We hear a lot of people complain about getting old and how they hate it.
I just turned 27 years old Sunday and I do not feel like I am 27. My body feels no different than when I was 26. I never understand how people "feel" older but maybe when I hit 30 I will feel it.
I do feel wiser though. My life plan when I was in high school was as follows:
Get married at 23-24ish, have my first child, be working as a teacher so I have the summers off, and then second child by 26, 27ish.
Well, I am 27, I am not married and I do not have children. I am alright with that. My father is on me everyday about getting married or having a boyfriend. Why would I want that right now when I am having the time of my life?
It is not fair to search for someone or subject someone to my crazy life right now. By no means am I out doing drugs and partying, but crazy to me is doing something for others every night of the week. I literally have to check my planner every time someone wants to hangout. It is what I love to do. I love to volunteer and make other peoples lives better and have an impact on their success. I am so blessed with good health and finances that I want to be there for those who have had to struggle more than I have.
As for the kids, I have 60 some campers, a bunch of For a Day kids, and all the children I take care of at the hospital as my children, that is enough. I really do have baby fever, especially with the birth of my sorority sister Kelly's nugget. However, baby fever has to wait until I am married. The thought of fostering children has really been in my head but I think about who will watch them when I work at night. There are not daycares open overnight like during the day. Children will come when the time is right.
My biggest goal this year is to buy a house. I am not the type who will rent and rent and rent and have nothing to show for it. If I am paying that big of a price, I want the house in the end to show for all that money. Plus, house payments are cheaper sometimes. So as for 27, it will be the year of house searching and finding somewhere new as home.
27 will also be the year of being done with school for a wile. I keep contemplating going back because for 22 years all I have known is school....but lets take a break for a wile.
So when they say age is only a number, yes it is only a number. With age comes wisdom, and that wisdom is something that will carry us a longer way than our age.
