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Sep. 6th, 2008 02:14 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sorcyressSo, I'm cleaning up my desktop, which, as anyone who has ever seen it can verify, is always a bit of a task. But part of cleaning is posting this, so I can put it away.
So. Old post, from driving up to Boston a couple of weeks ago.
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I don't think there's any just "bam!" wake up and realize you're fully a grown up. But there are little moments as you go through life, and realize that you're an adult, and people think thus as well.
We have a family tradition --when you cross state lines, you hold your breath. Mom is the one who brought us this tradition, and when she sees the big 'ol "Welcome to ______" sign, she says "Hold your breath!" and points to it.
(She always points to the sign. Dad doesn't ever bother to, so she points from the passenger seat as well. And her pointing follows the sign, until it's been passed, and she can take a breath.)
So, I'm driving. From Maryland into Delaware, we miss the sign (I had only just started driving for the day, and was being a little shaky.) But Delaware into New Jersey...I see the sign, and say 'Hold your breath!' and point.
And mom is pointing as well. And when she realizes I am, she stops. Lets me have that tiny moment of glory.
Holy shit. I'm a grown-up now.
~Sor
MOOP!
So. Old post, from driving up to Boston a couple of weeks ago.
***
I don't think there's any just "bam!" wake up and realize you're fully a grown up. But there are little moments as you go through life, and realize that you're an adult, and people think thus as well.
We have a family tradition --when you cross state lines, you hold your breath. Mom is the one who brought us this tradition, and when she sees the big 'ol "Welcome to ______" sign, she says "Hold your breath!" and points to it.
(She always points to the sign. Dad doesn't ever bother to, so she points from the passenger seat as well. And her pointing follows the sign, until it's been passed, and she can take a breath.)
So, I'm driving. From Maryland into Delaware, we miss the sign (I had only just started driving for the day, and was being a little shaky.) But Delaware into New Jersey...I see the sign, and say 'Hold your breath!' and point.
And mom is pointing as well. And when she realizes I am, she stops. Lets me have that tiny moment of glory.
Holy shit. I'm a grown-up now.
~Sor
MOOP!