DO THE HAPPY DANCE!!!

Today, I heard the good word.

I got accepted into Sheridan's Bachelor of Applied Arts, Animation.

FINALLY!!!

After weeks of stressing out and losing my mind, months of work on my portfolio, panic attacks, giving up whatever semblance I have to a social life, having my work picked at and reviewed and handed back to me for change---

IT'S FINALLY OVER!

Last week I thought the results were coming out. I was panicked, stressed, and so afraid I was going to get rejected again. I was avoiding thinking about it, but it was always a heavy looming presence in the back of my mind. They day finally came around, I checked OASIS to find--- nothing. I went to admissions to ask what the deal was.

The deal was, "Later this week, or next week." Shoot. So when this Monday rolled around, I checked OASIS again, only to find there was still no update. This was getting ridiculous, I have plans depending on my acceptance to my applied courses, and it wasn't fair to keep stringing me along. After all, there were about half the applicants this year than there was two years ago, yet the results were taking longer to come out. I decided I wasn't going to settle for a second, "Next week or later this week," (which I got) and went straight to the head of the Animation department.

I was told the same story, and I expressed my concerns about being forced to wait for so long, when there's so much banking on the results from Sheridan. She told me the same thing-- that they hadn't even started to input scores yet, and I would have to wait until next week.

By next week, I wouldn't have any nerves left.

I returned home, angry, bitter, knowing that if I didn't have my heart so set on the program at Sheridan, I would have left and never brought my business back.

And then I had to write a huge essay.

So write I did! Until two in the morning. And then I crawled into bed, and had trouble falling asleep because of my back. I woke up at seven, and was exhausted. I left the house tired, sore, and in one of the most foul moods I have ever woken up in.

I got to school, and remembered I still had to staple my essay together before I could hand it in. So, taking Chelsea with me, I head to the learning commons. The stupid stapler is empty. Alright, no problem, there's another stapler on the other side of the learning commons. As I'm crossing the learning commons, I hear my name. Confused, I turn about.

It's Allison! A girl applying to the same program I am.

"I got in!"

"Heh?"

OASIS updated this morning. With a sickening lurch to my stomach, I ask if I can borrow her computer, so I don't have to wait twenty minutes for a different one to start up and boot me in. I go to OASIS, and I log Allison out, and log myself in. At first, my heart plummeted, as I saw "Under Consideration," but Chelsea gasped and pointed to the program under the computer animation status I was reading.

Firm Admit.

YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAH!!!! I was so unbelievably thrilled I got excited and hugged all in the vicinity, I texted my room mates, and I jumped around a bit. I'm quite sure I started everyone in the LC. I then ran (well.. I sped shuffled) to my classroom, handed in my essay and bolted. I had to find my teachers and let them know; I had to share the good news with the people who supported me. I would have done a happy dance, but as I attempted to skip my way down the hall, my back abruptly interjected with a painful: "CUT THAT SHIT OUT!!" so there was a lot of shuffling around and squealing with Chelsea.

I tried to hunt down my other animation friends, but the only other person I could find was Sue, who I told my news in excitement as we exchanged mystery gifts on our pokewalkers.

I then went to class and watched a movie.

AND I BOUGHT SHERLOCK HOLMES ON DVD! It's totally my reward for animation and I wasn't already planning on buying it, really.

So, for today starting in the worst of moods ever.. I am a happy person today.