10000 days

So we all just came back from the econ challenge up in Phoenix.

We came in second! Hooray! Todd's team did really well, too! Lauren Peate's team did way awesome! In the first round each member got a perfect score! I'm gonna end another sentence with an exclamtion point!

So as my prize for coming in second, we each get a $250 savings bond. Thirty years from now- yes, years- we should each get a check or something for 250 bucks. That's a veeeery long time, and seeing that intesrest rates are lower than inflation rates, it will be losing value basically everyday. I could probably exchange it for maybe 60 bucks today, but it's money I don't really need at the moment so I can use it in the future or something.

Will I have to note this on my taxes?

I'm leaving supposedly for MIT on Thursday. I'm worried. On the way back down to Tucson I was looking at the cacti and the ostriches and the things we call mountains thinking this might be the last time I see them in a while. The question for me right now isn't if I want to leave, but whether or not I'm meant to stay here.