It's maddening, isn't it? I play all nonchalant and can manage a couple days with the attitude, "well, if it happens, that would be awesome, if not, my DS has a solid Plan B. It's all good". And then, from nowhere, a weak moment hits me with this insane thought process: "Well it's March, that's not good. People get the TWE's in March. But they also get their BFE's. What do those stand for anyway? So he should have had a call from his MOC by now. But since he hasn't, then he must be going into the National pool. So then we won't get a call from the MOC if he goes to the national pool. So I should switch teams from those that jump at a phone call to the Mailbox Stalking Group. Those Mailbox Stalkers are crazy. I'm crazy now too. But apparently a BFE won't fit in the mailbox. So I need to become a Porch Checker. Ugh...the Appointment thread is slowly growing. Is there a pattern? Are they getting calls on a certain day of the week? Do the BFEs arrive on a certain day of the week? Is that more snow on the way, will the mailman be delayed?" And on and on. And god help the person who casually asks what my son is doing after graduation. How would I even answer that right now? Hang in there everybody...time to head out for a ski weekend..away from the ills of the mailbox!
It's maddening, isn't it? I play all nonchalant and can manage a couple days with the attitude, "well, if it happens, that would be awesome, if not, my DS has a solid Plan B. It's all good". And then, from nowhere, a weak moment hits me with this insane thought process: "Well it's March, that's not good. People get the TWE's in March. But they also get their BFE's. What do those stand for anyway? So he should have had a call from his MOC by now. But since he hasn't, then he must be going into the National pool. So then we won't get a call from the MOC if he goes to the national pool. So I should switch teams from those that jump at a phone call to the Mailbox Stalking Group. Those Mailbox Stalkers are crazy. I'm crazy now too. But apparently a BFE won't fit in the mailbox. So I need to become a Porch Checker. Ugh...the Appointment thread is slowly growing. Is there a pattern? Are they getting calls on a certain day of the week? Do the BFEs arrive on a certain day of the week? Is that more snow on the way, will the mailman be delayed?" And on and on. And god help the person who casually asks what my son is doing after graduation. How would I even answer that right now? Hang in there everybody...time to head out for a ski weekend..away from the ills of the mailbox!