Looking Foward

It has recently occurred to me that I truly am growing up and getting older. True, I am still very much a kid, but I am a kid on her way to the great land known as adulthood. (That was cheesy, huh?)

Come this summer, I’ll have three friends that are married, one with a baby girl, one who is expecting, most living on their own either with their respective spouse, away at school, or in their own apartment. Though this has been an ongoing process of growth, it has seemed to happen all at once.

I think the most shocking thing of all, besides all the wedding/pregnancy news, is that I have a college direction now. There’s a school I’m really interested in and it’s not in the city I currently live in. That means that I would leave my beloved mommy and daddy and move away. Shocking, huh? I thought so.

A couple of weeks ago, the idea of moving out and going five hours away wouldn’t have been plausible. But now, it sounds really appealing. I am just longing for a bit more room. Not really freedom, because I have that now. But room to grow and breathe and try out life. That’s something I’m not sure I’ve truly done yet: Really try something new and different where it’s just me trying to live.

I’m excited about these changes. We’ll see what happens…

(Sorry for the lack of actual thought in this entry. It’s been a long day…)

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