Change

This week, I did two things that both mark for me my transition into adulthood. After both I went "Weird, I never did that before" and then, "Oh, yeah, I'm a grown-up now! Huh." The first was that I sat through an ENTIRE church annual meeting. I listened, I voted, I didn't "eat and run", which is my usual M.O. The second happened tonight when I sat and watched an ENTIRE State of the Union Address. I listened, I laughed, I agreed and disagreed with things my president was saying.
The reality of the situation might just be that during both of these times, I really had nothing "better" to do, but in the end, I am glad that I sat through both, and I feel like they make me a better person, a better member of society and a better grown-up.
In another "grown-up" arena, Friday I go in to the hospital not as an employee, but as a patient...I am having a hernia repaired. It is supposed to be fairly simple surgery, but think happy thoughts please! I may not post for a while when I am recovering, but I'll get back to it as soon as I can!