March 18, 2008 - Get the Message. On Flea's Fist.

Wow... its been quite a while. I will write more to catch up later, but right now, there is a momentous occasion I must write about.

My sister came up on Saturday to celebrate St. Patty's Day, and as we were going home Sunday morning after hanging out with a few of the grad crew, my sister said something about having turned in my assistantship application. I informed her that I had turned mine in back in November, but that I would check just to make sure (even though the applications had been due the day before). I e-mailed Dr. Lesley Withers on Sunday afternoon, making sure that they still had my application on file for consideration. I received an e-mail on Monday from Lesley saying that they did not have an application from me. All they had were two letters of recommendation and my grad school application.

My heart stopped beating. No joke.

I e-mailed her back and told her that I had sent it in the same time I had sent my school application in, back in October. That we had talked about not starting the assistantship in the middle of the year when I had a meeting with her in November, and that if I had to resubmit my application I would be notified. I also asked if I was SOL, [in no uncertain terms].

She e-mailed me back immediately telling me that she kind of remembered seeing my application. She said that there had been some clerical cleaning and it was probably discarded in the trash receptacle. [kind of upset... to say the least]. She then told me that she would give me the benefit of the doubt and asked me to fill out another application so that they had it on file. She also asked for my phone number so that she could call me later that afternoon.

I got out of class at 9:30 and had two voicemails. My sister called. The next voicemail was Lesley Withers informing me that I had been chosen to be a Graduate Assistant for the 2008-2009 school year!

YAY! So, may I present to you, the newest member of the Graduate School of Communication Graduate Assistant!

Yay! Free school and $10,000. Exciting!