Something, Anything

I'm sitting down to write a blog entry.

I don't exactly know what to write, I have been thinking about this for several days.

If I can't think of a specific topic to write on, I just never find the motivation to blog.

Ok, here we go...

I keep getting distracted, but anyway. So I have had some pretty neat things happen the past few days. I got a letter in the mail just the other day. I expected it to be a graduation announcement or an invitation, something of the sort. But what I opened it up the card said:

"Davidson County Writer's Guild

Congratulations,

Emily "

Turns out, I won 1st place in 12th grade prose. I didn't enter because I really wanted to, just because my teacher made all the AP students enter something in the contest ( as well as North Davidson's first literary magazine). I just handed in my essay on my church camp (the best place in the world!!!). Anyway, I won beating out the other 31 AP students from North.

How? Good question. It was so sappy and short. I wrote it to send to colleges for my "personal statement."

I probably won because I talked about church.

Anyway, I must have some writing ability to win. Analyzing my own writing style, I would say that my abundance of simple sentences adds to the theme of.... well, my overall work. Yes, that is probably why I won. Simple sentences and theme, something like that.

So, I guess I get to add this to my list of Honors and Awards. I think this one takes the cake. It is gonna go just above "Davidson Soil and Water Conservation Essay Girl." Guess they really truly like me here in good ol' Davidson County (even though they can't pronounce my last name).

Seriously, I am glad I won, I wasn't expecting it. I never really consider myself a great writer or anything. It was a great day after I came home and found that out.

I think I even get $15! And I get to go to a banquet and read my essay.

Other things that have happened: yearbooks (a whoping 10 picture of me!) O, and special note my mother does love me. On my senior page the message ends "Love, Dad and Mitchell" They typo-ed out my mothers name. She is the one who wrote the message! She was a little upset.

What else, what else? I got a scholarship. After applying for probably 30 I got one from the Southern Conference UCC Women. I thank them very much. And I will be going to Catawba College in June sometime to accept it.

I guess that is about enough exciting stuff. I gotta get to an eyebrow appointment.