Finally finished

Due 6/2. Read Solovyov, The Meaning of Love (Coursepack) and answer the following questions: “What is Solovyov's understanding of erotic love between humans and its religious significance? What does erotic love have to do with Christian faith and the relationship between God and human beings? What do you think of Solovyov's views? What do you consider to be the strengths and weaknesses of his position? To what degree do you find his views compatible with the Christian tradition? Why or why not?”

Well, here I am. 6/1. Finished with my paper. And a day early at that.

What, you say? Why am I doing a paper? Didn't I already graduate? What's going on here?

Yea, you're right. The paper was due 6/2. One year ago tomorrow. I managed to get an incomplete in the class because of it, and he told me to have the paper in to him next week. And here I am, one year later, finally looking at the finished product, preparing myself to send it to my teacher in the hopes that he will change my incomplete to a D or a D minus, allowing me to obtain papers saying that I have, in fact, completed all the courses neccessary to graduate, so I can send it off to the NOVA Group and actually GET the job I landed teaching english in Japan.

It's bullshit, it's complete bullshit, that I got myself into this position. I didn't do the paper in the first place because I was lazy, despite loving the class, and then I slacked off on it for an entire year before finishing it, and now I have to beg my teacher to do me one last favor so I can move on with my life and do something productive with it. Not to mention avoid the complete and utter shame of having to explain to my friends and family that my job offer was retracted because I hadn't in fact actually graduated college yet.

I tried a couple of things to remedy the situation earlier, like sign up for an online class, and retook my business class I got a D in originally. I got a B+ in my business class, which is good, because that completed my minor requirements, but I never did anything at all for my online class, so instead of fixing my incomplete, I got a Y, no basis for grade, and owe the university money for having taken both classes, which I must pay out of pocket because I couldn't exactly ask my parents for the money.

So here I am, at the threshold of finally finishing what I started, a super senior all this time uknown to a great many people, and hoping for the best that despite eventually having to explain to people why my diploma says 2005 and not 2004, I will in fact have one at all.

Wish me luck. I don't deserve it, but, Lord knows I need it.