The Angels Wanna Wear my Red Shoes

Poor Elvis is laid up in Boise, Idaho and he cancelled--yes, cancelled--his Bozeman show. And Poor Us, we just went to Bozeman and ran errands tonight. We took the girls to dinner at Burger King because they have a good play place, and the family next to us asked if we knew the way to the Valley Ice Garden. Rich had to tell them that if they were going to the VIG to see Elvis, the show was cancelled. They were so bummed, but we hung out for a while and they were really cool. They had come all the way from Helena and the dad had seen Elvis in San Diego back in 1982! SHUCKS.

Funny story from last week: back in 1998 when I finished college, I marched in May, but took another class that lasted until July, then quickly moved to SLC. I didn't get a diploma, but they gave me some paper that said I had completed all my graduation requirements and I would get my diploma later. Well, after Rich and I got married in 2001, I decided to check on that and someone at the U of A told me that I hadn't actually graduated. Ummm, WHAT!? I looked at the paper they had given me and knew that I had indeed graduated, but I couldn't pursue the issue from this far away. So the other day, I decided to write the graduation office again and get to the bottom of why I still don't have a diploma, 7 years later. The graduation office lady promptly wrote back and told me that my degree posted on 12/09/04.

Yep, you read that right--FIVE MONTHS AGO. She took over her job and went through some files and found my degree check, still not signed off by the college of Humanities after SEVEN YEARS. So she sent it over for signatures and processed it through the state and I JUST NOW received my official Bachelor of Arts degree (through no fault of my own). Nobody told me because they had no current contact info (nevermind that the info they had would have worked fine since it's still my grandparents' in Tucson). So my diploma is on its way. Can you even believe that? It's like somebody's recurring nightmare and it happened to me!

I suppose the theme of this post, if there is one, is "My Dumb Luck." More later...