Patience

I must say, sometimes I get a little too excited about things. For some reason, I really wanted to receive an invitation in record time, but now that I think about it, that’s not really part of the application process. What I love is watching youtube videos of people’s invitations. This one is my favourite:

Seeing them so ecstatic about their invitation makes me think about how long they’ve waited for it. There’s this girl who got invited to Senegal and she was speechless because she was so happy. I don’t know why, but just seeing those videos makes me happy to wait.

During my crazy period, I called Placement. No answer. I left a message. I got a call back today, and let me just tell you, this woman was the fastest talker I’ve ever had a conversation with. I think her plan was to just talk talk talk, and when it comes time for you to ask any questions, you’re just confused and have nothing to ask at all.

She told me that I was medically cleared early, so they weren’t planning on making contact with me any time soon. She said that they are still working on people who have priority over me. She said that they could wait as late as April to invite me (….wait? What? I don’t know if that’s a good thing or a bad thing. I’m hoping that they are still considering me for late May). Anyways, she also said she doubted it would be that long before I receive an invitation (yay!). She said that if I had an updated resume I could send it to them any time. She asked me about French. I told her I was no longer interested in taking French. She asked about my transcripts, but knows that I won’t graduate until 2011. She asked me if my number and email were correct. They were. I pretty much only answered the French question and said yes, yes, thank you, and that’s it. It’s pretty funny how it all worked out. I honestly just laughed after I got off the phone with her. I wonder if they dread talking to applicants with questions.

Anyways… Finals this week. Hopefully you won’t be hearing from me until after then.