so I(20f) am not officially diagnosed even though I've brought it up to my doctor and family several times but that's another story ig, just wanted to add that first for clarification.

so long story short, it's past midnight and I just missed a homework deadline because I realized at around 11:40 that I wouldn't even be done halfway and get half marks even if I manage to get all the answers I did have right.

Basically, this was assigned a week ago but I only got started on this homework today because of lousy time management skills.

And *then* the software that I was supposed to use had to get updated, which ended up taking maybe 5 hours of my day today because I had to a) wait for it to download/install several packages for this year's version, b) take the bus onto campus to try to use the lab computers that already had the software except the room is locked over weekends and I didn't realize because my prof had said they would be open anytime we needed them as long as I had ID, c) continue to finish waiting for it to download onto my laptop again. And by that time I had to go back home anyway because the buses stop running at a certain time.

I'm just so angry and disappointed at myself, once midnight (the deadline) passed I was already resigned to my fate but now I've just been crying really hard. I'm a senior in college, I used to seriously struggle and fail classes in freshman and early sophomore year and thought I finally found ways to utilize a schedule and plan ahead, but it's just the end of Week 3 and I've already missed a homework assignment. I want to blame it on the software taking so long to download, but I know it's my fault for not starting much earlier, and the prof even has that noted on the syllabus to account for software download times too.

I heard this prof is nice but I'm scared to message her with an excuse because the syllabus says excuses for late homework will not be accepted. I also get the feeling she doesn't like me because I already had this problem in lab once trying to get something else to download on my own laptop and she had to tell me to use the lab computers so I could help my team with the work.

I feel like I should try because I don't think the lowest hw score gets dropped so it might be worth it to ask. I just don't know how to frame it to ask for an extension. I'm just really ashamed and don't know how to frame it in a way where there could be a chance she says yes to an extension. Even just one day is enough. And I want to make it clear to her that this would be the last and only time it's late like this, I've learnt my lesson to get started much earlier, I just want one more chance. If anyone has advice on what I should say, if I should email or ask in person, etc please let me know