stereotypical single woman

Look what came in the mail today! I said before that I was cutting back on my eBay addiction, and I really am, but this was bid on before I made that personal resolution - aren’t the colors great? Individually I could give or take most of them, but there’s something about the combination and intensity of them that gets me, it’ll be perfect for a hat and mittens set for Amelia next winter. Tonight once I get home from the bank, do some yoga, feed the bird and the cats, and clean up after my own dinner I’m going to be spinning (which means I’ll get to it around 10:30 tonight) because that will take my mind off the fact that it’s been two weeks since I put my Wayne State application in but haven’t heard anything yet, not even a request for an interview that they said would happen by the end of March which is only 18 days away and you would think I would have been contacted by now but haven’t been so does that mean that my application didn’t get in? have they lost it? did they take one look at it and say we don’t like her, she’s not worth our time, let’s shred this?, and it will hopefully stop the panicked thoughts that a life change isn’t just right around the corner and I’m stuck with no other choice but to work 60+ hours a week for the rest of my life just to stay afloat financially before they start and I’ll be able to sleep tonight without nightmares.

UPDATE: I may not be as crazy as I think I am, yesterday I emailed the dept just to make sure they had my application because I just couldn’t shake the feeling that everything just didn’t get in on time. They told me that they didn’t have it because the Office of Graduate Admissions hasn’t received my $50 check yet, which I mailed Feb. 23rd, so they haven’t been able to forward it to the dept. So if I hadn’t emailed I wouldn’t have gotten in, at least now if I can ever get the admissions office to talk to me (I’ve been trying ever since 9 am to get someone other than the voice mail), there at least might be a chance they’ll bend the rules and look at my application.

ANOTHER UPDATE: After emailing, faxing, and leaving a very obnoxious voice mail explaining the situation the Office of Graduate Admissions has told me, and I quote, “Your application will be forwarded to the department in 2-3 business days.” That’s it. No contact info. No explanation as to what happened. No, “we understand your concern about getting your application in for a program that comes with a $25,000/year grant on time.” or “sorry, the check has been in our office for over two weeks and we just realized that it’s for your application, even though it was clearly marked as payment for your application, we just didn’t feel like putting one and one together” Oh well, at least I know things are in process now. What pisses me off the most is that they never told me my application was incomplete. Unless I had contacted the dept. this never would have been resolved, things would have sat there until the deadline passed and I never would have been considered. It’s fine if I don’t get in on my qualifications, it’s not fine that I don’t get in because of some stupid clerical mistake that wasn’t my doing.