I had an epiphany the other day, dancing in the shower stall during a shower party, singing MMM Bop into my microphone loofa; we're old.
I distinctly remember being eight years old, running around the yard with my Playskool cassette player, singing MMM Bop to my heart's content. Four albums, three wives, and almost six children later, the Hanson brothers have grown up. And so have we.
It feels like just yesterday I had fallen in love with the three brothers from Tulsa, and now here I am, about to complete my first year of college. It's unreal how fast the days fly by now. My mom always told me that the older you get, the faster time flies. If I'm only 19 and time is flying by this quickly, I can't imagine how quickly life will be rushing past in ten, twenty, thirty years. But I suppose what's most important is living in the present. So for now, that is what I shall attempt to do.
Hence where my Song of the Day comes into play.
At this point in my life, I need to learn to slow down. Ironically, that was essentially the message in my previous post (almost, what, three months ago?) and yet I still haven't learned. Granted, I'm getting better, but I'm not quite there yet. I'm relying on this summer to slow things down for me.
It will be incredibly bizarre to leave for several months. Just as I'm starting to build stronger relationships with some of the best friends I've ever had, all of a sudden I have to leave. I don't know which will be weirder, leaving everyone here behind or having to readapt to life in Grand Rapids again. Of course it will be another great summer what with another year of Summer Stock, but I've changed so much in the past year away. It will be interesting to see if I remain the same person I am today, writing this, or whether I fall back into my old high school routine while around that crowd. Hopefully I'll maintain my dignity and have the strength to stay myself.
It's all starting to sink in that I'm leaving soon...no more Kerry farts, 'putting it in the chair', funny accents, snippy comments, shower parties, dancing, boob grabs, ect. I keep thinking abotu what Sarah said a while ago - we're all college friends.
"You know those people your parents always talk about? Their friends in college? That's us! I'll be telling my kids about you, my college friend."
At this point, I couldn't ask for better college friends. Sure we have our ups and downs, but not a day goes by when I'm not laughing uncontrollably, sm better iling, and just feeling about myself. I adore these people, and I'm so glad that I finally found them, even if it happened to be somewhat late in the year.
Besides, at this point, with the way that time is flying, I'll be moving back to MSU in the blink of an eye. I suppose that's a good thing. Because I'm not quite sure what I'll do without my girls (including Ian) for an entire three months. All I can hope is that no matter how quickly time moves, I'll always keep reminding myself that even though we've come so far, we've still got so far to go.
