June 9, 2005
I'm IN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
After I interviewed at Tulane on March 31st, I sent a letter every week. Actually, I sent two letters, one to one of my interviewers, Father Don Owens, and another to Dr. Beckman, Dean of Admissions. As I was writing the tenth letter to Father Don I checked to make sure the address was correct. I had it going to the wrong office! Ahhh! So I called him to make sure he had gotten the previous nine letters. He wasn't in; I left a message. He called me back from home. He said yes, he had, and I'd done a good job. Had I checked the mail? Pause. My heart rate went from 50 to 200 in the course of one beat. No, I hadn't, although I will shortly. Very shortly. Well, he couldn't be absolutely sure, but he thought he remembered seeing my name in the right stack. Holy crap, nice cliff-hanger! After a brief discussion on housing I had to go to a meeting. I gave my wife the preliminary word by phone before going to the meeting. Where I couldn't focus for more than 10 seconds. After the meeting I called Karen Joia in the Admissions Office and she confirmed it. I went home to help my wife get ready for our son's baptism. The entire extended family will be arriving within 48 hours.
After much rejoicing and everyone went to bed I decided I'd set up a weblog to chronicle my journey for the next four years and beyond. So I spent a couple hours setting up Movable Type and now it's 1 am on the 10th, and time for me to go to bed.
Posted by Niels Olson at June 9, 2005 11:59 PM