Royal Mail

My official offer letter came by Royal Mail yesterday - how fancy! I have officially accepted the offer to study at the University starting in October. I have to say, it was pretty awesome to see my name, my supervising professors name, and my topic of research on an official piece of paper like that. I have been building my research topic for the better part of two years so it is really rewarding to see that my concept is going to become a concrete project.

I am just starting to get annoying that every time I make progress in finalizing all the details, something else pops up. My lender still needs some kind of conformation from the school before the loans can be finalized... which, I think the school will give once they receive the paper I sent back yesterday saying I accecpt the offer to study. Then once the school can give its conformation, I need the lender to write an offical letter to the school telling them how much they are willing to give me in British Pounds.

Its like.. I finally move from A to B...but then realize in order to get to C, I have to go over the hills, through the woods, across a tightrope, then complete a rubix cube puzzle while wandering through a hedgemaze. All in platform shoes.

All this confusion is 100% worth the trouble - I just want to be able to secure everything down so I can relax and revel in the accomplishment I have made in getting accecpted to the school in the first place.

Loan Approved!

It is official - my loans have been approved! *dances and cheers* Now the school has 30 days to get back to my lender in order to confirm that I am indeed a student at the University. I have written the graduate department on multiple occasions inquiring about my acceptance letter as well as conformation for my lender but have not heard anything back as of yet. If I don't hear anything back in a few days I am going to have to bite the bullet and call over the pond. I don't want to have to go through the application process for my loans again... it was actually more painful then I had expected.

But yay - it seems everything is falling into place!