Good & Bad

The good news. I finally have my official degree. I graduated Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Science degree in Social Work and Gerontology. I'm happy about that. I also got my first two master's classes done and have grades for those - both are A. I feel pretty good about it.



The bad news. I have to have two root canals on Tuesday. You'd think after the one I had in January of 2006, I would not have put it off for so long. But I apparently learn my lessons quite slowly. And how to come up with the $800 to pay for my share is beyond me.



So we're just going camping. That will solve everything.



Chelle

Great News!

I have been accepted into a Masters of Social Work program! Yay!!


They offered me a position in the area of Criminal Justice emphasis. I accepted. It's not what I had originally planned, but I think I can learn so much in that emphasis. And the end result will be the same - a Masters of Social Work degree.

Chelle

I Love Cats

SYDNEY (Reuters) - An alert tabby cat saved an Australian family of four from a house fire by clawing at its owner's face, emergency officials said Friday.

Timmy the tabby sprang into action by waking his unidentified owner when a mattress caught fire as the family slept early Friday in Cairns in Australia's tropical north.

"The cat was probably the best smoke alarm system ... it was clawing at the occupant's face and got him up and out of bed," Cairns fire service spokesman Robert White-Macfarlane told reporters.

The man was then able to wake his family and call for help.

White-Macfarlane said the fire was probably started by a cigarette but added that the home had suffered only minor damage because of the cat's intervention.

Here's the story link. (Link.)

Chelle