I am super excited for my 21st birthday that is dropping literally a day from now! I am officially not a little kid to my peers. After this birthday I am basically on the same level as everyone else. Well except I can't rent a car yet or join AARP. But in time all of that and more will be options for me. So why not party and drink the night away? Well, since when you turn 21 you have officially joined the rank of adulthood. It means you are either a Senior or Junior in college. This means you are only a year or two away from being shoved out of the loving and nurturing womb of education into the real world. Turning 21 is sort of the last step in this process and is a wake up call to say that the United States of America recognizes that you are definitely not a little kid anymore. The USA also says its time to give us money and be a productive part of society.

So making it to being 21 is a long and heartfelt journey. It mostly consisted of me wishing that I was just a bit older. Just a bit older so that I could my working papers. Just a bit older so I could start the drivers license process. Just a bit older so I can buy R-rated movies. With that sort of thinking you start to lose parts of your childhood chasing the fun parts about being an adult. The last fun part of being an adult is drinking alcohol. Guess when you can do that? 21. After this milestone the fun parts about growing up and gaining privileges slows down considerably.

So, am I still excited about turning 21? YES. Sure, I'm at the door of adulthood and soon bills and life will be flying directly towards me. But I am (fairly...?) well prepared to take it all on. Job, apartment, food management, phone bill, Wifi bill, Playstation Plus bill, Hulu Plus bill, taxes...Umm so is it too late to be a little kid again? No?! Well great... Actually fantastic! I will take it all with an order of Sex on the Beach. No I mean a Scotch! No a Whisky! Straight Gin! Whatever is the manliest! Yeah...that what I'll have!

But seriously, growing up has a lot of fun perks that are available but you can't forget that what comes with it is some responsibility. So, yeah I'm still going to party, but I will party and toast to my hopefully successful life as an adult.

"I can't drink all these Raspberry Limearitas by myself people!"