Even though I am exhausted--computer-exhausted, French-exhausted, typing-exhausted--I thought I'd put a note-worthy thing in here. Today I worked and worked and worked (and worked and worked and worked...) and finally, 5 minutes before lunch (35 minutes before French class), completed the stuff for the last slide of my presentation. I printed off the five pages of what I was gong to say with each of my slides and ran around to the bathroom, to my room, collecting the last bits an pieces before returning to the computer to save everything and log off, and Nicole, who is also in my French class, poked her head in. "Did you get his e-mail?" she asked.

"No," I said, automatically knowing who "he" was... And automatically knowing I was not going to like what she was going to say.

"No class today," she told me. "He and his wife had to go to the hospital. Something about the baby. We're supposed to do... something... but, basically, there's no class."

I just sat there speechless for a moment. "Oh man," I said. "I just worked my butt off to finish this presentation... And I JUST finished it."

Nicole told me she had thought about finishing her project, but didn't have the time, so she didn't.

I had just worked for 2-1/2 straight hours on this presentation to FINISH it before lunch and class!

"Man, I feel like smashing this computer... Or something," I said, getting a tad irritated. But the very fact that I could say that meant I wasn't THAT irritated.

I went into my e-mail and read: "There is yet another twist in our region presentations, at least for today. My wife and I have an appointment today to run a few tests to make sure everything is OK with the pregnancy. There is nothing serious at this point, but if you have the chance, send a prayer or two her way and also for the baby that everything would turn out OK. I will let you know on Tuesday how things have worked out, because I know they will... In regards to today, no presentations. Instead I have left a short story, a vocab sheet and a exercise sheet (due next Thursday)."

I guess I have finally learned to be positive. I sat there and let thoughts float through my mind; I found myself neither extremely annoyed nor extremely relieved... though I was a bit of both. I was thinking to myself, I hope their baby is okay... At least I have another four days to practice my presentation.

Hey... This means I can go to the Career Fair...

Or rest.

Farewell!

-Stephanie

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