Alright every DS, DD, DH, DW or third party who still is waiting to hear the news from one or more SAs, let’s agree to take a deep breath and enjoy our remaining time with our DS or DD before they fly the nest in a few short months; or, if you are a DS or DD waiting to hear your fate, focus on enjoying what is left of your senior year in high school. Prom and graduation activities are just around the corner. I know the waiting is hard for all involved (and that includes me), but waiting is part of life. I know we all have experience with the hurry up and wait game, but let’s review how much of our life is spent waiting . . . Tryout for a team and then wait to hear whether you made the roster. Take the ACT or SAT and then wait to get your results. Repeat the ACT or SAT and wait to hear your results. Apply for nominations and then wait to hear the results. Apply to colleges and wait to hear the results. Take the MCAT, LSAT or GMAT and wait to hear results. Apply to medical, law or graduate business schools and wait to hear the results. Approach college graduation and wait to open the next chapter in your life . . . Take the BAR or CPA exams and wait to hear results. Apply for jobs and wait to hear results. Wait for the right time to present or accept marriage proposal. Wait for the child growing inside you (or your spouse) to enter this world. Begin the process to adopt a child and wait years before you welcome that child into your family. Wait for your children to come home on a Friday or Saturday night when the weather is bad and they are driving for the first time in snow, ice or torrential rains. Wait to close on the new house you purchased. Wait to see whether you get the promotion you deserve. Watch the current presidential election and desperately wait to hear the result you want to hear, i.e., Donald Trump will NOT be our next president. (I say that as a moderate republican, assuming we still exist.) Okay, my list is long, but by now all who are bored enough to read this entire diatribe get the gist.
The posts on the TWE thread on the USNA board this week are heartbreaking. I read a couple of the saddest posts out loud to DH and DS2 to prepare them (and me) for the possibility of a TWE darkening our door step. While we will not welcome said TWE if it dares to grace us with its unfriendly message, we will encourage DS2 to fully embrace plan B and continue to work hard to reach his potential. Other parents would love to have this group’s problems and would trade their problems with their DD or DS in a heartbeat. Kindred spirits, we have the privilege to wait to see whether DS or DD gets into their school of choice. It’s a nice problem to have everyone. Suck it up!