When did this happen?

Yesterday I applied for my own health insurance.
Today I paid rent. I also got the electricity put in my name, and had to put down a deposit.
I also applied for a job and realized that my senior year of high school started two years ago...not just one anymore.

I know I'm not old....but I am beginning to feel older...and it's creepy.

My 'freshman' (the one I adopted as a senior in HS) is a junior, has her license, a job and is starting to think about college.
People I went to high school with are engaged or already married (keeping in mind that most of them are Mormons....).
This is surreal. And this is what I will be blogging about mostly today.

I just spent the past half hour going through some old pictures with my roommate. She loved looking at pictures of me and my brother when we were little (like 5 and 2). I can't believe how long ago that was. And how so many things have changed. My brother is no longer the cute little shadow I once had. Now he is a hormonal teenager with an attitude.
I promised to bring her more pictures next time I make a trip home.

Even though this 'growing up' thing is happening before my very eyes, I still sleep with a blankie and a stuffed animal. I still watch cartoons and know all the songs to all the Disney movies. I still have my t-shirt from my 4th grad field day...and in high school I still wore it.
It just amazes me at how much I've changed/matured/grown but, at the same time, have stayed the same. And I guess that's just it. No matter how much we change/mature/grow, it's just added to our character/personality. We add layer upon layer of age but underneath is still the little girl who played barbies with her little brother (and up until a few years ago still played with barbies...just not with her brother).

It really fascinates me just as much as it frightens me. Listen to me, I sound like I'm a psychology major after all....but I'm not. I'm a theatre major...and again, there's the kid inside of me. ;)

Speaking of theatre. I played the pony game for the first time today. I vowed to never ever play it. I worked so hard to avoid it. But, alas, it has finally found me. And we will be stuck together for the next seven weeks. Basically each person in the cast of the show I'm in picked a warm-up. Every day we are going to do this massive 9-part warm-up comprised of every one's picks. Someone picked the pony game. And being the good actor that I am, I didn't argue with my director. She said ride the pony and I said how far.

I did learn something that I will implement the next time I direct a show (if that ever happens, which I'm sure it will at some point in life.)

Today in rehearsal, we were told to have a meeting.
*side note* the show I am in is about a news team who thinks it is the end of the world, and by the end of the play falls apart. I play an intern at the station (my only role for the actual show is to come on stage and bring the anchor his coffee and etc.)
So, we had this pitch meeting, basically. All improved in character. It lasted 40 minutes. It was the best thing I have ever taken part in in my entire life. It helped so much for my character work. It gave me so many ideas as to how my character really would act in such an environment and it gave the director more ideas on what my role will be in the show.
I decided there on the spot, next time I direct, I will make my cast do improvs in character in a setting that has something to do with the show in production. There is talk of filming one of these improvs and putting it on the website ****, that wold rock.
*** side note*** my director is putting up a website promoting the show. It will basically be a news site where there will be info on the show, the crew, the news team etc. We plan to make it look as legit as possible. As interns, my fellow interns and I are creating vlogs (video blogs) to put up on the site. So, I hope we film a 'meeting' and post it.
I will let you all know when that site is up so you can check it out.

Speaking of checking it out, I am putting together a photography portfolio. Not for any particular reason, just because I have been meaning to and just haven't.
I have a bunch of pictures that I have taken that have been solely as artistic photos that I am going to put in a professional-esque portfolio. I will let you know how that goes. So far I have about 60 photos, I have matched them with different neutral colored backgrounds that emphasize the distinct features that I want to stand out in each, and I will now (over the next week or whenever) being to cut those neutral borders and piece it all together. I think the toughest part will be the order in which I present them.

I am also debating whether or not I should pull a double major with my minor or not. The only thing I will be able to do if I keep this as a minor (architectural design) is museum work, secretarial positions etc. I won't be able to get certified and work on actual buildings. So, that is what is pushing me to take it on as a major. The thing holding me back: Since I just started it as I minor, I have a lot of catching up to do and that could mean having a 5-year college plan rather than a 4-year one. I guess all I an really do is make an appointment with each of my advisors and see what they think/say and then take it from there.
What are your opinions?

Well, I feel the need...the need for sleep.
So, I will let you go. I've kept you long enough. Thanks for stopping by. We should do this again sometime.

I look forward to our next adventure. You bring the equipment and I'll bring the treasure map. Am I making any sense? It's late....sleepy time, she comes.

Rock-a-bye baby, in the tree top.
When the wind blows the cradle will rock.
When the bow breaks the cradle will fall.
And down will come baby, cradle and all....and what does baby say?

Bon Appetit!