# I'm graduating soon! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 3, 2016, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-graduating-soon/759026 "2016-07-03T20:36:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![papergirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/aca169/32.png) [@papergirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/papergirl)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2016, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-graduating-soon/759026/1 "2016-07-03T20:36:19Z")
I haven’t posted for ages, but I’m very excited and wanted to update a few people. I have ONE MONTH of massage therapy school left. 🙂 It’s been kind of an ordeal…I got sick (interstitial cystitis) halfway through, then there was a mutiny in the school and it shut down for several months. It worked out well for me, as I had time to recover and was feeling somewhat better by the time it reopened. Anyway…after I graduate, I need to pay the remainder of my tuition, take my state exam, and I’ll be certified and can go to work in a spa or on my own. I’m so happy about this change. I’ve been wanting to do massage for years. In other news, the kids are doing great. The gender-questioning kid is still working through it all, but is feeling good about things and has a great support system in place. The older brother will be a senior and is an all-around good kid. I’m feeling very lucky and blessed! ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2016, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-graduating-soon/759026/2 "2016-07-03T20:39:43Z")
That is so great! I’d kinda been wondering where you are. Glad to hear the illness is gone. ---
**Author:** ![papergirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/aca169/32.png) [@papergirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/papergirl)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2016, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-graduating-soon/759026/3 "2016-07-03T20:43:46Z")
I’m in remission for now, and it’s heaven. I was pretty much out of the game for a year and a half. Say what you will about acupuncture, but it made all the difference to me. Right now (since March) I’m pain-free and medication-free…I’ll take it! Thank you, Baker! You’ve been such a good friend to me. If we ever end up in the same town, free massage for you! ---
**Author:** ![JackieLikesVariety](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackielikesvariety/32/296_2.png) [@JackieLikesVariety](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JackieLikesVariety)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2016, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-graduating-soon/759026/4 "2016-07-03T20:52:31Z")
congratulations! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2016, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-graduating-soon/759026/5 "2016-07-03T21:01:07Z")
> [@papergirl](#): > > I’m in remission for now, and it’s heaven. I was pretty much out of the game for a year and a half. Say what you will about acupuncture, but it made all the difference to me. Right now (since March) I’m pain-free and medication-free…I’ll take it! > Thank you, Baker! You’ve been such a good friend to me. If we ever end up in the same town, free massage for you! And I’ll bring chocolate chip cookies! ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2016, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-graduating-soon/759026/6 "2016-07-03T21:10:34Z")
Very happy to hear all the good news! ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2016, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-graduating-soon/759026/7 "2016-07-03T21:15:26Z")
Welcome back! Glad to hear all the good news! ---
**Author:** ![lorene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/65b543/32.png) [@lorene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lorene)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2016, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-graduating-soon/759026/8 "2016-07-03T22:01:17Z")
Glad to hear all of your great news! Thanks for chatting with me today, by the way. It really helped. ETA: glad you are pain free. I hear IC is terrible.