Just before 11:30 today, I got "the call" from ASP:
As you know, we had a wide range of applicants
tellme tellme tellme!
but we have decided that you are one of our strongest candidates for the position
OMG you're my new best friend!
I've been in a state of cheesy euphoria ever since. It's pretty pathetic. I cannot concentrate. I cannot speak clearly. I called my mom, I called my dad, I called Howard. I received emails and Facebook messages right and left, some from people I don't even know. I jumped up and down and danced a little jig to the ASP playlist I've compiled from four years of driving long distances as a volunteer. And I smiled--damn, am I smiling!
Swearing, too.
As they say, when it rains gumdrops, it pours milkshakes, too. Or something like that.
thankyou thankyou thankyou thankyou thankyou
The next step involves a bit of begging. Groveling perhaps.
I have to get out of school two weeks early so that I can make it to training.
UChicago, why on earth is your schedule so different from the schedules of every other freaking school across the freaking country?
But I will make this work. I think I might die if it doesn't, and since I very much value my own survival, this all has no choice but to fall into place. I'm not leaving any room in my mind for doubt.
If possible, this blog will track my adventures as an ASP Staffer, 2007. Enjoy!
