The tuition for my summer classes is due in three days, and I have not yet paid it. Someone should remind me to do it in two days in case I forget.

… Or I could just do it now.

And just like that, my tuition is paid. That’s the magic of reading my blog. One second you’re reading about how I still need to pay my tuition, and in the next line of text, you read about how I already paid my tuition.

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Topic #89: When did you realize you were an adult? (If you haven’t yet, when do you think you will?)

I don’t think I’m an adult yet – I’m still a first-year university student and am still heavily dependent on my parents for support, primarily financially.

I’m taking a course about adolescent development this semester, and at the beginning of the semester, we had a class survey about how many people thought they were no longer adolescents. Most people voted that they believed they were not yet adults, so it doesn’t seem like I’m out of the ordinary when I say that I’m not an adult yet.

I think the biggest factor that makes me think I’m not an adult yet is because I’m not financially independent. I’m living in an apartment on my own right now and I have a job, but I’m not paying my own rent for the room in my apartment, and my job isn’t anywhere near enough to support me. The amount I get from my current job is enough to pay all of my other expenses, such as paying all my bills and buying necessities, but if I were to pay my own rent, I would have no money left over. So, I think that once I get a job that pays me enough for me to survive all on my own, I will consider myself an adult. I don’t think that’s going to happen anytime soon, though, because I’m not going to get a well-paying job until I graduate from university, and possibly even not until I graduate from graduate school.

So Far in 2011…

Number of Taco Bell tacos eaten: 24

Number of times I did my own laundry: 3