Seven years of college down the drain. Might as well join the peace corps

I think I'm feeling like a lot of people are feeling at this point. A little bewildered to be sure and it's that time of year where I start freaking out about everything in my life concerning my future, what I'm gonna be doing next summer, etc. I'm still incredibly sad I can't study abroad. I'm also extremely pissed at the fine arts department and the school in general for this recent development. Here's what happened:

Yesterday I was about to dash out the door to go to a study group when i get a call from my advisor. I thought it was strange because she never calls me and I was worried she was going to yell at me for registering for 20 units and to tell me I'm stupid for taking on such a full load, but what she was really calling to tell me was that only 4 people registered for the Friday design class and that it was cancelled. She asked if I could switch to the Tues/Thursday class and i said that I couldnt because I was already taking advertising at that time. So she basically apologized that it had to be that way and said "well, aren't you glad that you found out now and not in January?" Ummmm sure, I said on the phone but everyone is registered in classes, they are filled up and it would make no difference if this was sprung on me now or in january...the bottom line is that it's too late!

So I'm pretty much screwed. All my design and advertising classes are prerequisites so they all hinge on me taking them in sucession. Now that I can't take design next semester, the entire design lineup has to be pushed back a semester. They don't offer design 3 in summer school, only generic art classes like design fundamentals, drawing, and sculpture so I can't do that and even if I supplemented a GE for next semester it wouldnt matter because design is still being pushed back to overflow into an extra semester. My 3 year plan was airtight and immobile with no room for shifting. I had to plan on taking 20 units to even graduate on time.

The only logical solution: add an extra semester and do 4 1/2 years instead of graduating in 4. Fuuuuuuuck!

I've had a day to mull this over and I can't come up with any other solution so I've started to come accustomed to the idea of 4.5 years. I'm trying to look on the bright side and here are a few things I came up with that is a benefit of staying an extra semester.
1) now I don't have to take 20 units next semester and die. I was really cramming it in and now I have more wiggle room in case another class doesnt work out. I can relax a bit next semester.
2) I have room to take a few classes just for fun that i wanted to take but had ruled impossible by my schedule. There's a Beatles class that I can now take and a 2 unit record production class that interested me but I couldnt fit in before.
3)lots of people do this! Architecture requires 5 years and so does some of the business programs. Many people with large minors have to take an extra semester.
4) get more involved in sorority and maybe become rush counselor or a position within Panhellenic council.
5) I talked to my parents and they're actually the ones who convinced me to do it. They're being so supportive and they told me that college isnt about being done in 4 years, it's about finishing when you finish and getting a good degree.
6) I'm still saving money because I'm not going to grad school like most of my friends. My major doesnt require that degree to get a really good job.
7) more time for internships which will really help when i apply for a job. And more time that I can be in school and stay away from the real world.


So much chaos, i need time to think.