Thursday, February 26, 2009

Short, single and livin' with the g-mom

I'm 23 and I live with my Grandma. Wow, it sounds pathetic even in writing. Don't get me wrong, I love my Grandma. She's awesome and completely a smart-ass so we get along well. It's just that before I graduated, I had this whole idea of how things were going to be and none of that happened. I thought that I was going to be married or at the least engaged with a huge sparkly rock weighing down my hand. I figured that I would live wherever my boyfriend lived (although I've done that and it isn't always the smartest of ideas) and that I'd have this awesome job by now. I know it takes a while to get a good career after college, but it's been a year and I feel that I haven't gotten anywhere. I dunno what makes me feel more unsuccessful; the watching Dr. Phil every other day or the fact that most of my stuff has been in boxes for almost a year. I know that a lot of us returned to our parents or whatever right out of college, so I shouldn't be all whiny about it... but really. I want my own place where I can leave a pair of socks on the floor and not feel guilty about it. Where I can choose the food and possibly lose all this freakin weight I've gained. That would be awesome. Mostly, I just want to get all of my stuff out of boxes and into a life that I have yet to start.

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  1. "This American Life," a radio show and podcast, did an episode this week about "plan B." About how we all start off with these huge hopes and dreams, and eventually find ourselves in a job or place that was supposed to be temporary. It was kinda depressing, I'm not gonna lie. If only because I feel like I'm fresh out of college with nothing to show for any of my time spent there. It's funny how things change.

    For what it's worth, I'm glad for you. For the way you turned out. Not living with your boyfriend. Still having ambitions to go someplace else with your life.

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