I got back to my apartment this afternoon after a good day, and was checking my mail when I got a letter from the university financial aid department. Foolishly thinking this was them telling me my loans were coming through with nary a problem I opened it up. Then I found out that the school has decided to revoke my financial aid because I "broke my contract to get a 2.0 GPA for the semester in all of the classes" I took.

Hmmm, that'd be funny except I got a 4.2 for the semester and made Dean's List for the second semester in a row.

Granted my independent study was an incomplete, but considering that the professor had to take medical leave because he came down with cancer, I figured everything would be OK. Especially considering I cleared everything with the financial aid department as soon as he took leave.

"No problem, this won't count against you," they told me that afternoon.

Their response today?

"Well someone must have lied to you. You have to re-appeal your financial aid status by giving us a letter from you, a letter from your professor (who is still out on medical leave) on why the class was an incomplete, a letter from the head of the department, two golden teeth from the dean of students, the right kidney of a university regent, oh and while your at it why don't you throw in the rights to your first-born and a draft pick to be named later!"

OK, so maybe I exaggerated the last five (including the draft pick) but there's always a problem with these guys. So tomorrow goes from walking the dog and relaxing before work to spending all day butting heads with the financial aid goons and their insidious leader Die-Rec-Tur.

As we see, it's just another day in paradise around here. ;-)