La Vie En Rose for 2006 October 3

For the last few weeks I have been dreaming about a scholarship that is so great, it pays for everything for a degree in the UK, from one's flights over to shipping one's "books and shoes". Today I sat down with one of my professors to go over a plan for getting into a PHD program & paying for it ("I like a challenge," says she) and browsing some websites I discover the deadline for this scholarship is not, like I thought, in November, but October 4. For those of you who don't know, that's TOMORROW.

A few telephone calls ascertain that they don't consider late applications, at all. Wailing with despair I left the office, kicking myself and saying this is just what I deserve for not paying closer attention. Sitting in the library, whimpering softly, I realised that everything is online except for the transcripts, so if I really rush, I could get it done, and have the transcripts arrive a day or so late, MAYBE they will look at it. MAYBE. Well it's better to try than not, I figured, so I have been running around frantically trying to do these things, calling in favors, making pleading phone calls, and crawling on my hands an knees into various offices. FOUR letters of recommendation in 24 hours. I guess a different way of looking at it is, what a lucky girl I am, having four people who are willing to do that for me. That's on top of the application itself, and an endorsement from the Dean. Aieeeee...