Realization

In less than 12 hours, I will no longer be a minor. Yikes.

I've known for the last seventeen or so years that this day would come, but just tonight I realized exactly what I'll be giving up: the chance to go to juvy for one (not that that was super high on my list of important things to do), but mostly a lot of protection from the government just for being a minor. At 10:28 am tomorrow I will officially become an adult. I don't much like the sound of that; it kind of implies that I have to act mature, even though not everyone always acts his or her age. :P I'll get to buy dry ice and cigarette paper (whoopee), but I'll also be eligible for jail time, sign documents without needing a parent's signature, and to call the phone numbers on infomercials.

There are a million other things I will be qualified to do, and a thousand more that I'll give up, a lot of which have to do with the transition between dependence and independence. At this point I'm REALLY rather reluctant to make that change, but I'm kicking myself and trying to get on with it, because I know that sooner than later I'll have to move on (and out).

Am I nervous to become an adult? Yes.

But am I excited?
...Oh yes indeed. :)