Gggrrr.

I want to stay up to re-read liroa15's tennis fic (YAY!! TENNIS FIC!!) and watch the Live Scores for Andy's match but if I'm going to be coherent tomorrow, I need sleep. Alas. So to conclude;

GO ANDY!!

Good night, guten abend, buonanotte, kalinichta (so need to learn a better way of spelling that) and so on and so on. ;-)

Clo

So. Abroad.

Went to see the woman about whole year abroad idea. Chatted a little. Admitted I'd missed the meetings. She asked where I'd like to go in America, I said 'well Colorado' thinking "Damn, guess Canada's out then" Then she mentions I don't have competition to fight as there's only two others interested - one for the US, one for Australia. So I casually say "Oh I thought it was only the US we could go to?" And she said no, there's Australia, Canada...

Me: *thought process* OMGWTFCANADAICANGOWTF? *out loud* Oh wow - see I'm really interested in going to Canada.
Her: Well yeah, I'd say it's easier to go to Canada than it is to the US.
Me *thought process* OMGWTFEASIERCANADASERIOUSLY?!! *out loud* Fantastic.

So... Canada's a yes. And apparently it's not even a matter of fighting anyone else for places. Which is... ok. Suddenly makes this whole idea more plausible.

Then I go to see an irritable, antagonistic woman to get the forms I missed from the meetings and she's all "I said you could come to any of the meetings! You've missed this! You've missed that!"

Ad I'm: -_- ... sorry? *thought process* KIND OF A BIG DECISION HERE WOMAN, STFU KTHNXBYE!

But I've been reading through the info and this is going to cost me a lot. As in a lot. All the help I could get is 'means tested' which 'means' I'll get a whole load of nothing. Stupid being on the boundaries of income. BUT you only pay half tuition fees and I could possibly get reimbursed for some of the flights. So it'll cost a *lot* but they say there's meal plans as part of the projected cost which would mean not having to buy food (though I'm far more fond of cooking for myself -_-) but... this is huge. This is practically official. I've given them my email address and am going to see the English woman again next week when I've processed all the info...

And I'm going to have to discuss it with the parentals tonight. If it's at all possible to murder someone down a phoneline then you may not be seeing any more posts from me.

And I'd need to go down to London to be interviewed for a VISA I think. Which I didn't realise and is like, whoa.

Did I mention if I go it's going to cost me a LOT? o_O They recommend writing to local newspapers asking for donations or looking for sponsors and I'm... um ok. Where do I even *start* to do that?

In slightly less momentous, life changing news, most of the flat is going out to the Carleton tonight, leaving me alone with the Flatmate of Doom. Who wants to watch a movie with me. I can think of nothing I want less, including having to sleep on a bed of sharpened nails. I want to get as much of Bounty finished tonight as possible. I'm thinking I'm gonna plead illness and 'going to bed early'. See, I am perfectly happy - more than happy - to spend a night alone with a cup of coffee, a computer and a fic. It's my idea of heaven. Trouble with Flatmate of Doom is that she needs a support group just to get her through every five minutes. I like being alone to the point of being totally anti-social which I just can't get across to her. Plus she annoys the hell out of me which doesn't help. It it was any of the other flatmates I'd be there with popcorn and my DVD collection ready and waiting. So maybe my anti-socialness is to an extent person-specific.

But... yeah. She pisses me off and I'm not too keen on being arrested for murder. I think that'd screw up my chances of going to Canada next year. So pleading illness/tiredness seems my best course of action.

Phew. Why has today involved so much hard thinking? Andy left me a lovely surprise to wake up to though - he isn't going to lose the no 2 ranking without a fight. As much as I feel sorry for Henman... I couldn't be happier that Andy won. :-)

Clo

EDIT: Just when I think I'm going to spontaeneously combust from thinking so hard, I come across a picture like ( this )

which reminds me the world is still funny. ^__^ I knew Roger would find Andy's sneakers hilarious. *giggles*