A Success

Last year I didn't get a Fulbright at least partly because the professor who wrote my language reference didn't think I was qualified to do the research. This afternoon he evaluated me again, and after examining me on an account of Ahmad b. Hanbal debating the nature of the Qur'an with his opponents, pronounced me fit for service. This is a load off my shoulders, and I'm still decompressing four hours later.

My career can now continue.