@hearages: Bummer. Maybe tomtom you can have someone else look at it to see what they think? They might point out some things you can cut out/condense that you didn't notice before. I'm worried I'm going to have a similar problem though. My notes alone seem to be almost 1/3 of the accepted story length. We shall see what happens I guess!
Good luck to you with it, though! I really hope you can find a way to get it in.