Some thoughts on 22

2 nights ago I was wide awake when I should have been sleeping and my thoughts wanderered back to a time past. Not so far in the past...but still a year ago. I found myself thinking and daydreaming (or night dreaming b/c it was @ night, but I wasn't sleeping) about the long summer days spent on the dock with my best friends. And how we haven't had the chance to hang out this summer near as much.
Then I thought about how in 3 months I'll be 22 years old. And for the 1st time, I felt really old. Not that in the scheme of life 22 is old, but that the days of joblessness and free time might be drawing to a close. That's so hard for me to say. Plus, I've gotten all of the big birthdays that occur in the 1st part of your life already out of the way. For instance: 16th birthday..."Sweet 16", 18th birthday..."You can vote", 20th..."You're not a teenager anymore," and then your 21st birthday..."You can get into any club and you get to drink anything you want!" (whether you choose to or not, you can legally). But 22nd? There really isn't a big saying when it comes to that...I'm guessin' the next big birthday will be my 40th, and I'm already over half way there...yikes.
I'm sure that in the future I'll look back on turning 22 and think of how much I needed to learn. But right now I feel old! But whether I'm "old" or not, I'm going to enjoy every minute as best as I can!
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