Just Nicky

Phew! November 1, 2007

I tried to pretend it wasn’t true, but eventually I had to face reality.

I didn’t have a snow flake’s hope in hell of getting my assignment in tomorrow.

The combined effects of my innate slackness and looking after kids, one of them sick, had put me so far behind that there was no way I was going to make it.

So I bit the bullet and rang Student Support to beg for an extension. I had a litany of excuses prepared. I even thought I might be able to squeeze out some tears, if it came to it. But it was all superfluous.

I said I needed an extension. I told the woman which subject it was, my name and my student id. She gave me an extra week and an extension number to put on my submission sheet. All done.

Of course, I still have to do the assignment…