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How I Feel About Turning 21 The Day Before I Do It

Everybody wish me luck.

Jordyn Dixon
Sep 15, 2016
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
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How I Feel About Turning 21 The Day Before I Do It
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The day is Wednesday, but not just your average hump-day Wednesday.

This is the Wednesday before my birthday. Now this is not your typical once a year birthday, this one is special. I am going to be turning 21 in two short days, and I am not quite sure how I feel about it yet. I had always felt like these last couple years of my life have drug on because I have been waiting and waiting to turn 21. My friend group has always been older so I was used to hanging out with people who have been able to go to the bars and I had to accept that I couldn't join them.

This was especially difficult at my summer job that I had for the past couple years because most of my friends would get to go out to the bars at the lakes and sing karaoke on the weekend while those of us who were not 21 stayed behind.

Don't get me wrong, we still had a great time hanging out at someone's cabin. However, I always felt a little bit of FOMO(fear of missing out) because I would see all the fun videos that the 21-year-olds would post of them out at the bars singing upbeat songs and having a great time. I wanted to be able to experience that for myself because I mean let's be honest who doesn't love karaoke and I'm sure a little bit of liquid courage makes it all the better! So now it is finally my time, I get to go out to the bars in two short days and sing "Wannabe" by the Spice Girls on karaoke night. My only dilemma is this year most of my friend group is made up of sophomores who are a year below me. So I do not know who I will be going out with for my potential bar crawl in two days, which is a bit of a downer on the whole exciting bar crawl situation. I have a friend coming from back home and I am so excited for her to come down. It will be her first time visiting me in Lincoln and I cannot wait to show her around!

I have just a couple friends other than her who are here in Lincoln that are 21 but they are all from different friend groups so they don't know each other. I'm sure that I will meet more people and make more friends who are 21, once I am 21 but as for now it is kind of intimidating.

So, everyone wish me luck because in less than 48 hours I will be 21!

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