This is definitely like the eighth post I've done on this topic, but--

It's official! I'm a National Merit Scholar!

I got the letter today. I had been worried because they've been sending out the letters over the past week and a half and I hadn't gotten one yet. Jacob got his on the weekend and I was panicking. Now I can breathe a big sigh of relief for all the free money I'm going to get. Whew. I may go to college after all.
I was so worried about it that I'd been calling my mom after school to see if the mail had come. When I found out, I was in Panera and I did a little victory dance. People gave me funny looks.
I think that part of the scholarship should be that they make it into one dollar bills and you get to dance in it. I'm aware of how superficial the scholarship is-- I'm lucky I was having a smart day-- but I still feel like I've earned it somehow. Worrying and applications and extra essays (essays, bane of my existence). Anyway, I'm super-pumped.
Rock.