Current happenings

I have exactly seven days left in this semester.

At the end of the seven days, I will have officially completed my first year.

At the end of the seven days, I will be officially half down with course work.

At the end of the seven days, I will be on a plane to Ghana.

In the next seven days, I have two papers and a final exam due.

As my legions of readers know, I am on a grant that is based in Ghana. They are supposed to pay my tuition, but since my fellowship paid it the first year, they planned to use the $ on other things (fair? Don't know, I just figured it is the plight of the doctoral student). So I just found out that my fellowship doesn't pay my tuition in the summer so I asked them to pony up for just the summer tuition. They said sure no problem but oops the research funds are in Ghana and they have been trying for 3 months to get them over here. So my tuition is due in two weeks and I, of course, am the only one that is freaking out about it. I am not quite sure how to politely go about this. We have a meeting Friday and I really hope there is at least some mention of it. I am trying to stay professional since I realize no one really cares or is focused on it but me- I dont think it even crosses their mind until I bring it up. Awkward.