Damn Lisa and her meme!
Because of jello_shot , I have spent all day thinking about the next five years and I'm terrified. I have no plan! And I'm all alone! Five years ago I was packing up for college, which seems like yesterday. Five years from now, I'll be 28. That's a decade older than both my grandmothers were when they got married. That two years older than Mom was when she had me. I feel like I'm not paying attention in class and when I finally get around to it, I'll be so far behind it will be hopeless to catch up.
The worst part is, if I'm this way now, how will I be when I'm facing my 40th birthday? I don't want to be one of those insecure people who can't face aging. Sadly, I am the queen of insecurity and really should just print up a t-shirt that says "I'm insecure! Ask me how!"
I bought new pants today. I'm extremely jealous of all the kids who get to go back-to-school shopping and then, you know, back to school. School is so wonderful and so hard to appreciate when you're in the throes of adolesence. We should change things. You should spend your formative years doing farm labor or something that will tire you beyond thinking about boys and your hair. Then when you're finished with that, you can spend your 20s at class in jeans and flip-flops.
Related news: what is the point of marketing a suit with cropped pants? Most of us don't work for Vogue, yo!