THIS IS REALLY HAPPENING!

I know, with the Green Day songs, I'm so obnoxious. Everyone but Cass has about had it with me and my obsession...but right now, I just get them...or they get me. I don't know. It reminds me of when Carrie and I were in seventh grade, and we would pick one thing, and OBSESS over it. All the time, I mean...like, for instance, beef jerky. I decided that I loved slim jims one week, and in seventh grade, I had a Sunny D and a slim jim for lunch every day for like, two or three months.

Or Johnny Depp. We decided we loved him right after PotC came out, and then we would watch all of his movies, a different one every weekend, at her house. I would sleep over, and we always did the same things - watch a Johnny movie, go upstairs and rock out (while burning incense) share deep, scary secrets, and fall asleep. In the morning, Carrie would make me food, and we would watch some silly Disney movie, looking for plotholes the whole time. It was so silly, but it made us so, so happy.

So...another letter came from Andrews today. I'M GOING TO ANDREWS! And, you know what? When I get there, after 2 years of schooling... I AM GOING TO BE A SOCIAL WORKER! Like, I am in the social work program...when I get there next fall, I will start my training. This is happening. It's real..I'm going to be a social worker, and I am going to change people's lives, I am going to be an agent of change in the world. Me! I can't even express how excited I am, how happy and overjoyed I am...my goals are being achieved, my life plans are starting up, and I am so psyched.

Yeah. So there's this song, called 'Waiting' and when I heard it, I was like 'this perfectly describes me life right now!' And yes, it's Green Day - off of 'Warning:' which is my favorite album, as of right now. No, you know, I think it will always be my favorite. It's just amazing.

I've been waiting a long time
For this moment to come
I'm destined
For anything...at all
Downtown lights will be shining
On me like a diamond
Ring out under the midnight hour
No one can touch me now
And I can't turn my back
It's too late ready or not at all
I'm so much closer thanI have ever known...
Wake up

Dawning of a new era
Calling...don't let it catch you falling
Ready or not at all
So close enough to taste it
Almost...I can embrace this
Feeling....on the tip of my tongue
I'm so much closer thanI have ever known...
Wake up
Better thank your lucky stars....

I've been waiting a lifetime
For this moment to come
I'm destined for anything at all
Dumbstruck
Colour me stupid
Good luck
You're gonna need it
Where I'm going if I get there...
At all....
Wake up
Better thank your lucky stars....



I never thought I would make anything of myself...always thought I would wind up like my mom. But I've done something, and I'll continue to do something...to be someone worth being. This is my life, and it is all really happening, and I am so happy.