Coming of Age

Last week was somehow the best and worst week of my life. On the one hand there was a death in our family of an individual that i was fairly close to. My aunt had been fighting a losing battle with heart disease and diabetes both brought on by a poor diet for most of her life. She was never a big woman but excessive sodium and refined sugars took an obvious toll. But she was in a lot of pain so i hope that she is finally at rest. My mother has taken it pretty hard. She is one of 8 children and there are only two of them that are still living. Everytime she loses a sibling she makes a "joke" about it almost being her time. Needless to say that's rough on me.

At the same time that all this was happening, i was accepted at one of the top 5 law schools in this region. I was honestly shocked. Although this means that it is HIGHLY unlikely that i will be able to leave the area, it also means that i will have an opportunity to attend a reputable school and to make the most of the experience. It sucks that i won't get the opportunity to go away but the plan now is to buy a house in an up and coming neighborhood. Get a loan to fix it up. Keep it for the three years i'm in school. Sell it after i graduate for hopefully 2 to 3 times more, use the loot to pay off the house, make a dent in the student loans, cop a car, and put a significant downpayment on a bigger crib.

Hopefully all of that will work out... and who knows, maybe 3 years from now i'll be heading out west.