adult

This morning, as I was laying in bed, I had an epiphany. (I had to look up the word to make sure I was using it right, epiphany means, by deffinition, "a sudden, intuitive perception of or insight into the reality or essential meaning of something, usually initiated by some simple, homely, or commonplace occurrence or experience.") My cousin tends to call his parents a lot. I really don't. I guess I call my family once a week and talk to them for about an hour...maybe an hour and a half, cuz I have five people to talk to. When my parents and my aunt and uncle were talking, my parents were suprised that my cousin called them a lot. I believe (and I'm not saying that my relatives didn't) I believe that my parents raised well and were able to raise me to make my own decisions. Yes, I still like to call them and talk to them about big purchases, like plane tickets and tuition, but for the most part, I am making my own decisions at Drake. I used to never feel like an adult. I always look to the future and dread paying off credit card debt and mortgage for the house. But, I have been in a way. I have a credit card, which I do use, and I have a cell phone, which sends a bill, so I do have those things that have started me off. My friends and I are looking for housing, so soon we will be paying bills for that as well as keeping a house. I was thinking back to early high school and even junior high. I wouldn't have been able to make the decisions that I am right now back then. Yes, I do have some of the more "adult" things not yet accomplished, like marriage and buying a house. (I put adult in parenthesis because I have a friend who is younger than me and is married and living in California.) So today, I have decided that I do feel like an adult and am happy as well as kinda proud to be one.