I have noticed that the new "in thing" to do is blog these days, so this is me taking a shot at it!
I titled my blog "Learning to be a Grown Up!" because that is exactly what I am doing (or at least trying to do)! I feel like after you leave the comforts of the nest your parents provided you, the world just expects you to know how to thrive on your own! I left the nest when I got married, I was 21, and I thought I had it all down pat, I knew how to cook, write a check, and clean after myself....what more could there be?!?! Wow, did I have a shocker when my husband and I entered the real world all on our own! Having to find an apartment was a nightmare, signing up for health insurance just about sent me over the edge, and filling out a W2 were all things that everyone expected me to know how to do that I was not 100% sure of! The worst of all, was when we decided to purchase a home! Thank God for small town service when we were applying for a loan! Screw learning how to sew in home economics, teach us what to expect when we need to make a down payment and what good interest rate is!
I always thought that there was this perfect age that you would reach and then BAM...you were a grow up! I am 23 years old, about to be 24, and I have come to find that there is no perfect number. I feel like I am in that in between stage, like an award teenager all over again. I don't really know where I fit in. I have have friends that are just getting married, and it makes me feel older and more grown up because I have been married for 2 years now. On the other hand, I have friends that are having babies, and that makes me feel like I'm not really grown up at all.
So, for now, I am an inbetweener I guess. A student of the subject of what it is to be a grown up! I can't wait to see what comes next!
