Bitchy Government

Since I got the Fulbright and declined the Boren scholarship (the original scholarship I was planning to go to Syria on) the government is making me pay $162 back for the cost of the hotel in DC. I could have stayed with people in DC, but no, the government assured me, we'll pay for the hotel. Now that I've declined the Boren - I told them that the Fulbright was a distant possibility from the beginning - they're making me pay for a hotel they fucking made me stay in. They also never have to give me the thousands of dollars from the Boren. Whatever, $162 is worth it for the Fulbright, I'm sure. But it does seem a little petulant, doesn't it?