- I'm fully responsible for another being. A few weeks ago, I had to take Ellie to the vet. What's even more miraculous than me surviving the vet trip was that I actually had the money to pay for it!
- I'm buying all my airfare this year for the holidays. And I'm going home for both Thanksgiving and Christmas. And I can, for the most part, afford it.
- I'm older than half of Cosmo's Bachelors this year.
- I actually earn more than either of my parents. And I have better benefits. I should probably work on paying them back what I owe them from college.
- My closet is starting to contain adult clothing. And more work clothing than non work clothing. I actually own trouser socks.
- I have a retirement account. It's tiny, but it's there.
- The things I want to purchase include furniture, hankies, and other similar, old people items.
- I'm counseling multiple cousins on college applications, scholarships, etc.
- I have a political opinion, not based on my parents' opinions. I've done my research and I'm voting for the candidate I think is the best.
- I pay to have things tailored and dry cleaned. Not often, but I never did when I was a student.
- There's a new generation of cousins in my family, all under the age of 9. We're no longer the kids, we're the parents with kids.
Thursday, October 18, 2012
Things that Make Me Feel OLD
Suddenly, within the past 2 months, I've actually started to feel like an adult. Until now, I was just a kid masquerading as an adult. But suddenly my life is overflowing with things that make me feel like a real live adult:
Advent with Kids
We didn't do a lot with advent growing up (We were quite a handful on our own), but there's all these great advent ideas out there. I'd love to do an advent activity a day once I have kids of my own.
Here's my list of things to do:
Go look at Christmas lights
Read The Polar Express
Participate in an Angel Tree and/or Operation Christmas Child Box
Send Christmas cards
Random Acts of Kindness: Leave the mailman something yummy, leave quarters on arcade games, etc
Bake Christmas Cookies
Go ice skating
Read the Christmas story in the Bible
Pick out a tree and decorate it
Go see The Nutcracker
Watch a Christmas Movie
Snowball Surprises: http://momsbyheart.net/100-days-of-christmas-day-98/
Read a Christmas book
Make Gingerbread Houses
Christmas Eve Church
Here's my list of things to do:
Go look at Christmas lights
Read The Polar Express
Participate in an Angel Tree and/or Operation Christmas Child Box
Send Christmas cards
Random Acts of Kindness: Leave the mailman something yummy, leave quarters on arcade games, etc
Bake Christmas Cookies
Go ice skating
Read the Christmas story in the Bible
Pick out a tree and decorate it
Go see The Nutcracker
Watch a Christmas Movie
Snowball Surprises: http://momsbyheart.net/100-days-of-christmas-day-98/
Read a Christmas book
Make Gingerbread Houses
Christmas Eve Church
Tuesday, October 16, 2012
Inspiration
Another guest post I did for Post Grad Learning
This weekend, my Aunt Beth and my mom participated in the Dirty Girl Mud Run. The proceeds from the race go to the National Breast Cancer Foundation. I’m super proud of them for finding a way to have fun and serve others at the same time! This got me thinking: What have I done lately to serve my community? I can’t think of numerous times post-graduation where others have served me, but what have I done to serve others?
Too many of my friends change their Facebook to “support” a cause. Remember changing your profile picture to your favorite cartoon in “support” of child abuse awareness? What good did that REALLY do? I’m pretty sure the world already knew about the existence of Child Abuse and its negative effects. And then there’s the cryptic status update every October that’s supposed to get the male population asking what it means so you can talk about Breast Cancer (Kathryn likes it on the counter. No, I wasn’t talking about sex; I was talking about where I put my purse. Segue into Breast Cancer). But do we ever really talk about Breast Cancer in a productive way?Maybe you don’t have the money to donate to a worthy cause, but I’m very certain that each and every one of us has talents. Challenge: Use your time and talents to actually make a difference in the world. Find something you care about and support it! Me? I’m signing up for the Dirty Girl – Chicago. Anyone want to join my team?
This weekend, my Aunt Beth and my mom participated in the Dirty Girl Mud Run. The proceeds from the race go to the National Breast Cancer Foundation. I’m super proud of them for finding a way to have fun and serve others at the same time! This got me thinking: What have I done lately to serve my community? I can’t think of numerous times post-graduation where others have served me, but what have I done to serve others?
