Don’t you wish you had a choice? To grow up or to stay young? Which would you choose? I have always thought that I wanted to grow up. I wanted to be able to drive, have my own car and independence, move into my own house or apartment, buy my own food, make my own meals, host my own parties, all that independence stuff, and being in control of my life!
The other day, though, I was hanging out with a friend I hadn’t seen in a loooooonnnnng time and realized how sad that I was about that, and how that was probably going to happen more in the future. This past summer I went to a camp for the summer, and met a lot of great people, but even now it is hard to keep in touch with them and I hardly get to see them because they live far away. And when I do finally have a weekend off to see them, I’m torn between hanging out with my friends nearby, or spending my entire weekend in St Catharines. It’s really hard to balance all that along with school work and my part-time job. But this made me realize that maybe I don’t want to grow up and lose some of my closest friends that I value so much right now. I mean in a few years we may be off at different universities scattered all over Ontario, or wherever. It’s sad to think about it.
So I can’t decide what I want…. if I want to grow up or to stay young. I guess I have no choice, but now that it’s slipping away I’m kind of wanting it more. What about you?
