The last days are always the shortest...

Well, today was the last dance concert that or school's seniors will ever get to perform in. It was so sad! There were many tears, and I had to look away to keep from crying. Sheesh, it was sad. I went straight from that performance to a dress rehearsal for Aladdin, and while debating on ballets for next year, I realized.... I am almost an adult. It's so scary! In a few short days I will be a senior. I still remember being in second grade, playing at recess, and thinking about how long the days were. Now, I get up, do my stuff, come home, and fall asleep before my head hits the pillow. Where did all of the time go?

I think that I'm not ready to grow up. Literally. I wish Peter Pan would come and take me away while there's still a chance! I just can't believe I'm almost an adult; I certainly don't feel like one. I just want to play, have fun, and love life. I suppose that's why I'm majoring in musical theatre, and also why I'm going to work in Disney World; I really am a child at heart!

One thing that drives me crazy, is that I'm in super advanced classes, pretty much like college. So, when people ask me what I'm going to major in, they expect to hear microbiology, physics, philosophy, etc. I hate the looks that people give me when I reply, "Musical theatre!" They look at me like I'm an idiot first of all, for going into something that doesn't have "sure footing" as far as jobs go, and then they look at me as if saying, "Why on earth would you go into a profession that is of 'average intelligence?' That is such a waste of your potential." Well, OKAY, if you say so. However, just because I'm intelligent, that doesn't mean I want to go thousands of dollars into debt paying for college 'expanding my knowledge' for a career that I don't enjoy, or working in an office or laboratory, or doing something else entirely boring.

The thing is, I enjoy life. I want to have fun. I'm a firm believer that whatever you do in life, you had BETTER enjoy it, because in my opinion, anything else is a waste. I want to do something I love, and that I can help other people with. Something I can be sure that I will always enjoy and will always want to do.  That doesn't make me an idiot for wanting to be a performer; I'm smart enough to know that doing higher level courses and making good grades gets you a LOT of scholarship money. And besides, who wants to be an idiot?

Anyways, I guess the point of this little spiel is that you shouldn't judge someone because they have dreams. You're more likely to be successful in something that you really want that you are for something that you have to do.

Do what you love; it's as simple as that. :)