"One Thing I've Got To Do Is Ramble On..."
I habitually but headphones on the moment I start using the internet. I usually do have music playing, but even if I don't, I just listen to the speaker static. It's mind-numbing and nice.
It still really freaks me out that my friends (who are peers) are in college. It really freaks me out that the people in the grade under me from Westbrook are all seniors (mostly) right now. And it freaks me out that my friends from Westbrook who were seniors are (heh, some of them are) seniors in college. Which means they're almost real people. My friends don't look like college students. I think that's weird, because when I was in high school (and now, even) I don't get freaked out at the fact that the average age of people I'd call "friends" is probably about 25. It's also weird to me that I have veeeeeeeeery few friends who are 18-22. I have friends who are younger (still in HS) and friends that are out-of-college aged (regardless of their degrees or lack thereof). It's probably going to be weird to go to college and have peers who are in college. Right now I'm the boss of a guy whose age I don't know, but who's in grad school. And has been since I've known him, I think. And we met 2 years ago. I'm also currently the boss of a man who worked on Standard Missile and The Apollo Project. For some reason, none of this weirds me out at all.
Lately I feel like I'm preparing for being an old lady. I really love crafting and making baked goods. I know what borax is and when in a wash cycle it should ideally be added. But I still feel pretty hardcore. I have always identified with the image that follows, and now it's really starting to resonate. Here it is:
I'ma go make granola, and muffins if I feel up to it.
It still really freaks me out that my friends (who are peers) are in college. It really freaks me out that the people in the grade under me from Westbrook are all seniors (mostly) right now. And it freaks me out that my friends from Westbrook who were seniors are (heh, some of them are) seniors in college. Which means they're almost real people. My friends don't look like college students. I think that's weird, because when I was in high school (and now, even) I don't get freaked out at the fact that the average age of people I'd call "friends" is probably about 25. It's also weird to me that I have veeeeeeeeery few friends who are 18-22. I have friends who are younger (still in HS) and friends that are out-of-college aged (regardless of their degrees or lack thereof). It's probably going to be weird to go to college and have peers who are in college. Right now I'm the boss of a guy whose age I don't know, but who's in grad school. And has been since I've known him, I think. And we met 2 years ago. I'm also currently the boss of a man who worked on Standard Missile and The Apollo Project. For some reason, none of this weirds me out at all.
Lately I feel like I'm preparing for being an old lady. I really love crafting and making baked goods. I know what borax is and when in a wash cycle it should ideally be added. But I still feel pretty hardcore. I have always identified with the image that follows, and now it's really starting to resonate. Here it is:
I'ma go make granola, and muffins if I feel up to it.