Sadness :-(

Today I am in mourning. You see, last night as I was doing the dishes, my coffee pot sustained an injury that left it…smashed to bits and pieces. Too graphic? Tonight, I shall journey to a store and buy a new one. For those of you who find this to be not worthy of your time, this coffee pot was the first item that I (my mother) purchased for my very first apartment. This serves as yet another reminder that I am truly becoming a…grown up. It’s also a reminder that I need to use my drying rack rather than my slick counter top.
Sometimes I think being a grown up requires way too much information. I would rather fill my brain with feminist and queer theory, or Oprah quotes and Will.I.Am songs than retirement funds and grad school costs…did I pay DP&L or just think about paying it?
So, what’s a girl to do? I pop in Oprah DVDs, meditate, or do something else to make the world stop for a minute. And then I jump back in ready to use the perks of being grown up by being a leader on a mission trip, or driving a friend where she needs to go, or paying my own bills and feeling grateful that I have the money to do so. Being a grown up feels kind of awesome again…until I shell out thirty bucks for a coffee maker that I broke. 