What a week!

Note: disorganized entry. The first part was written before leaving for class, and the rest after. And it's about my internship.

Left hanging, not knowing when, or whether there would be a reply.

Last Thursday he said Friday or Monday. Monday night...still no reply. On Tuesday I called him...and he told me he'd give me a reply by the end of the week. But "by the end of the week" can mean anything from Tuesday to Friday. So I wait.

Harcèle-les, Fabien told me. So I harcèle-d them. I called him again this morning. And he told me that he would give a reply before leaving for the holidays tonight.

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And during my class this afternoon, I got two phone calls. (which went to my voice mailbox, since my phone was switched off) My class was from 2pm to 5pm, but the teacher let us leave about half an hour early today (it's the holidays!) So after the class, I switched on my phone and listened to the messages. The first one was from the first company where I had the interview, pressing me again for a reply (not that I blame him...) The call was put through at 2:57pm. The second call, that came through at 4:10pm, was from the last interview I went for, the one whose reply I was waiting (and biting my nails, if I bit my nails) for. And it told me that I was accepted!! I was darn happy, I was wincing as I listened to the first message, and hoping that the second message would be the reply I was waiting for, and at the beginning of the second message when the guy identified himself I was just hoping and hoping for a yes, I can't tell you how relieved I was when I heard that I had been accepted!

So...the stress is over. Finally. Whew.

Really, all week was really stressful, with the constant worry that it wouldn't be okay. With peaks on Monday and Friday. 'Cos at first I thought I would get a reply on Monday. So I stressed. Comme un ressort tendu au point de rupture. So highly strung, to breaking point. Monday night there was ping pong, which helped...the rest of the week, there wasn't much I could do but wait...but Friday I started stressing again, like Monday all over again.

Heck, even Thursday night I was already starting to stress. We went to see Camille's concert, I was stressing on and off, and after that while walking home with Fabien, he related to me the funny story of his interviews (all packed into the same week, and more) which kinda helped me relax a little. (Merci Fabien!) Well, at least until the next day.

Oh yeah, and I should end this post on a happy note, especially since I've got my internship. In the ping pong competition on Thursday, I came in 5th out of the 10 unranked players, and I was the first girl (of course, that doesn't mean much 'cos the only other girl wasn't much of a competitive player) But I managed to win 3 out of the 5 matches I played, and all except one were pretty close (we have to win 3 sets to win, and in one match we played 5 sets, and I lost the last set 11-9 :/ ) So, for being the first girl, I won a red t-shirt with a U (for sport universitaire, I think) on it. But it's L-sized (too big for me) and not that good quality. Doesn't matter...that's almost always the case anyway! :P