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 I'll Always be a Toy's-R-Us Kid
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I'm 26, and screaming toward 27! My 20's for the greater part are over. I started thinking about this when I realized I'm an adult. As shocking as this may not be, I'm fairly bothered by this. I remember not too long ago I was living at home, working a part time job, and the only thought on my mind was graduation from High School.
My mind is racing. I spend 8 hours a day working at a white collared job, working on a 5 year plan. I'm a college graduate who has a wife and bills to pay. I own a car we bought, and I pay my own insurance. I have stress that has nothing to do with school, girls, or my parents. I have a bank account to balance, a savings account to build, and a budget to live within. I have responsibilities that effect many people, and a relationship to maintain. Very little of my time is spent with friends but I don't get bored.
I still have toys, but they're not brightly colored, not designed with numbers or letters, don't make unnecessary noise, or made entirely made of plastic. I truthfully tell my mother I love the sweater she got me for Christmas, and socks are considered an acceptable gift. I care more about price than brand name, and if anyone gives me a hard time about that I look at them as stupid. I do laundry and clean the house because I feel it's necessary. The majority of the cartoons I watch contains cussing and adult situations. Everyone on MTV is younger than me, and I can remember when I could watch music videos during the day. All the shows I grew up with are now on Nick At Night for crying out loud!
I can spoil my dinner, and skip breakfast. I can stay up late watching TV in my underwear....or even naked if I wanted. My room is my living room, and I want it clean before I invite any friends over. I have no curfew, but I need to be home on time to have enough sleep for work the next day. I can go to McDonald's any time I want, but I don't a toy with my burger.
Worries/anxoiety completely changed:
Getting in trouble at school or with my parents - Messing up big at work or getting arrested.
Having my homework done before dinner - Having enough money to buy food.
Can't wait till Christmas - Can't way till Christmas is over.
Love birthdays cause you get older - Hate birthdays cause you get older.
Hope you can get your drivers license when you turn 16 - Hope you can retire at 61.
Fear of bullies - Fear, I mean, respect for bosses.
The hope the other kids will like me - The hope the work-mates will leave me the hell alone.
Grade report time - Tax time.
Do I have enough candy? - Do I have enough gas?
Well, it's a good thing I'm sure. Everything will work out....it always does.
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Posted by: admin
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Tuesday, January 30 2007
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