What is this "real-world" you speak of, anyway?

I love being a student. I love it even more now that I'm not at the local two-year/tech college. Yes, it's a good school, but it's a temporary place. It's a half-way point for many students and in most cases, people don't bother to get to know one another. I enjoyed my classes and my teacher and the education I was getting. My last semester there, I even made friends with a few classmates. But mostly it was a come-and-go place. Nobody really hung around for long.

Now that I am at what I like to call a "real" college, I really love being a student! It helps that I'm in my major classes. I have something in common with the people in my class. We have several classes together. I have the same teachers that I had last semester. It's nice. I also really enjoy the limbo of being a college student. For the past three years, I have been a part-time nanny and a full-time college student. It's a very comfortable place for me. While I'm eager to move on to the next chapter of my life (buy a bungalow, buy a retro moped, and adopt a greyhound), this all comes with a great change in my lifestyle.

I used to scoff at the idea of a daunting "real-world" transition. I moved out of my parent's house and into an apartment when I was twenty. I work and pay my bills. Now, however, I'm starting to realize that there will be a daunting real-world transition. What comes after I graudate? No more school? A job? A job that doesn't involve changing diapers, wiping noses, and making sure you don't get mud all over your nice school shoes? I have no idea what that even looks like!

I don't stress about it, though. It's a decent ways away. I focus on what I need to do today because, really, isn't that enough? It's exciting though, knowing that something big is right around the corner. It could be bad-big or it could be good-big. But whatever happens, it sure will be an adventure.

♥, TiffanyAnne