Heh. I totally know what you mean; the one good thing about high school is that those people have no power over me anymore! When you're there, it feels like that's the whole world, that their evaluation of you is Truth. Once you escape, you realize that they're just a bunch of petty little people on power trips taking out their issues on children. What they think of you--means nothing.

You're already traveling with your roommate to WriterCon, right? So it would be three in a room if we shared? How likely do you think it is that you'll go?

Psst: Good luck with the hearing that's coming up. *hugs*