Terry
Terry seems to be holding her own today. She did not sleep late and now in mid afternoon she is watching TV and has an OK day. One day at a time as I say.
I had 7:30 tennis this morning so did not get on the computer until mid morning. I have not really done anything today but yet here it is 3:30 and not much if anything has been accomplished today. Well what the heck I am retired so it is not all that bad! For some reason I am just not myself today. I maybe had the worst tennis of the season this morning and since then I just have not felt all that great. Not sick, that I am sure of but just kind of in a a vanilla kind of state if you know what I mean. I thought a nap would solve it but after 45 minutes NO change. So will let the news of the day be what it is and will write about times long ago!
December of 1967
I was finishing my fall quarter at NDSU. My friend Larry and I had given up our meager basement apartment in the spring and now as juniors we were staying in a large house with a few of the guys we knew from Wyndmere ND. Larry had gotten it together as we had done well our sophomore year in that basement BUT we did not want to pay rent for the summer when we would not be there. Larry would be going back to Cayuga to work for some farmers and I would be staying at my job at NDSU and John Mouw was kind to say I could stay at his place FREE. I am not sure I every repaid him for that nice jester. Anyway here we were in a 5 bedroom house with 5 guys so we each had our own room. A pretty nice setup. I had kind of righted the ship so to speak and now as a second quarter junior I had my GPA up to a respectable number. Still I had not committed to a major but was kind of pointing to speech therapy or something in that area. Gail and I were pretty serious and she was a senior at Minot State with a double major and was on track to graduate in the spring. I received a letter from her in early December with the mention that her advisor Dr. Gilbert wanted her to continue on for her MS in Deaf Education. If she would do that there would be a scholarship that would pay the entire bill. She said she had talked to Dr. Gilbert about wedding plans after graduation so that was not in her plans. Well it turned out that Dr. Gilbert was pretty insistent and she said If I would come for a visit maybe she could offer me an undergrad scholarship in Deaf Education. Somehow I was able to connect with Gail on the phone and we talked. Just so one knows that was WAY before everyone had cell phones. So in early December I boarded the train for Minot with the idea that I would interview with Dr. Gilbert. As I boarded the train with my Bostian slip on shoes, my grey slacks with my baby blue pullover shirt I felt I looked the part so to speak. Gail had been student teaching and as a senior graduation present her folks had given her a used Chevy Biscayne 4 door car so she could get to her assignments. As the train pulled into Minot I looked out the window and saw Gail waiting in the car. For the life of me I do not remember where I stayed for the weekend but I promise it was NOT in the dorm with Gail. The next day I put on the same clothes but added my navy blazer so I felt I looked the part of an up and coming college graduate!!! Gail went with me into the speech and hearing complex and introduced me to Dr. Gilbert. That evening I boarded the train with a heavy heart as at that time I wanted so much to be together. A couple days later I got a note from Dr. Gilbert saying that If I wanted to transfer and enroll in the Deaf Education Program there would be a scholarship for me. In quick order I got things together at NDSU and made arrangements to transfer my records to Minot. I opted out of my financial aid package after taking the final test of the fall quarter and then it was on to Minot.
I admit it was NOT all roses that winter and fall quarter on my junior year. I had given up my financial aid so I needed money. The only job I could get at Minot was washing heavy pots and pans in the cafe on campus. I admit it was my worst job ever! The rest of the story is for another time I think!
As one could guess the FP is history and the day is almost into mid afternoon so I will sign off and write more another day.
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