It's official . . .

As you know from the last post, Cassie sent in the paperwork to hold her spot as a ZooAide at the Columbus Zoo & Aquariam for this summer's program.  She got up bright and early Friday morning, the deadline day, and called her contact at the zoo to let her know she had made arrangements to be in Columbus for the summer.  Well, no answer just voicemail.  So, she then emailed she could still be part of the program and the paperwork was going out Priority Mail (postmarked with the deadline date).  She wanted to make sure her spot was still her spot.  Unsure, she called again, but this time left a message giving verbal commitment.  So we waited and she called her contact and even the main ZooAide office a few times Friday to no avail. 

We knew we did all we could do on our end, having made the arrangements such last minute (next time I won't wait if I have a thought).  But you know, who's to say had I put it out there earlier, and Jay & I had more time to think about it, we wouldn't had talked ourselves out of it.  So we waited with her till we heard some news.

Well, she got it Sunday morning before we went to church.  The church service was later for us because Jay was part of a pastor swap - no, not any reality thingy - and we had some extra time in the morning before going into Bismarck.  So, Cassie decided to check her emails around 9:40 a.m. CST, and apparentley, her contact at the zoo had emailed her three and a half hours earlier to let her know she was in receipt of everything she needed and she was glad Cassie was going to be a part of the program again!!

So, it is OFFICIAL . . .

This is from her first summer volunteering in the ZooAide program.

               Cassie will be in Ohio till mid to late July as she gets to do what she loves and volunteer at the zoo.  Unfortunately, Jay will say goodbye to her when the kids & I leave for our 33 day field trip on April 5th and then the kids & I will get to spend a month with her before we say our goodbyes to her on May 2nd. She will have the month of May to buckle down on school - we'll be doing it via Skype and hopefully Grandma can help her there too - before the zoo program starts in June.  She will hopefully get to spend some much needed time with friends, too.  So, I am calling out to my homeschool buddies & families in the Columbus area to please embrace her while she's there.  We will miss her, but she will have a great time!