So Upset

So tonight we had a returnee study abroad meeting which was great and a lot of fun. I got to meet a lot of great people who visited different countries and hear about their experiences. It really was great; I was one of the last people to leave.

At the very end Kimberly, who runs the study abroad stuff was telling a friend Jeff about how the school has a program to Taiwan.

"... And you know, we just had a girl come back from Taiwan who stayed for a year. And she earned six-credits over the summer."

I froze "Wait, what? You could have credits transfer over if you went for just the summer?"

"Yup!" says Kimberly.

I had actually went to the study abroad house and specifically was told by a graduate assistant that if I went to Taiwan during the summer my credits would NOT transfer and that it would only cover my study abroad requirement.

You have no idea how upset I was, and I'm finally starting to calm down but I missed my friends' wedding. I missed a bunch of other things too like my boyfriend's birthday, his graduation, but the wedding is what's really getting to me because  that's something that will, hopefully, only happen once in their lives.

Plus, I had known the groom my entire life, my boyfriend was the best man, and my best friend was going. These three people and their two families have been close their entire lives and have gone on holidays together and are just so close and because I live in Atlanta I've always been on the cusp of it. Moving to Chicago finally gave me a chance to not miss any more big events and be apart of these things and then I have to study abroad in order to graduate. I try to change the date because it seems like my only option is the Fall when everything is happening and then I find out NOW after so many things have happened and I've missed so many things and had such a hard time that things could have been different.

And I just might have been there.

I can not explain to you how upset I am right now.