I can’t figure out which one is more of a shock: the fact that I’m about to get married or the fact that we have bought a house. You could say that they are one in the same, but for those of you who have planned a wedding and have gone through the aches and pains of preparing a house to live in (e.g. – painting, furniture, painting, kitchen stuff, painting, pets, painting, and did I mention painting?), these are both two different entities that have to be dealt with. The funny thing is trying to deal with both of these separate entities at the same time.
As a rookie in the grown up world, I think I am doing an okay job, but looking at the sophistication of those adults I have grown up around, it amazes me at how far behind them I am. I know I’m only in my early 20s, but when some of you were in your early 20s you had much larger shoes to fill than I do. When Megan’s mother was around our age, she already had two children. When my mother was 22, she had already been married for around three years. Some by the age of 22 have kids, have huge responsibilities in the working world, and a select few are making millions in the professional sporting world.
This morning I took a look in the mirror while I was brushing my teeth, and for the first time, it really hit me hard that the adult world is no longer a destination, but rather the forest that I’m already in. I can’t wait to see what kind of parents we turn out to be, but as my father once told me, “Enjoy today and don’t let tomorrow be your goal.” What he means by that is this: enjoy the little things that life has to offer and don’t get all caught up in becoming one of those people who are defined by HUGE accomplishments. I’m learning how to deal with real stress, but I’m also learning how to smile at the little mistakes that I’m supposed to learn from (like putting oil in the air filter of the lawn mower . . . that wasn’t supposed to go there).
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