Better Than I Deserve

As we were growing up into the people we are today, we were always talking about how fantastic life would be in the future.

At three it was: I can't wait to grow up so I can eat all the candy I want and play all the time and never ever clean up anything.

At thirteen: I can't wait to grow up so I can drive myself wherever I want and do everything I want to do.

At seventeen: I can't wait to graduate high school so I can go to college and not have to live with my parents anymore.

At nineteen: I can't wait to turn 21 so I can drink whenever I want. And so people don't make fun of how young I am.

At twenty-one: I can't wait to graduate from college so I don't have to go to class anymore.

They say that college will be the best 4 (or 5) years of your life. I LOVED college. I wouldn't trade any of it, really. I kept my grades up. I spent time with friends, in ministry, dancing, traveling, loving, and being blessed. But there were those darn classes that kept distracting me from life.

Today, I am the Business Manager for Classic City Realty. Honestly, I've never been happier. Within the next year or two I will be COMPLETELY financially independent from my (awesome) parents. I am living in my own apartment that I pay for myself. I work 40+ hours a week for a truly awesome boss in a great company that has A LOT of potential. I am blessed to have a great family and awesome friends (even though most of them have moved to atlanta).

What's really great?!? I talk to many of my friends more now than I did when we were all in Athens together. It's so exciting to me to talk to people I've known for 4+ years about our adult jobs and how much fun and freedom comes with being an adult.

Sure, working all day, all week is exhausting. But being able to wake up to my own apartment on the weekends and clean everything, watch the world cup, finish organizing my place, and talk to friends who are elsewhere, THAT is amazing. I really am blessed to be where I am today, and I really don't want to be anywhere else for a while. :)

In closing, all those childhood dreams were right. I'm not an astronaut, a pediatric cardio-surgeon, a psychiatrist, a member of FBI's BAU, a famous mathematician, or a professional character animator; but being an adult, being able to make my own decisions, suffer my own consequences, clean my own dishes! That's what I've been looking forward to my whole life. And I'm finally here.

Thanks to everyone who has been supporting me, praying for me, and encouraging me along the way. I can truly say that I wouldn't be living this blessing without you and the love God has placed inside you. I hope that the Lord blesses you as He has blessed me--much more than I deserve.

Be Blessed!

-h