As I contemplated the loss of a couple hundred hours worth of work, an IM window pops up. I had been planning to ask to a girl to homecoming and this friend had been doing some "scouting" for me. Basically he asked her about guys she would say yes to. I wasn't one of them.
At this point it's still roughly 7pm, two of my dreams are destroyed, and I have about 4 hours of homework left.
I eventually worked up the motivation to get everything done by 3AM and violently lucid-dreamt until 6:30. After taking a 5 minute shower and feeling pretty depressed, I check my email. A short one line statement from Collegeboard: "Your project has been received by ETS". It wasn't an acknowledgment of a mistake or an apology, but I was ecstatic! My adamant response back that included a picture of the delivery confirmation had paid off!
I guess the important thing is that, despite almost having two things explode in my face, at least one of them wasn't Siemen(s)
badum tshhh