Pita bread

This morning, while I was eating some pita bread and watching Scooby Doo, I was thinking how much growing up was almost a contradiction. Even though growing up is a forward moving process, I have found that as I get older I am reflecting more and more on events, memories, and insignificant moments that happened so long ago; all the while associating them with new events that are happening now. But today is a brand new day, it is the start of a whole new chapter. For the first time it hit me that I must inevitably grow up. What? Where did the time go? This of-course was a realization that I have been awaiting for a while now, but I have to admit when it happens, or actually happened yesterday for real, I was completely caught off guard and felt like the carpet was being ripped out from under my feet. You would have thought that getting a credit card, graduating from college, applying for jobs, actually getting accepted for a job, or even turning 21 would have been plenty of siren calls for me to realize that I am now a grown-up but nooo. No, it was my brother leaving yesterday morning for my reality to finally sink in. In just a little over a month, I will be heading to the South Pacific to begin a new adventure of my own. Now all the lists that I have been jotting down, creating, and revising throughout the summer come out and need to be crossed off one-by-one. All I have to say is "Come on life, I'm ready for a new journey to begin".

     Love you Erik!!!