The Deal-io

First of all, thank you guys so SO much for all the supportive comments! I really needed them to help me to be assertive and whiney and to get what I want.

Today, I fulfilled all of my game plan. My plan was to talk to Queen’s College and get them to want me to live there and to talk to UniLodge and whine a lot so they would take pity on my and let me know when there is someone who wants to take my room right away so I can move out to Queen’s.

Firstly today, I got a reply from the email I sent last night to Oxy telling them how upset I am with my situation at UniLodge and that there are open rooms at Queen’s looking for someone to fill them. Oxy warned me that there may already be a waiting list for Queen’s, but also told me I should first speak to Queen’s and see if I can get a room there and then go to UniLodge and ask them if they can end my contract early. Oxy also told me all this schmutzy “here’s how to make friends” stuff and “we know it’s hard to study abroad at first” crap (oh, thanks, I didn’t know how to make friends and what was that? Oh my gosh, it’s hard to study abroad? Wow I just couldn’t tell!) But honestly, I don’t want to stick it out here anymore. If I can live in Queen’s, I am just going to live in Queen’s.

So with that go-ahead to go see if people will let this happen, I went over to Queen’s, just to see who I could talk to, and it turns out the woman I emailed wanted to make an appointment with me and the Vice Master, who would be the person who ultimately lets me into the college. So she just set me up with the Vice Master today at 4 pm.

Then I went to the front desk of UniLodge to ask about my contract. Well, first it was too busy for me to ask anyone anything because they are always understaffed and very busy, but I went back later and the wonderful woman who helped me my first day was there! Now, I think she is to the point where she will just say whatever she can to keep me happy so I’m not bawling at her desk again. So I explained to her how unhappy I am there, and that I might have an offer to live at Queen’s and I would love love love to live there and that my world would go from a place of darkness and loneliness to a magical world of sunshine and rainbows, so she let me leave my cell number with her so that I can give her the go-ahead when I have an offer at Queen’s and then she can call me any time anyone wants a room and I can tell her to give them my room and then I will move out then and there!

After that, I went off to Queen’s again to meet with the Vice Master so he can feel me out, I guess, because it seems like it’s pretty exclusive to live there…? Or at least that’s how he made it sound. He was very nice. It seems like he really gets to know his students and stays involved in their lives. So he just asked me about my GPA, my major, Oxy, where I’m from, brothers and sisters, stuff like that. He talked at me a little bit, just about the American economy and how it is currently down the drain. Then at the end he said he couldn’t make a guarantee, but that it was certainly an option. I can’t remember exactly how he put it, I just remember the words “can’t guarantee.” But I think once I bring in my stuff from my original on-campus housing application tomorrow, they will hopefully give me a thumbs up. Or something. It seemed like the Vice Master wanted to make sure I could get out of my contract at UniLodge before he offered me the room, but I think I need an offer at Queen’s before I can tell them to advertise my room for rent at Unilodge.

The rooms at UniLodge seem to go pretty fast, like people are still coming in every day and moving in. so I believe people are still constantly looking for a room. I usually see student-types at the front desk with their parents asking about rooms. And my room is slightly bigger, so maybe it will be more in demand! So I’m hoping to get an offer from queens and tell Unilodge that I ready to move out and then my room will be rented out within a couple days. So for Unilodge, I will have to pay for the couple of weeks that I’ve been here and a termination fee, which I think costs as much as a week’s rent. And then I can get the rest back and give it to queens, and then get the rest of the payment sent from Oxy. Siiiiiggggghhhh. Please oh please let this happen.

For tomorrow, I have to go to the International Student Centre to get my original housing application, then I can bring it to queens and let them know that I will be able to leave Unilodge, I would just have to pay the rent until someone fills the room, and that I need their offer to advertise my room. Then hopefully I will get the offer, then I can either stay at UniLodge and just pack my bags up and wait for someone to come along or I can move all my stuff to Queens as long as they let me move in before they have the entire payment for the semester.

BWAAAAAJEOJFAOFAIFHIHWFORGJFPAWFJVNIGHSM

I just have to get out of here. I won’t take no for an answer. Olivia plans to help me move out. :) She has just been the best person here. I may need her to bring one of her suitcases, though, to hold all the stuff I have accumulated here … : /
Then I may need to ship that stuff home, because I can’t just get rid of it! It would be such a waste! And I will use it again, of course.

I just need to get out of this rut and into the part of my time abroad where I love life and everyone I meet and I have such a great time, which is what you’re supposed to do while you’re abroad. I think I can get to that point once I move to queens. I have already seen a lot of cute boys there… ; )

I am so over being stressed out and sad and slightly lost. So please cross your fingers for me! Let’s also hope I get some actual sleep tonight, too.
I love and miss everyone! I always say that, but I really mean it. It is so strange to be in a foreign country away from everyone you love. You’re all in my thoughts!
Xoxoxo D