"Dear Ms. Fox," I read slowly, focusing on each letter to pin it in place so it wouldn't leap off the page. "Thank you for your application to the University of Georgia. Due to an error in the system, we received your application three times. We apologize for this and any inconveniences that might have caused."
I chuckled despite myself, remembering my tingling, time-traveling finger I used to click the submit button on my college application all too clearly.
"Anyway," I continued, "it is our pleasure to welcome you to the University OF GEORGIA!"
Yep, I was screaming at the end there. Yep, I also burst into happy tears right after.
"Yessssss," Boxy sang. He let out a screech I'd never heard him make before and then threw both his arms and his cane around me in a hug.
"Yahoo!" Studmuffin's magic went haywire. He popped in and out of existence all over the parking lot in different poses each time. Power pose. Liquid pose. Drunk spider pose. Contortionist pose. Hovercat pose.