Post run: Mud is the new Pink
Too many of my friends change their Facebook to “support” a cause. Remember changing your profile picture to your favorite cartoon in “support” of child abuse awareness? What good did that REALLY do? I’m pretty sure the world already knew about the existence of Child Abuse and its negative effects. And then there’s the cryptic status update every October that’s supposed to get the male population asking what it means so you can talk about Breast Cancer (Kathryn likes it on the counter. No, I wasn’t talking about sex; I was talking about where I put my purse. Segue into Breast Cancer). But do we ever really talk about Breast Cancer in a productive way?Maybe you don’t have the money to donate to a worthy cause, but I’m very certain that each and every one of us has talents. Challenge: Use your time and talents to actually make a difference in the world. Find something you care about and support it! Me? I’m signing up for the Dirty Girl – Chicago. Anyone want to join my team?
Tuesday, October 2, 2012
Obama the Antichrist, Romney the Animal Hater
This past week, I wrote a guest post at Post Grad Learning . It is something I'm pretty passionate about so I'm sharing it here.
Unless you’re 5 years old or just plain dumb, you’ve realized by now that election season is upon us. And unless you have taken the time to research, you have no clue about half of what you’re voting for. Let’s face it, PoliSci 101 taught us about the branches of the government, not about how to decide which candidate to vote for.
If you were to take a guess about me, you might assume I’m conservative (obviously!); I grew up in Texas, with conservative, Christian parents who tend to vote Republican. Or you could go the exact opposite way and guess that because I live in Chicago and I’m young, I’m obviously going to vote Democrat this year. And either way you guess, you’d be wrong.
Here’s how I’m voting this year: I’m voting for candidate whose values most closely align with mine; the candidate who is capable of handling the issues that I think are most important; the candidate who I think is capable of filling the position the best.How did I come to that decision? Simple: I did my research. Do you know what the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act actually is? Or have you just listened to ads on TV? Here’s a summary. Do you know what RomneyCare includes? You can find information here. Want to talk class warfare or jobs? Check out the graphs here. The most important thing to do is know the facts before you vote.
Nothing will make me defriend/unfollow/stop answering your phone calls quicker than a gross exaggeration about one of the candidates. OBVIOUSLY Obama is the Antichrist, didn’t you know? And Romney? Don’t even get me started on what an IDIOT he is. He just loves animal cruelty, right? Let’s get real and start figuring out who we want to represent our nation by focusing on the REAL issues.
According to International IDEA, the United States has almost the lowest voter turnout in the world, ranked at 140 out of 163.The men and women of the Armed Forces make sacrifices everyday so that we have the right to vote. It’s not just our right though, it’s our duty as citizens to exercise that right. So get out and rock the vote, but not until you’ve done your research!
Unless you’re 5 years old or just plain dumb, you’ve realized by now that election season is upon us. And unless you have taken the time to research, you have no clue about half of what you’re voting for. Let’s face it, PoliSci 101 taught us about the branches of the government, not about how to decide which candidate to vote for.
If you were to take a guess about me, you might assume I’m conservative (obviously!); I grew up in Texas, with conservative, Christian parents who tend to vote Republican. Or you could go the exact opposite way and guess that because I live in Chicago and I’m young, I’m obviously going to vote Democrat this year. And either way you guess, you’d be wrong.
Here’s how I’m voting this year: I’m voting for candidate whose values most closely align with mine; the candidate who is capable of handling the issues that I think are most important; the candidate who I think is capable of filling the position the best.How did I come to that decision? Simple: I did my research. Do you know what the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act actually is? Or have you just listened to ads on TV? Here’s a summary. Do you know what RomneyCare includes? You can find information here. Want to talk class warfare or jobs? Check out the graphs here. The most important thing to do is know the facts before you vote.
Nothing will make me defriend/unfollow/stop answering your phone calls quicker than a gross exaggeration about one of the candidates. OBVIOUSLY Obama is the Antichrist, didn’t you know? And Romney? Don’t even get me started on what an IDIOT he is. He just loves animal cruelty, right? Let’s get real and start figuring out who we want to represent our nation by focusing on the REAL issues.
According to International IDEA, the United States has almost the lowest voter turnout in the world, ranked at 140 out of 163.The men and women of the Armed Forces make sacrifices everyday so that we have the right to vote. It’s not just our right though, it’s our duty as citizens to exercise that right. So get out and rock the vote, but not until you’ve done your research!
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