"Three simple steps for reaching (Jenn-like) Pseudo Adulthood"
Step One: Not having to go to school. As a striving pseudo adult, you are no longer a student.* You must now fill your time with other things. Things that scream: adult. Which brings us to step two and three.
Step Two: Buy furniture. Isn't she gorgeous?
That's right, I bought an electrical record player. (Awesome!) Seriously, if this contraption doesn't make you feel old, what will? It actually has an 8 track player and a radio. Now, you have to understand that this grand step into adulthood was really quite grand, because the only other "furniture" I had in the living room was this cardboard cut out of a jukebox. (which is also awesome.)
Step Three: Vacuum. This new piece of furniture deserves a good place of rest. Which brought to my attention that fact that I have never (ever) vacuumed my living room floor. This is mostly because the living room floor has been entirely covered by piles and piles of books. I moved in mid quarter and never finished putting those away. And, because I spend all my time in my bedroom or the kitchen, the living room just became a big shelf. But, these books no longer need to be in such an easily attainable spot. To the basement they go! and BAM! Adulthood: I have put away my books and vacuumed for my newly-acquired-short-lived-furniture-filled-pseudo-adult life.
Okay. So, what's my point?
I think what I'm trying to get at is that it already feels like things are changing. I've been thrown in the developmental fast lane. It's the little things in life that slowly turn us into adults. We learn that becoming an adult, aka a 'real person', doesn't happen from one day to another, or because one buys furniture and vacuums. Yet, some days it's easier to see that we are growing up. In a strange way, not doing homework and buying furniture is what did it for me today. Tomorrow it may be something much more important, like trying to comfort my family and not letting this whole baby head thing get me down.
I'll be leaving Sunday night to Seattle. The first week I do my pre-surgery appointment, and the next week they take 'er out. You have no idea how excited I am. I can't even imagine what life will be like without the baby head! I'll eat and not feel sick, sleep and not wake up until my alarm tells me to, and best of all I'll be able to breathe (like a normal person)! This actually kind of frightens me. More than the surgery itself, what frightens me is the obvious change that is going to engulf my life. I know it is good change, and that I'll feel a ka-billion times better, but I have gotten so used the way things are.
Walla Walla University has been such a great place. The teachers have been so supportive and I really feel like I'm going to be able pass the few classes I have left this quarter. I may not have class for now, but I sure do have my work cut out for me when I get back.
In the meantime, thank you so much for being a friend and reading my blog. I hope to make it worth while by getting my CT scan images, so that you can see the baby head for yourself, and maybe even photos of the surgery, too. =P
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| Look how much I've grown already! =] |
*This statement isn't necessarily true for real adults, only for (jenn-like) pseudo adults... Real adults may still, and should, be students. =]
