I had a really busy day lined up and was nervous I wouldn't make it home in time to help her get ready. My goal was to be home by 4:30 to help curl her hair. Being the procrastinator I often am, I had waited until that day (the final day) to sign her up for summer school. So did about 50 other people. The line was long, and slow. 4:30 came and went. I finally made it home about 5:30. That gave us 30 minutes to get her hair done.
We had hoped to be ready to go by 6pm, it was about 6:25 by the time her thick hair was curled, she was ready and pictures were taken. All the while she was on the phone with her BFF Mia. It was a treat to hear just how excited they were. Brought back fond memories of my 8th grade promotion dance. I hope to never forget the joy she shared before the dance, and the tears she shed afterwards as she is going to miss her friends. After picking up some food, we came home and tuned into Netflix and talked in greater detail about the dance. She was on cloud 9. She started to doze off on the couch and eventually made it to her room to bed.
I went to my room and got online. Checked out my "regular" websites, including Hotmail. In that moment I was overwhelmed with disappointment and sadness. There was still no reply from Jai. I know she said a decision would by made by the 20th, but the 20th was a Sunday. Surely they won't be sending out notifications of yays or nays on a Sunday. I re-read Jai's last email. And it sank in.
The last sentence read, "The selected students will be notified via email."
Frantically I logged onto Naysia's email and there it was.
From: Jai Jun
Subject: 2012 King Sejong Krn Scholarship and Korea Program
Date: May 18, 2012 6:01pm
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