The whirlwind trip is over and we have just landed back home. As instructed, we all wait on the plane for everyone to exit before getting off. I still cannot believe this whole trip was even real, I feel like it's all been a dream and I'm going to wake up soon. Not only was the ceremony fantastic and the hotel just amazing, I got to share it with my two best friends and it felt just like old times. As we start to exit the plane, I see the media masses ready to greet us, cameras and microphones in hand. Once we are all off the plane, they start swarming us with all their questions. One of the local TV stations comes up to me with his microphone. "How does it feel to be an Academy Award winner in high school? I'm 34 and I've been trying all my life to win one of these yet you are only a jun

