USSYP 2013 - PART 1: THE MOURNING AFTER

Me: Feels, stop, just stop.
My Feels: No.

Me: >:(

My Feels: Go sit in a cornfield.

Me: *proceeds to sob and capture tears in a cup and distill the water to make salt and applies the salt to an apple then remembers that fruit doesn't need to be salty then uses the rest of the salt to find the solubility-product-constant then drinks apple juice made from juicing the meat of the apple* What is my life. 

My Feels: XOXO, Gossip Girl

SWEAT, SWEAT, AND THE TEARS OF MY ENEMIES

^ The best way to answer the question: "What qualities and skills do you have that will contribute to this position?"

Apparently it works because YOU ARE LOOKING AT THE NEW MICHIGAN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE SVP! :DDDD & Depending on how things go, I might fly back to DC at the end of March (after USSYP) for the National American Youth Summit.

;LSKDFJAS;LKDJFLSKJDFD
Brb crying.
 
There's actually another summit being hosted by Microsoft towards the end of February but the age minimum is technically 18. But. You know. The registration doesn't actually ask for your age . . . Ahemcoughcough. YOU HAVE SEEN NOTHING.

HAPPYHAPPY NEWS

So about 3 months ago, I applied to this program called the United States Senate Youth Program. I clammed myself up in my room and worked on my application for hours like a maniac. After pouring my soul into the thing, I wanted to cry because I thought that it was just so mediocre. 

I mailed it in.
November came and went.
December rolled around. 

Only two students are accepted from each state and the other delegate from Michigan had already been notified, so by that point, I fully expected to not get in. Therefore, you can imagine how absolutely shocked I was when, just before New Year's Eve, I got a call from a lady in Virginia telling me that I had gotten in and would receive the $5000 scholarship. Again, I wanted to cry. I couldn't stop blubbering "thank you," which were about the only coherent words I could form at that point. I was an absolute mess and literally couldn't stop smiling/awkwardly-trying-to-not-tear-up long enough to utter a sentence. :)

Afterwords, I was added to the Facebook group for all the kids who got accepted into the 2013 program and ohmyholycow I swear they're some of the most fabulous people that I've ever met. Seriously. 

My travel packet arrived yesterday and it finally started to settle in that holy shit I'm actually going to this.

Also, YAY FOR SNOW DAY! I thought I was going to have to sacrifice another child name to the snow gods ("Baking" this time, since I already promised "Frying" as the name of my seventh son).

There's nothing better than looking outside to see that it's finally snowing. :D
The blurry flecks are actually drifts of snow coming downdowndown.