Some points of interest . . . (perhaps)

1.  I’m twenty.  I thought turning twenty would be no big deal; you know, you can’t see R-rated films, vote or buy alcohol, so it’s not too exciting, right?  Wrong.   The moment I realized I’m entering my third decade, I freaked out a bit.  This is a big decade, and (God-willing), this will be the busiest, craziest, most exciting decade yet.  It’s also the decade where I’m forced to grow up and enter the real world – for instance, I’ll be applying for internships this summer, and the odds are I won’t be living at home and enjoying Mom’s wonderful meals every night.  Also, I’m not a teenager anymore.  Scary!  Twenty just sounds too adult sometimes.  :P

      2.  Lest I grow up too fast, my first act as a twenty-year old was to eat Oreos for breakfast.  Win.

      3.  On Sunday I wore a sweatshirt, my purple hat, jeans, and tennis shoes outside (note the lack of a winter coat).  This is exciting and noteworthy because it’s the beginning of February in middle-of-nowhere Iowa. 

      4. I've realized I’m obsessed with commas/comma phrases.  I adore them, but they do, unfortunately, tend to cut my sentences into fragments, usually of varying lengths, and they perhaps make it hard for readers, but hopefully not my professors, to discern the purpose of the sentence.  Yeah, it can get that bad.  :P

      

      5. People walk way too slowly here.  It’s really annoying.  For a week it was approximately -10 degrees, which is FREEZING, and people were just strolling along.  I, as per usual, was walking with a purpose, and the only reason I was outside was because I had to go from one building to another, not to soak in the lovely weather.