today i took my car in for repair for the first time. i felt like a grown up. i was informed by a coworker yesterday that i had a flat tire. (that was really good because it was on the passenger side and i never, like ever, see that tire) so i went straight to my grampa (he lives right by the park and he's a mechanic :) he filled it with air and said it probably had a nail in it. he also said don't be too alarmed, go to such and such a car place because they do $.99 flat tire repair. so i wasn't panicking or anything. so i went there this morning and they said it was leaking between the rim and the tire itself. so it ended up costing me like $20. but that's waaay better than, oh yeah by the way you need new tires. i'm lucky i got away with just a leak. my dear minivan is nearly as old as i am...
whenever i have an eventful morning, i still think of that line from tangled: "all the things we've seen, and it's only 8 in the morning!" :)
i received some exciting news this week. we're getting llamas at the farm!!! llamas!!! apparently they're really tall... i'm excited :D
i also received some not so exciting mail this week: my bill for college. for one semester. the amount i need in loans (which i have to get before aug 1. how bout a little more notice??) is roughly equivalent to tuition for a year at my private high school. basically, a lot. ah the adventures of adulthood.
i've been feeling like this more and more lately. like all of a sudden i'm a grown up and i'm doing grown up things. it feels weird, but in a good way. kind of like an explorer in uncharted waters. sometimes i feel like i don't know what i'm doing. usually i just wing it and it works out fine. other times i talk to people who've sailed these "uncharted" waters before, like my parents or my friends. it's nice to have those resources. and if all else fails, i google it :)
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