The next four days will perhaps be the four most important days of my life.

Here’s what hangs in the balance (no hyperbole, sir!)

(1) My M.Sc. degree
(2) My Ph.D. tenure
(3) Almost $300,000.00 Canadian in my pocketses
(4) And as a consequence of (1)-(3), pretty much my future as I know it.

You think I’m joking, don’t you? Okay, I lied.

I think it’s more like $270,000.00, but my eyes start to glaze over when I see so many zeroes.