RA applications, school stuff, and Yule

Well shit! I got the letter today from Residential Life. Everyone who applied for mid-term Resident Adviser had been waiting for the letter as it was the "Yes, you were selected to be interviewed" or "No, we're sorry but you weren't selected at this time" letter.

I'm in the "Non Selected" pool. Of all the people that I've talked to in the hall, only *one* person in our hall got selected out of about twenty who applied.

In other news, I get to spend some time this week writing two letter to administration. I have to appeal to keep my financial aid. This semester has been *horrid* for me as I've been battling a deep depression. (more on that later). The other letter was suggested by my doctor. Since the depression is now being treated, but it destroyed my semester, my doctor suggested that I apply for a medical withdrawl from the three classes I failed. It turned them from "F"s to "W"s on my transcript. It insulates my GPA from the massive hit that would give me. I'd still have to appeal to keep my financial aid because I've slipped below the magic "ratio of successful completion" for the number of credits I've attempted to credits passed. *(ugh)*.

I'll have my Financial Aid appeal in this week. I'll be working on my Medical Withdrawl letter as well. I know I'll have to have my doctor sign a letter on it stating the case and all that, but he said he would do that if needed.

All in all, the last few weeks have been busy with me trying to save my own ass academically with this depression and all, but it's heading in the right direction now that I'm on a medication that's working for me.

I'm flying to Arkansas on the 23rd for Christmas with my parents. I'll be lucky enough to be able to have a small private Yule celebration before I have to deal with her. I'll be in Arkansas from the 23rd to the 29th of December. I'll be pretty much unavailable as my cell company doesn't cover there (at least as far as I know), they don't have a working computer, and my laptop died a couple of months ago.