From the mind of the whipper snap.

I'm sitting here thinking about how time flies and oh boy does it.  This Friday I am going to be 23 and I never pictured my life the way it is now.  About 5 years ago I was just graduating high school, wrapped up in friends, falling in love, and was going to SIUE in the fall to pursue my degree in Elementary education. I did go to SIUE, but only for a couple of months and ended up back home. Some of it was because I didn't care for the school and I think jumping right into college after graduating wasn't a good decision for me. But, I also know part of it was because I missed my friends back home...and the boyfriend. I don't at all regret my decision of leaving school, but my life would have been totally different had I stayed in. Over the next 4 years after leaving school I was here and there and everywhere trying to make a happy life for my boyfriend and myself - in my head it was really all about us and our happy ending. Whether I was happy or not, I was going