GET A JOB

SO, AGE IS MORE THAN A NUMBER, ITS AN EMOTIONAL ROLLAR COASTER. AT THIS AGE I, LIKE MANY OTHERS ARE FLOORED TO SEE WHERE I AM 10 YEARS LATER. IM STILL A MESS! WHAT THE HECK?! REGARDLESS. I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT IVE TALKED TO MANY FRIENDS WHO UNPROVOKED, TELL STORIES SO SIMILAR TO MINE THAT I AM SECRETLY COMFORTED. FOR EXAMPLE, MY SAME AGE COUSIN IS AGAIN JOBLESS AND MAKING THE BEST OF IT BY CLIMBING HIS BUT OFF (JUST LIKE ME). AN OLD COLLEGE ROOMMATE MOVES EVERY SEVEN MONTHS, HAS TROUBLE MAKING NEW FRIENDS DUE TO SO MANY MOVES, IS JUST STARTING TO UNDERSTAND HERSELF AND HAS A HODGE PODGE RESUME (JUST LIKE ME.) AN OLD BOYFRIEND IS LIVING IN THE COMPUTER LAB OF THE UNIVERSITY WHERE HE IS ATTENDING GRADUATE STUDIES. IM CERTAINLY NOT JUDGING, I SPENT THE LAST SIX MONTHS COUCH SURFING, LIVING OUT OF MY CAR AND SHOWERING AT THE YMCA. AND NOT ONLY AM I NOT JUDGING, I ACTUALLY WISH ME AND THESE CO-CHAOTICS COULD ALL HANG OUT IN THE COMPUTER LAB, DRINK CHAMPAGNE (THAT SOMEONE ELSE HAS PAID FOR OF COURSE) AND TOAST TO FINDING THAT THING THAT WE'RE ALL WAITING FOR. SHOULDN'T WE HAVE A SAVINGS ACCOUNT, SOME EMOTIONAL STABILITY AND A SECURE JOB BY NOW. IN CHURCH THE OTHER DAY A WOMAN STOOD UP AND SAID SHE WAS JOYFUL TO ANNOUNCE THAT HER DAUGHTER WAS GETTING MARRIED. SHE WOULD, HOWEVER, APPRECIATE THEIR PRAYERS SINCE HER SON-IN-LAW TO BE ASPIRES TO BE A PROFESSIONAL BULL RIDER. WILL THEY BE ABLE TO SEND KIDS TO COLLEGE ON THAT? TEN YEARS AGO ME AND THAT EX WERE HAPPY AS CLAMS TO BE ON A FREE DATE CAMPING ON THE BEACH AND DRINKING PBR (OK THERE WAS A LITTLE VODKA TOO IF I REMEMBER RIGHT). AND IT WAS GREAT!

PBR IS NOT SO GREAT ANYMORE. THE OTHER DAY WHEN I ASKED MY HOUSEMATES IF WE SHOULD START BUYING NEWCASTLE INSTEAD OF PBR I GOT A SLEW OF TURNED HEADS AND A "WHAT ARE YOU, RICH?" COMMENT. SO NOW I HAVE TO BE RICH TO DRINK NEW CASTLE !

GOOD GRIEF. I GUESS A JOB WOULD BE A GOOD START.