Thirty, Flirty, and Thriving

First off, 5 points to the first person to name the origin of the title of this post. And congrats to "Anonymous" for getting the last one correct. 10 points for you.

Down to business.

There are two compliments I LOVE to receive more than any other.

1. You are pretty.

2. You're only 18?!

When I hear those things, everything is right in the world.

I have not always known that I am pretty. I mean, I never thought I was ugly, I just felt eh.

But then one day I just looked in the mirror at myself (like I do every single day) and it just hit me: I am pretty!

I looked again. Wow. I can't believe I never noticed.

That was last summerish and it wasn't until then, when I knew for myself, that I heard it from others. Isn't that weird? I think it's kind of cool. So in the last 8ish months I have had more people tell me I am pretty than I have in my entire life put together. Awesome.

Oh, as a side note to this compliment, I love when people say me and my sister look alike. I have always thought she was so pretty so when people tell me we look alike I am like, "Sweet! I would love to look like her!" I still don't see the resemblance, but the compliment is nice nonetheless.

As for compliment number two, I think this one may have something to do with my sister as well. Just a little bit. She is almost two years younger than me but people ALWAYS think she is the older one. Not cool.

Aside from that, I have just never really connected with people my own age. I don't know why, but if someone is my age or older, I feel like I have to act a certain way and I am not myself. I feel kind of inferior, if that makes sense. But if someone is younger than me, it's like I don't care what they think (but not in a bad way), so I am completely myself and I have way more fun and they think I am cool too. Ya get?

But, since coming up to college, I have changed. I swear, I was BORN for college. I am repeatedly amazed at how well I fit in here. Really, there was always something a little off in my life but not anymore people! This is what I was made for.

Anyway, this semester I have had two people think I was 21. I look up to both of these people and I feel like they are so mature and cool and guess how old both of them are. . . 22! And they thought I was basically their age. That has NEVER happened to me in my whole entire life. But, you see? I am connecting with people who are actually my age and stage in life and it is awesome.

So if you want to make my day, tell me you think I am pretty and maybe 20, 21ish. I will love you forever.