this is what happened

[raven]

So, this is the story. So you know there is a happy ending, I will tell my side of it first.

Last night, around midnight, I was freaking out about conflicts of law - it's awful, it's awful, I don't understand it, it's doing my head in, etc. So, I thought, let's take a few deep breaths, let's make a jug of (decaf) coffee, let's sit down and go through this. Three hours later, I was thinking, well, I don't know it all and I'll never be a notable conflicts lawyer, but I know more than I did know. Still two topics to go. Okay, thinketh I, I will go to bed, get up at ten thirty, run into the law school and go over a few things, there's another study group at midday, and then the exam at half past one.

Before shutting down the computer, I dropped Shim an email: hi, love, could you give me a call around ten thirty to make sure I'm awake.

I went to bed. Tossed and turned for a couple of hours, finally drifted off.

The next thing I knew, someone was banging on my door shouting, "Iona! Get up! ANDREW CALLED ME FROM ENGLAND!"

I got up, blearily, stumbled to the door sans glasses, opened the door, and said, "...you woke me up what time is it WHAT."

Tobermory marched in and said, "I am going to sit on your couch grading papers while YOU GET IN THE DAMN SHOWER."

It was half past twelve.

Ouch.

Anyway, this is the happy ending - I took a five-minute shower, Tobermory bundled me into the car, and drove me to the law school, I had time to print off my notes before the exam.

Okay, from the other side of the story that I have since heard.

Shim called me at ten thirty. I didn't answer. He tried again. I didn't answer. By eleven - four, in the UK - when I didn't answer yet again, and he'd been calling and calling, Shim talked to gavagai, who talked to forthwritten. Shim and Laura went through my Facebook friends - they knew the South African Siren wasn't here, but Shim sent messages to everyone else he met when he was here - M and E, who are 1Ls and were in a contracts exam, but also to Tobermory (along the lines of hey we met once but I need you to do something) and Laura sent messages to them too (hey, we've never met, but...) and also to people who she knew were definitely in Ithaca, and when that didn't work Shim emailed thingswithwings, who wouldn't be able to make it to me in time, and then finally my letting agency. They didn't know if I was just not answering, or fast asleep, or what, so they called and called. I was fast, fast asleep.

By the time Tobermory came to the door, there were eight people and one limited company across two continents who knew I had an exam this afternoon and WAS STILL IN BED OH GOD. I am mortified. And so, so, grateful. And mortified.

I have been supplied with this highlight of the chat transcript:

forthwritten:oh Ioan, how do you manage to spark an international incident
 
gavagai: lol IN HER SLEEP

The moral of the story: don't be such a cocking idiot as to leave your phone on silent, and never think you aren't loved.

Comments

[medie]

...oops?

*G* this, this sounds like something that would happen to me. *empathizes*

[megaptera]

This story made me smile very big. :)

[livrelibre]

Hey, at least you made it to the exam! And I have done this multiple times at work so you are not alone:)

[soupytwist]

Damn right! ♥ ♥ ♥

[forthwritten]

♥

[toft]

hahahaha, oh dear. That's a lovely story, and I'm so glad it turned out for the best! You have an excellent Shim and friends.

[giglet]

Here via my network. All I can say is that you have excellent excellent friends!

[brightlywoven]

D'awwww. Good story has a happy ending.
Now, come home quick <3<3<3

[stained_glass]

<33333

And your moral is adorable.

[highfantastical.livejournal.com]

*weeps gently*

I adore you, btw. :)

[the-acrobat.livejournal.com]

You are completely adorable. :)

[skipthedemon.livejournal.com]

That story is amazing. (Glad you got to your exam on time.)

My legal career has been...hard to start thus far, but yesterday I got to help a recently unemployed single mom who had a dispute between herself, her landlord, the agency subsidizing her apartment. I got the landlord to agree to 6 months free rent before she has to be out. It won't fix everything for her, but it's breathing room. It was a great feeling.

[anotherusedpage.livejournal.com]

*grin* the comment I didn't leave on your other post.: foreverdirt once didn't wake me up before an exam. She had promised to call and didn't. I discovered that it was possible to make ones way from unconscious in New Buildings, Magdalen to Exam schools in full subfusc in approximately six minutes, which was fortunate because six minutes was what I ended up with before exam start by the time foreverdirt rememebered and called me. *grin*

[marymac.livejournal.com]

They are awesome and fantastic. That's brilliant!

People are great in scholastic crises. S volunteered to proof my footnotes when I was cracking up on the last two days before finishing my thesis. I could have kissed him.

[kuteki.livejournal.com]

Oh wow, that is pretty spectacular, but all is well that ends well. ♥

[annikah.livejournal.com]

This makes me smile. And I'm taking the moral to heart.

[greek-jester.livejournal.com]

You're a lucky woman. Shim = <3

[littlered2.livejournal.com]

Haha, oh dear. That is indeed a bit embarrassing. But you made it to the exam, yay! And you got to be reminded of the fact that you have a great boyfriend and friend in Shim and Laura, respectively. Also, large amounts of sleep, even if at inopportune times, are a plus, I think.

[fyrdrakken]

So glad you had so many dedicated people who made sure you didn't sleep through your exam!

[pinkdormouse.livejournal.com]

That is so lovely.