As of late yesterday, my transcripts from Dominguez Hills still had not arrived. Tomorrow is a legal holiday for the Air Force and the post office. That means, if I don't get the transcripts today, I definitely won't get them tomorrow. Saturday afternoon mail delivery will likely be too late to get them to the Academy by Monday. The college said they would send them out last Friday, priority mail.
If they do arrive later today, I will probably use FedEx or UPS instead of the post office since they will be closed. I don't know if they would be able to send my application package on Saturday anyway. And, if I did try to mail it late today, they still might not get it there on Monday.
I am now also having to contemplate driving down to the Air Force Academy on Monday morning and hand delivering my packet, that is if the transcripts arrive in the mail today or Saturday.
It should not have had to be this hard. I ordered them more than a month ago and paid handsomely for two sets of each of my MA degree and BA degree transcripts, separately. Yet, even though there were no problems with my MA degree transcripts, the college still did not bother to send those out separately, weeks ago.
Waiting 32 years to have even a slim chance to return to the best job I ever had, and now I have to worry because something as simple as "Official" transcripts not arrving could undo the whole process.
About the Author
I was born in Florida in 1949; raised in California in the 50's, 60's and early 70's; and have lived in Colorado since 1978, when, as a captain, I was stationed at the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs and taught freshman English for three semesters. More than a decade before "Don't ask; Don't tell," I was then outed and discharged in 1979, for being gay.
I currently live in Indio, CA, with my incredible husband (we were married May 4th, 2019), Mark Gallegos, as well as with our two delightful cats, Tabby and Pudge, who allow us to feed and care for them on a daily basis. I have written and edited the RAINBOW ARC OF FIRE series since March of 1994, publishing the first volume, A MILE-HIGH SAGA, in the fall of 1996. All ten published paperback volumes are available through amazon.com as inexpensive print-on-demand copies. In addition, all ten volumes are available as amazon Kindle editions.
I currently live in Indio, CA, with my incredible husband (we were married May 4th, 2019), Mark Gallegos, as well as with our two delightful cats, Tabby and Pudge, who allow us to feed and care for them on a daily basis. I have written and edited the RAINBOW ARC OF FIRE series since March of 1994, publishing the first volume, A MILE-HIGH SAGA, in the fall of 1996. All ten published paperback volumes are available through amazon.com as inexpensive print-on-demand copies. In addition, all ten volumes are available as amazon Kindle editions.
Interview
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Rainbow Arc of Fire Book Titles
1) A Mile-High Saga, Fall 1996
2) Autumn Saga, Spring 1997 
3) Souls Within Stone, Fall 1997 
4) Worlds Beneath Us, Spring 1998 
5) Slight of Mind, Fall 1998 
6) Harmony of Spheres, Spring 1999 
7) Who Has Dominion?, Spring 2001 
8) A House Divided, Spring 2002 
9) Shattered Dawn, Winter 2009 
10) Olive Branch, Winter 2009 
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Letter to the editor
Forty-five years ago, I used to read the Legion of Super-heroes stories in Adventure Comics from DC. I noticed a wide discrepancy between how often some of the lesser characters appeared versus the more well-known team members. So I decided to document my findings and mail them in to DC after counting how many times each of the heroes appeared in all the panels of all the existing Legion comics. To my surprise and delight, DC Comics printed my letter to the editor and gave me my own super-hero name. Joe Palmer of the gayleague.com found that letter and provided it to me. Here it is.
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