Friday, December 26, 2008

Holidays Make You Grow Up

So...Christmas was yesterday. I've never been the kind of person that gets really excited about opening presents. Of course I like getting stuff, but I never know what to ask for, so I normally don't get what I want. This year I did give people some ideas what I wanted. I didn't really get them. The main things I got were things I could realistically use in my future. Example: pots, pans, knives, silverware, dishes... stuff like that.

Okay so these are not bad presents at all because they are practical and normally really expensive to buy, so I will be able to use them eventually. I honestly don't know what to do about my future right now. I am going to college. I just don't know which one. If I take my mom's advice and go to a community college my first two years and then transfer I would get an apartment. I think those gifts were kind of hint on her wanting me to do that, but I don't know. When we're kids we get a bunch of really fun presents and there's no hidden meaning behind them, but now I feel that's way different. It really made me think about making decisions about which college to go to. It's a hard choice to make.

I have gotten good grades all through high school, I have a good GPA, good ACT scores, so I can go to a lot of schools. I want to go to a university right away, but I think my mom's right. I will not be getting financial help from my parents so I will be paying for my college experience myself. The university I want to go to has a 5 year program for accounting which I really want to do. And the community college has a two year program for transfers that want to do the exact same thing. So, maybe I should do that. Maybe I should go to the community college and transfer because it would be 2 years at the cheaper community college and 3 years at the university.

It's just going to be hard to grow up and make all these decisions within the next few months. I have a bunch of different people in my life. Friends who are close and not, my family, and my boyfriend. I get really confused about who I want to keep in my life once I get out of high school because some people probably aren't worth bringing along with me past high school.

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