A number of terrible things tend to occur at the age of 26, a.) you get booted off your parents health insurance and b.) occasionally, you don't get carded at Trader's anymore. Obviously because of the named reasons, me and 26 have this sort of love/hate relationship going on. Oh, but instead of love, replace that with lukewarm, potentially platonic feelings. It's just a strange age really. Nothing is concrete ... and all of the major pillars of my life are in that awkward pre-pubescent phase still.
What do I mean by 'Concrete'? The official crossover into adulthood, so....obviously:
1.) Having a dog
2.) Having a lifelong partner (whether that person has the title of husband or not doesn't concern me)
3.) Having a slow-cooker
Half of my friends are of the married variety, Home-depot strolling, coupon-clipping and all.... and the other half-they're still out scribbling their numbers on beer coasters and cyber stalking potential suitors. Ahhh, the good ol' days. Some of us have careers, other's-struggling to reaffirm that they're getting a masters, and accumulating debt for the right reasons (to avoid working, duh).
Then there's me, doin' a free fall with slurry of alternate futures to my life on either side of me. Sandwiched between all the possibilities. Braving the unknown, but hoping the sand castles I've built along the way somehow magically gain real architectural integrity and don't fade away into the shore on me.
That's the problem with 26, too young to be consumed with making everything permanent and too old to be casual about anything anymore. And definitely too old according to your parents to not have some things working in the pipline, such as grandchildren. I want to grow, but growins' a tough without a rapid succession of "character building" mistakes. Yea, that's it....all the mistakes I've made-simply a facilitator for this concrete life of adulthood. Sounds sensible. How else do you expect me to gain a grown-up disposition? Baby steps people: Step 1: Finishing this cup of noodle I made for dinner tonight.
