Being a grown up

Alright ladies I'm the last to do a September update. My apologies.


On Tuesday I moved into my house with the girls I lived with last year. It's really fun to see them all again and I'm amazed at how we have fallen so perfectly back into the same routines and ways of interacting that we lived with all of last year.In some ways it feels like coming home.


Having a house is a really liberating feeling. It's amazing to wake up without construction outside my rez room. I can come and go as I please, without my parents asking questions. I can make my own food whenever I feel like it. And I can have sleepovers in my GIANT room. I know of course that there are many responsibilities that come with growing up. I have to go grocery shopping, and wash my dishes, and clean the house and take out the garbage and pay rent. As inconvenient as it can be at times, it's essential. Responsibilities teach us lessons, and there is still lots of room for fun :)


I've been to two birthday parties already and they were a blast. I've gone out for ice cream with friends, chilled and watched tv, and reconnected with people that I've missed. I've blown bubbles and chased a cat and made silly faces and danced in my bedroom and played with my sing-a-ma-jig. In many ways I still have the heart of a child. Those who know me will see this as a blatantly obvious fact. It's important to have freedom to play, a sense of self, and the comfortable environment in which to explore that. I may have found that environment.


As I ride the bus to school at early hours, and listen to lectures and read textbooks and do all the things a responsible student does, I know that all that is just one part of a lifestyle that I am slowly fitting into. And I can't wait to see where life takes me. :)


PS - I just realized this sounds a little bit like a "thoughts from places" video.