GRADUATES AND HONORS

I forgot to tell about the honors that our granddaughter, Ashley Rodenberger Pagenkopf, received. She got her Master's degree in Child Development, but to be certified as one she has to complete an internship for a semester (at no pay, unlike my engineering interns who were paid well). She wanted to intern close to home in FW so she applied to Scottish Rite Children's hospital and Dallas Children's Hospital. She didn't get accepted by Scottish Rite but was one of 40 applicants at Dallas Children's of whom 8 were interviewed and she was chosen as an intern. They may have selected two, I am not certain of the details. But she was honored to be selected. She plans to commute using the rail connection from FW to a station at the hospital. She will continue to work weekends at Cook Children's to maintain her employment status with them and help defray living expenses. Her husband, Ross, is a nurse who is working two jobs to help out. She starts her internship in September.

This weekend Lou took a viacodin in order to go to Stephenville to celebrate the graduation of Sue's grandson, Whitt Livesay, from highschool. He was a little groggy. He and his dad were up all night Friday celebrating at the school. He won a recliner chair that he will take to his dorm room in September. He is attending Dallas Baptist College. We got to meet his girl friend, Atalie, who was knock-out gorgeous. She will be majoring in nutrition at A&M this fall. It was a great time to reunion with our family and Sue's and the Levisay family. It was a great time, but we hadd the car facing the sun and it took a few miles to get it cooled down to a reasonable level. Kinda took it out of Lou, but she is doing fine today. She got the meal together when I got home from church.