I can finally say that the placement essay is done with and submitted. It was a hard week doing the final touches. The writing of the essay actually took just as much as the revising and editing since there were so many guidelines I had to follow; special covers, abstract, references, content, graphs, tables... it was a nightmare. Especially, since I totally underestimated the time it would take me to make the essay into a final product that can be submitted. Anyway, I managed to submitted by post on time and it was all fine. One tiny detail, however, skipped my mind (and I am saying tiny but it was of utter most importance) - the essay had to be submitted online. Silly me, of course, got absorbed with work and friends, and planning my holiday that I totally forgot that this was due at all. Partly, I think I was so satisfied how I had finished so much earlier than my mates that I stopped thinking about uni work whatsoever.
So, I was sitting on my desk having my quick lunch before I run to gym when the light bub came on and I realized how foolish I had been. Luckily for me I had a copy of the essay on my work laptop so I just uploaded it (20 minutes past deadline). Then I panicked; all that hard work, for nothing! I quickly called the coursework office and being lunchtime no one answered. A soothing sun ray, however, arrived in the form of a confirmation letter in just a few days. Yet again, I had been prepared to pack my bags, go back home and work in M&S until the rest on my life. But Aston works in mysterious ways. I think what I am most often forgetting is that one the other side of the phone there is an actual human being and they do listen to my voice mail apology. What is more, it is high time I understood that my lecturers, tutors and all the staff at uni are just there to help me. Now all that is left is for that bloody essay to live up to its potential. I hope I've done well enough. Results to be revealed in a couple of months.
