Things I've Learned in 22 years

My life has been pretty short so far, considering the fact that I am hoping not to die anytime in the near future. But it has been long enough that I have learned many great lessons. And guess what, you are all just lucky enough to find me in the mood to share them. So here goes.

Gemini's never have spectacular days, at least if you go by what Swoon Horoscopes say. I have never had a horoscope with a four star rating since I started having them sent to my e-mail two years ago. I need to find a new horoscope provider.

No matter how well you convince yourself that you hate your parents when you are in High School, once you hit college they become the people you miss the most. The same holds true with little sisters as long as you don't live with them.

That my thoughts are rather scary. Today Jennifer was watching Fallen with Denzil Washington, I was laying in my bed resting before I went to work, because I'm not sleeping well and when I do get to sleep Jennifer comes and wakes me up to borrow a hair clip or ask how she looks. It was close to the end of the movie and I was thinking about it, I couldn't remember exactly how it ended. Then I started thinking about how I would like to be killed if I happened to be shot with a gun in the heart or in the head. I came to the decision that I want to die while I am asleep, because I don't want to know that I am dying. My thoughts scare me.

My mom is crazy and I absolutly love her for it. When they came to visit she brought her old computer up so I could use it for school and not have to tie up Jennifer's computer. Novel concept and all. The computer doesn't even have Word on it. All it has is WordPad, how far am I going to get on my homework with WordPad? You've got to love my mom.

Whenever someone comes up to you and says "Not to sound mean or anything but..." Whatever comes out of their mouth is in all reality mean. My little sister is the Queen of saying things like this. Before Nathan and I started dating she spent the night at my apartment, we went over to Nathan's room to watch a movie and Nathan and I sat on his bed and cuddled. After we got home Jennifer asked me if I liked him. When I said I thought I might, she says, "Not to sound mean, but I think you two would already be dating if you were a little skinnier." No matter how well you have trained yourself to ignore comments like that, when they come out of your own sister's mouth they hurt.

My grandma is the most straight forward, tell it like it is person on the planet. She once looked at Johnny and blurted out, "Cream of Tartar." When her comment was recieved with quizical looks from Jennifer and Johnny she pointed at his face and said, "It will clean that right up, a teaspoonful in a glass of water every night before you go to bed will take care of that." Johnny has really bad acne. If I had been there I would have busted out laughing. Grandma once prevented me from eating breakfast because I refused to drink her Cream of Tartar and water before bedtime. One sip of that was enough to empty my stomach, no way was I going to drink a whole glass of it. As soon as she had finished letting her opinion about Johnny's complexion be known she turned to Jennifer and said, "You've put on some weight haven't you?" You've got to love her too.

Never get all the bills put in your name when you have roommates, especially when you know that one of them is very irresponisble with his money. They are only going to make your credit rating worse than it already is.

Never do things just because someone one else thinks it is a good idea. Especially if it means moving in with someone just because you can make more money in the town they live in than your home town. You are going to be miserable, they will get tired of you after they have spent all your money, and then they will dump you. Not that I regret the being dumped part, I'm glad he did it. It got me off the hook. I just wish I had gotten some of my money back before I left town.

Don't try to arrange your life to fit in with someone elses. You will just regret giving up the things you could have had if you had gone a different way.

Never let your dad convince you to buy a car you don't like. You will be stuck with the car forever and it will just keep falling apart on you.

Always wear sunscreen. I heard that song on the radio over labor day weekend, when the stupid pop radio station was playing their count down of the 100 worst songs. I figured it was a silly way to say I was done sharing what I've learned.

I'm tired and going to bed now.