With school quickly approaching an end, I find myself reluctant to close this chapter on my life. People say the best years of your life are when you're in college. You get to live on your own, away from home. Stay up as late as you want; eat whatever you want; do whatever you want. The freedom that comes with going to college is the most wonderful experience an 18 year old coming out of high school could have.
You eat instant noodles for the majority of your meals, and if you are lucky, you might befriend a freshman who will treat you to some of his/her meal points. You do not have to check in with your parents. There is no asking permission to do this or do that. There is no curfew. You do what you do. There are no more chores to do around the house. No grass to mow. No dishes to do. You can live as messy as you want. No one to get on to you about cleaning your room.
So here I am, four years later, six weeks from graduation. What do I get to graduate into? Moving back into my family home. Sure I went home every weekend when I am in college. It is a nice break from the college life, a chance to check in on my family, eat a nice meal, and do some laundry. However, I do not want to be back here all week. Getting use to this again will be really hard, especially having already experienced the outside. I will miss the freedoms.
I envy those people that live far away enough to not live at home. Going to school downtown does not afford me that luxury. Sometimes, I wish I would have considered going to a school outside of Oklahoma. I wonder what kind of person I would have become.
Just because I am not ready to move back home, does not mean I do not want to. I actually do. I miss having a good meal everyday. I miss seeing my parents everyday. I want to take my cousins to the park and eat ice cream and sno cones. There's no reason not to anymore.
I said earlier that sometimes I wish I went out of state for school. It's still true, but I never regret my decision. I feel I made the best decision. Stayed close with my close friends, and made new close friends.
I am ready to grow up, whatever path that may lead me.
T Do
You eat instant noodles for the majority of your meals, and if you are lucky, you might befriend a freshman who will treat you to some of his/her meal points. You do not have to check in with your parents. There is no asking permission to do this or do that. There is no curfew. You do what you do. There are no more chores to do around the house. No grass to mow. No dishes to do. You can live as messy as you want. No one to get on to you about cleaning your room.
So here I am, four years later, six weeks from graduation. What do I get to graduate into? Moving back into my family home. Sure I went home every weekend when I am in college. It is a nice break from the college life, a chance to check in on my family, eat a nice meal, and do some laundry. However, I do not want to be back here all week. Getting use to this again will be really hard, especially having already experienced the outside. I will miss the freedoms.
I envy those people that live far away enough to not live at home. Going to school downtown does not afford me that luxury. Sometimes, I wish I would have considered going to a school outside of Oklahoma. I wonder what kind of person I would have become.
Just because I am not ready to move back home, does not mean I do not want to. I actually do. I miss having a good meal everyday. I miss seeing my parents everyday. I want to take my cousins to the park and eat ice cream and sno cones. There's no reason not to anymore.
I said earlier that sometimes I wish I went out of state for school. It's still true, but I never regret my decision. I feel I made the best decision. Stayed close with my close friends, and made new close friends.
I am ready to grow up, whatever path that may lead me.
T Do
