I'm officially an adult

I've said this so many times in my past. I said it after I moved out of my mom's house, and had my very own apartment (with roommates of course). I said it when I bought my first car for $2500 (which only lasted approximately two years before dying). I said it when I received my Bachelor's Degree in 2004. I said it when I got my first job (which is still my job) a month following my graduation (and I had to work through life insurance benefits and health insurance and retirement and yadda yadda...thing which I still am learning about because it's so far above my head!). I said it when I bought my very first brand new car (which I'm still paying for today...only one year and 4 months left!).

I said it when I fell in love with Adam, and I knew this was the person I'd spend my entire life with (even if he didn't really know it as soon as I did). I said it when he proposed, and I knew that he finally knew what I had known for awhile. I said it when I graduated with my Masters degree...a dream I never knew I had until I actual had that paper in my hands (which remains in a file somewhere in my house...I want to hang it up, but don't want to seem...obnoxious about it). The last time I said it, I became a wife...to the love of my life. (Gag...I know!)

Each and every time I said "I'm officially an adult", with each and every one of those momentous life events I truly believed I was an adult. But, it just kept building to more, and more and more. I thought...maybe you never become an "official" adult...you just keep growing and learning and becoming more.

But I have decided that TODAY, Today is the day I'm officially an old fart...an "official" adult. Today I made my very first payment on my student loan debt (all $33,000 and change). I made my very first payment...out of a total of 240 payments...wait...now its 239! Countdown has begun. So, today I am an official adult. Today I have begun the American Dream of have never ending loans to be paid. :) How Exciting!!!