There comes a time in everyone's life where they have to grow up and become the person they were destined to be. Some people will go to school, some will join the work force, and there are a slight few who will continue to dwell in the past and will refuse to grow up. Its now my time to leave the nest and move on to bigger and (hopefully) better things. Scared is an understatement, I'm completely terrified.

Here I am 18 years old, spoiled rotten and leaving my parents for the first time. I'm going to be living on my own with out my parent's supervision. When I was a kid I was always asked "what do you want to be when you grow up?" I always answered it differently. Some days I wanted to be a doctor, others a famous movie star. Now that I'm older I still make up different answers. I'm going to college, I'm suppose to have decided on a career path already. I still can't make up my mind. Compared to high school, college is a whole different ballpark. College is a place where you go to pick out you're future. I have no idea what to expect, and that terrifies me, but thats okay. Thats what happens when its time to grow up. I don't know what's going to happen when I get to Faulkner.

I don't know if I'm going to fit in well, or if people will even like me. I don't know how I'm going to adjust being away from my parents. I don't know how a college class is going to be. I don't even know how to study for a college class. What I do know however, is that I have seven friends who will be there for me. I know that my girls will help me with any kind of problems that come my way. Whether it be boy troubles or having a hard time with my classes or just needing a shoulder to cry on. I know that back home my parents are proud of me and support me. I know that God has a plan for me. I know that I''m ready to leave this town. I'm ready to leave my past behind me and have a new beginning. I'm ready to grow up. Because of them I'm ready to face the unknown.