Boy officially recognizes me as a friendly entity!

Wow, that was a creepy way to kick off November. But anyway, yeah! Here's what happened:

> Judy waiting by lockers to go downstairs
> Judy sees flash of red bouncing around
> Judy thinks someone is dancing
> That someone is actually Boy dodging people to get to his locker
> Boy and Judy make eye contact
> Boy stops dodging

Boy: Hi.
Judy: Hello.

And that's about it. Nothing entirely fancy at all, actually. But it was the first time he initiated a conversation (no matter how brief) and it made me really happy. I hope he's learning to approach everyone this way. Or more people at least. I am so relieved to see him less tense around me and I am glad that it's no longer as evident that I scare the daylights out of him when I'm bright and chipper.

Anyway, I SUBMITTED MY COMMON APP TODAY! So now I have to wait until November 30th to get a reply from USC and Stanford regarding my Questbridge scholarship. I probably won't get anything substantial like the 4 year scholarship--but hey--might as well try, right? I wish they would get back to me sooner so I don't have to deal with all this anxiety and uncertainty! I am literally sick right now; the lack of sleep has evidently weakened my immune system. This happens almost every time I pull more than two all nighters in a row. Ahhh junior year. What a bad year for my immune system.

So yeah. In the meantime, I have my UC Apps to finish up for the 30th. I really hope I get accepted somewhere good because I would hate to be that one person that everyone expects to get somewhere good that actually ends up falling short. That would be terrible and is one of my biggest fears right now.  But I guess I'll deal with it as it comes.

Halloween was lovely! I dressed up as Avatar Kyoshi and received a buttload of compliments. I was really proud of myself for making the outfit entirely on my own (took me two weeks of hand stitching and crafting) from $15 worth of random clothes I found at a thrift store. Here I am!

Pretty awesome, eh? A pretty cool "last high school halloween costume," If I may say so myself.

I am so friggin' tired so I am going to sleep. More later.