National Young Leaders Conference

Today I came home to more mail for me. Something from The University of Tulsa and this beautiful thing:



It looked so official that I didn't want to open it. I'm weird, I know. But I sucked it up and opened the seal. Yes, there was a seal. I told you, very official. Anyway, that picture above is the first thing I see and again, it looks super official, so I'm thinking, "There's got to be some mistake, right?" So I take out all of the forms that were in this little official envelope and it turns out, there is no mistake.

"Dear Courtney,
I am delighted to inform you that because of your outstanding academic achievements, you have been nominated to represent the state of California as a National Scholar at the National Young Leaders Conference (NYLC) to be held in Washngton, D.C. this summer 2009."

No pressure. You were just nominated to represent your state. And that's just the first paragraph. I'm so honored, but I don't really know how to respond to this. I mean, they included stuff about past conferences. People like Al Gore, Colin Powell, and Richard Riley, along with a bunch of other official people have spoken there.

Though it's kind of nerve racking, it's really exciting. I really think I want to go. There's six different sessions that are available, so if I do want to go, and my mom allows it, I think there's a good chance that I'll go. I'm still not one hundred percent sure I want to go, seeing as how money's kind of tight right now, but this is like a once in a lifetime thing and if a college were to see this on your transcript, you know they'd want you. Dang, I really want to go. We'll see. My deadline to sign up is April 17.

What do you think I should do?