"Go faster daddy! Go faster (face is all chubby)!! Slow down daddy! Slow down (face gets all slicked back)!!"
This is a little thing my best friend Chelsea, my brother Garrett, any myself use to do when we were younger. At the time it was something silly and fun to do, but now I think of it in a totally different way! When I think of this saying now, I think about how at the beggining of this year I couldn't wait for it to be over! I thought about how much fun it would be to be out of the house and on my own. But now I am the little kid yelling, "Slow down daddy! Slow down!" Life is going to be changing here before I know it. And I'm not going to lie, that scares me a little bit! While yes going out and having new experience sounds fun, but all the responsibility that comes a long with it . . . well that part isn't quite as fun. If you think about it you have to pay the bills all by yourself (there isn't the parents there to do it), you have have money to buy your own food so you won't starve, plus you have to have money also to get "sanatary" needs! And the list goes on! All of this can seem a little over welming! At least it is to me right now considering how there are only a few months until I graduate!
While it is scary to think about going out on my own, especially since I will be at least 8 hours away from home depending on which school I decide to go to, I am still excited! This is coming up in the time in my life where I will get to experience new things, have fun adventures, and let my true colors shine! I look forward to that. I guess I have learned that I over think things to much and sych myself out. But at least I know that about myself so I can change it :) With these last few months left in high school I'm going to not think about what will be happening in my life in 5 months, I am just going to worry about having a BLAST and making the most out of every moment!
Advice to those youngsters out there . . . it goes by super fast, so make the best of it! And let nothing pass you by :)
This totally made me laugh!! I remamber when Nathan would do that to me all the time!! It is crazy how at the beginning of the year all we wanted was for it to be over so that we could start that new chapter of our lives! But now all I can think is "SLOW DOWN DADDY!!" Life goes by too fast and I just want to make the best of my life and create as many memories as I can! (me and You have been doing a pretty great job so far!) Its like one of my favorite Quotes, Live life, have fun, no regrets! (how do ya like those six words eh Kory?) :)
ReplyDeleteIt is crazy to think that we won't have our parents to always fall back on anymore. I remember being a freshman sitting in the gym listening to Phaturous talk on the first day of school and he said something almost exactly like your last sentence. I think it is a little crazy that no matter how many times people told us that we didn't listen. And now we are facing that very statement and it is looking us right in the eyes, and no matter how much we want to look away it is always there and there is nothing we can do about it...
ReplyDeleteHaha, Tess this is true but come on, you still have the freedom but that comes after the responsibility:/ But, you still have about 3 months or something like that to prepare yourself for the harshness of living on your own, haha, so hang in there, you can do it:) Plus, it'll give you a challenge. Don't stress over it, just think it out or plan it and you'll be fine:) But your post is quite amusing and so true! :)
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