...I'm a Yult
last week...the last week of my junior year of college- bizarre really to think that i have reached this point in my life- i drug Jmay with me to Wal-Mart...we come flyin' around the corner-(with a quickness might i add)- windows down- music blaring- and we had to wait while this man(of whose age i shall not wager a guess) leisurely walked in front of my divinely appointed parking spot...mildly annoyed- i finally whipped it into the spot at last and turned off the engine. after we jumped out of G-Baby... (nickname for my car after this really adorable kid in this really dumb Keanu Reeves movie called Hardball from back-in-the-day when i really liked Keanu Reeves movies- stupid, yes- but also endearing)...i mentioned to Jmay that he (the slow man) most likely thought we were just a couple of crazy teenagers...i was beginning to agree with this man's supposed thesis until she corrected me that we are not teenagers anymore...what?...can it be true...am i an....an...a-a-a-adult???
aaahhh run for the hills....no, no...i can't be an adult- it just doesn't feel right.
but then, what are we?
Jmay suggested that first of all not panic..and second of all we are just 'young adults' -
well- i hated this title almost as much as the other. reminds me of that reject section of any bookstore where they keep all the prepubescent literature....no- 'young adult' will not do either....
yet having turned 21 (yesterday i might add) i can longer be a teenager- i don't care about hillary duff or the brand of my jeans- but i can't be an adult either- for although i love coffee and desperately care about the state of the world- i can sleep at night without having watched CNN and i do still think farting is funny-
so what am i?
a yult
Jmay and i decided that we will call ourselves 'yults'
why? the short answer is that in the heat of the moment where we were driven to categorically define ourselves we simply smushed "young" and "adult" together and came up with it
and the slightly longer answer is that we are ready to move on from barbies and playdough but not quite ready to pay all the bills....
not to mention- 'yult' is just a really fun word to say...
posted by Charris @ 8:13 PM
2 Comments:
Yay for Yults!
i was like "who the crap is charis?" (i was reading it like one word, like "chassis"). i was super excited that some random stranger left a message on my blog. then i found out it was cassie harris. so then i was excited out of my mind. then a jealous fit of rage enveloped me when i found that you have 3 comments. i have two. hehe. just kidding. A blog shall be forthcoming. Love you Kid! (or should i say, yult?)
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