Life doesn’t end at 18, guys. Just today I drank yet another cup of coffee and it was delicious.
Some people see routine as sad or something but every day I’m still like oh boy coffee time yum
There’s a lot to be excited about in the future. New pop music from artists that haven’t been born yet. So much coffee and tea to drink. New neighborhoods to wander through to look at the houses. Fads and trends that will come and go. Friends you haven’t met yet. Hobbies you’ll have someday that you haven’t heard of yet. Languages to study. People to hug. Sometimes I honestly can’t contain my excitement about it. Good lord, I love coffee. I love putting stuff in it. Brown sugar is awesome.
You spend your teenage years being confused and sad and then one day you realize that at some point along the line you grew up a bit. And you’ll never stop growing up. And you still don’t understand people’s obsession with cat girls but that’s okay. There’s so much diversity in humanity. Everything’s better now. Not perfect. It’ll never be perfect. But it’s better. And the future exists. And there’s so many beautiful morning cups of coffee in it.
My 11-year-old couldn’t decide what flavor of ramen to make, so I told her to flip a coin. Heads for spicy chicken, tails for beef.
Taking my advice, she flipped a penny, and when it landed on tails she said “Wait! Wait! I did it wrong!”
I told her that she did it right, because the real reason for flipping a coin isn’t to let fate decide for you, but because when the coin is in the air, you will suddenly realize what you wanted in the first place.
I’m sure there’s a life lesson there somewhere…
But honestly, I have never known her to pass up spicy chicken.
Update: Yesterday, her brother asked her if she wanted a corn dog and she couldn’t decide, so again I told her to flip a coin. She did so, and without even looking which way it landed, she snatched the penny up and said “I want a corn dog”.
