The Notifying of Absolutely Everyone.

So far, apart from the obligatory status update on Facebook, I have sent emails to the personnel manager at the symphony I play with, former music teachers, present music colleagues, past employers, and some distant family members in Stapleford, England.  Letting everyone know is going to be a heck of a job, because I actually didn't tell that many people that I was applying.  I figured that the number of people who knew was going to equal the number of times I'd have to relive the disappointment if I didn't get in.

I'm also trying to sort out the sequence of What Happens Next.  Before I can do anything, I have to wait for the University of Edinburgh to send me my CAS (confirmation of acceptance for studies) number.  This is a magical number that I have to put on my visa application form, so nothing can really happen until I get it.  One thing I can (and should) do this week is have a long talk with my bank.  I have access to the funds to cover some, but not all, of the cost of this whole enterprise, so I'm going to need some kind of loan.  And I just found out today that I won't know whether I'm going to get the Saltire Scholarship until the end of July, so I'm going to have to operate under the assumption that I'm NOT going to get it until then.  Yay debt!

In conclusion, some explanation about the format: The title is the title of my favorite Scottish folk song, the Loch Tay Boat Song, and the background photo is one I took this past January, in the Cuillin Hills on the Isle of Skye.