10/15/02
New Life
(I rest my forehead on the top of my computer and then look sideways at my desk. There is a picture of me and Brian from Philosophy 1, and a postcard of the New Jersey Pine Barrens. My books for classes are lined up underneath, and there’s a bunch of junk lying around in front of them. Less junk than usual, actually.) I’ve got two mid-term papers to write and a date with the ergs at 7. Suddenly the realization hits me: this is my life. (It’s a great life; don’t get me wrong!) It’s just weird…I spent so much time knowing it was coming, but not knowing how it would be. Funny how sometimes the biggest changes in our lives pass by with hardly a glitch in the fabric of our philosophies. At least mine. The transition to life at NMU was smooth and uneventful. There’s always something to do. I’m already starting to establish patterns – and starting to reject them. I’m starting to see people I know everywhere – to and from class, at the PEIF, in the Marketplace. And my home-concept has almost completed its shift. Funny thing is, I don’t feel much more “on my own” than I did while living with my parents. Yeah, I’m more responsible for myself, and I sure don’t get hassled nearly as much, but other than that not a lot has changed. I don’t think any of us realize just how attached to our parents we are by the time we leave home – after all, up until that point they are perhaps the only people we have spent our entire lives with. They were always a part of us – until now. We are on our own. Some people have a hard time with it. For some reason, I didn’t. I have a feeling this is one of those things that will take a lot of thinking. Good – something to do during HON 101. ;)
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