a history of me

I submitted my study abroad application today. Well, most of it, anyway. The application is kind of like a secret weapon in a video game. It's made up of many different parts which must be collected from many different places. For example, I needed two academic references, one foreign language evaluation, transcripts from every college I have attended (including the one I attend now), and my advisor's signature.

Here's what pisses me off the most about all this. As a transfer student, I've already had my previous colleges send transcripts to UAlbany. That means they already know everything there is to know about my academic record. Why does another department at the school need me to get all this information to them? Why can't these departments share information? And why might it take five business days for that information to get from the Registrar's Office to the Study Abroad office? I suppose the lesson here is to stop procrastinating, but if that was a lesson I could simply "learn" I would have learned it by now.

Oh, and 36 hours later and I still show no signs of TB. I hate saying "I told you so."