Suspicion...

So you know that saying about closing doors and windows being open?

I still haven't heard anything more. Been 6 weeks now since I last had news. Still waiting to hear from 7 different schools.

The other fun complication is that my backup plan will shortly no longer be a backup.  I was hedging my bets, back in February, regarding if I'd be successful in Canada, or if I should move (permanently) to the UK and get on with a career there.  I wanted to keep both options open throughout the application process. So I applied, and was accepted into, the Legal Practice Course program in London. Sweet backup plan eh? I'd do all my other applications and then be able to make an informed decision once I'd heard from the Canadian schools...

Well, this backup plan has blown up in my face. If I don't cancel my place in the LPC this week, I owe them $10,000. Yes, you read that right.

So I suspect I'm going to have to say bye bye to the London route.  My ideal is to be in Canada, and I'm still crossing my fingers that one of those seven schools will say 'hey, come study here!'. And, quite frankly, I don't have $10,000 sitting around that I could 'throw' at London to gain time.

I guess, going back to the old saying, I've been trying to see what windows will open, before shutting the door... but it doesn't work that way does it? So next week I'll be shutting the door on the London route, and hoping that a window opens up somewhere in BC, Manitoba or Ontario.

Fingers crossed.