Hi, I wanted to ask if I could claim a slot (to be paid on Feb 1st), ahead of gathering references? Given the details in the forms, I am a little worried I might miss all the slot openings in the time it takes me to fill them all out.

That would be completely fine! I can mark your slot as pending <3

Wonderful, thank you! I appreciate it since today and tomorrow are very busy. I will gather all the refs when I can and write back as soon as I get paid to get that to you.

Okay, sounds good :D