermore, I can take the language at FAU.
All in all, I'm actually better off now than I was before this fiasco, because I have some flexibility in registering for the language and I could theoretically take classes this summer, even if I can't get the language in right away. (I probably won't be, but the option is there.)
Gah...what a stupid mess. I was heartbroken when she told me that they were going to have to drop me. I knew that school was important to me, but I didn't realize just HOW important it was until that moment. It gave me quite a bit of insight into myself, really.
So that's sorted out. Yay.
What else...
Lyndon's car is in the shop. *sigh* His radiator was overheating Friday when he left to come home, so he went back to the office and I had to go pick him up. We left it there over the weekend (since the shop was closed), and had them come tow it yesterday. We're still waiting in a diagnosis. God, I hope it's covered under warranty! LOL
Meanwhile, I was supposed to take MY car in today to have Mazda's body shop repair the fuckup that they did when it was in...what...2 weeks ago? But Lyndon said (and I agree) that we'd be better off waiting because if they fucked something up again and had to keep the car, we would have no backup transportation since his car is in, too. So I guess I have to wait until next week. No big deal...it's all aesthetic work that needs to be fixed.
Other than that, Kira's good; Lyndon's good; I'm good. Kira is five months old today. It's amazing how fast time flies when you're a new parent. She getting so big and so smart. Right now she's sitting in her Exersaucer next to me and she stares at me until I look over...then she GRINS a huge GRIN...then she starts playing with her toys until I look away...lather, rinse, repeat.
I explained to her what my impression was (that I needed to take the language in order to clear the hold on the file, and that I would be able to register for it in the Summer or Fall 2006 semester at FAU in order to satisfy the hold), and this impression had been confirmed by people in her department EACH of the three times that the hold had been extended. She accused me of "shirking my responsibilities", trying to lay blame on anyone other than myself, and basically told me that if I couldn't comprehend FAU's policies and work things out on my own, that I had no business being a student at FAU.
*shock face*
I was livid, but very polite. I asked her for the phone number for the Director of Admissions, which she gave to me, then proceeded to tell me that "Barbara is very strict about the admissions policies and she is not going to help you." She continued rambling on about how I shouldn't try to blame my situation on others, blah blah blah, and I interrupted her and said, "Ma'am, with all due respect, we don't need to have this conversation. My only concern right now is finding out what I need to do to remedy this situation. Thank you for your help." I hung up on her.
I called the Director and left a message for her - her voicemail said that she was on vacation until the 21st.
After that, I broke down into tears. I called Lyndon and he let me sob to him for a few minutes...tried to console me and reminded me of my options. I was talking to Danielle on YIM and she said the same things...helped me immensely.
Well, the Assistant Director called back about a half hour later. My thought is that after she hung up with me, she realized what a colossal bitch she had been and was afraid that I was going to leave a message about her conduct on her boss' voicemail. Soooo, apparently, she decided to call the Director of Admissions on vacation and try to get things sorted out.
Long story short, the Director admitted that my file was opened under the previous Director and that they had no way of knowing what information I had been given by the former Admissions employees. Since she could not rightfully cut my enrollment without knowing what kind of information I had been given by her predecessors, she agreed to wipe the hold from my account. That means that I will still be responsible for taking a year's worth of foreign language prior to graduation (besides the admissions requirement, it is also a graduation requirement), but I am under no obligation to complete it now. The hold is simply gone. I'm a free bird! Furthermore, I can take the language at FAU.
All in all, I'm actually better off now than I was before this fiasco, because I have some flexibility in registering for the language and I could theoretically take classes this summer, even if I can't get the language in right away. (I probably won't be, but the option is there.)
Gah...what a stupid mess. I was heartbroken when she told me that they were going to have to drop me. I knew that school was important to me, but I didn't realize just HOW important it was until that moment. It gave me quite a bit of insight into myself, really.
So that's sorted out. Yay.
What else...
Lyndon's car is in the shop. *sigh* His radiator was overheating Friday when he left to come home, so he went back to the office and I had to go pick him up. We left it there over the weekend (since the shop was closed), and had them come tow it yesterday. We're still waiting in a diagnosis. God, I hope it's covered under warranty! LOL
Meanwhile, I was supposed to take MY car in today to have Mazda's body shop repair the fuckup that they did when it was in...what...2 weeks ago? But Lyndon said (and I agree) that we'd be better off waiting because if they fucked something up again and had to keep the car, we would have no backup transportation since his car is in, too. So I guess I have to wait until next week. No big deal...it's all aesthetic work that needs to be fixed.
Other than that, Kira's good; Lyndon's good; I'm good. Kira is five months old today. It's amazing how fast time flies when you're a new parent. She getting so big and so smart. Right now she's sitting in her Exersaucer next to me and she stares at me until I look over...then she GRINS a huge GRIN...then she starts playing with her toys until I look away...lather, rinse, repeat.