8 days. 8 days is all I have left in the place that I have lived my entire life. I was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and it is the only place I have ever called home. In 8 days, I make the trip to Utah to start the rest of my life. I've always known the day would come when I would pack my things and leave the familiar things behind. But when I was five years old, nothing seemed further away than college. Even during high school, the wait for graduation seemed eternal. But now, graduation is in the months gone by, and I have little more than a week to get my life together and relocate. I'm excited. I'm so excited to move on to new things and find out who I am. I'm looking forward to the lack of expectations I'll have to fill. I only have to meet my own standards, and I get to decide what people will come to expect of me. I will finally get to find out if I am in fact the child my parents hope I will be. I'll be able to decide if I want to live by the rules they set for me, or work out something better on my own.
Preparing to move is something that is completely new to me. I have only ever moved one time, and it was 10 minutes away from my childhood house. I was only five at the time, so the boxing up of my limited possessions was not something I had any part in. I just had to get in the car with my parents and walk through the doors of a new home. Now, however, I have to box up all of my things. I have to go through my closet and get rid of things that I no longer need, things that a few years ago seemed of the utmost importance, things I thought I could never part with. I was surprised to discover how easy leaving so many of those things behind has become. I'll just say this. I am not a high school student anymore. Between graduation and now, my life has changed immensely. And I know it will change even more in the weeks and months to come. I've been waiting for this day for a long time, and now the final countdown begins.
I am finally on my countdown and it's very exciting!!! :)
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