Friday, January 16, 2009

should i stay or should i go now?

At almost 25 years of age, I've never lived on my own, in dorm or otherwise. Some may see this as pretty pathetic, but I've always been content with the fact. Why move out when I don't absolutely need to? I love my family and the dynamic we've got going on. Sure it's loud, and there's a lot of fighting(non verbal), and I have some siblings that are absolutely insensitive to the fact that people have jobs and therefore need to sleep, but it's what I choose to endure. As the oldest in the house it would only be natural that I be the first to move out and get a life. My family is going from a seven person household to potentially no household at all within the next year and I'm not one of the departing. My sister is moving to B.C. next week, my brother is moving to Peterborough after he gets married this summer, and my youngest sister is going to school in Toronto in the fall. That leaves me and my brother, and that's just the story of my siblings. My parents are heavily contemplating a move to Alberta, where my dad bought a piece of property(he's a bit like me, in that, when he is into something, he goes overkill).

So let's review. We went from a tight family that has never been apart, to being scattered across Canada within the span of a year. It's on its way, and eventually I'm going to have to embrace the fact that I actually can't live at home forever as I once promised my mom. I guess I should really be ready for some new challenges by now, after all, I'm about to eclipse the quarter century mark. Here's to the next quarter century, and a probable location change.

1 comment:

  1. stay home as long as you can. When people ask you, dude aren't you too old to be at home? Just remember, it's alot cheaper to be at home, the meals are better, well not necessarily better but u dont have to cook it. Family is the number 1 thing to not take for granted though, if i was you, i'd stay as long as i could. And thats what i learnt from my livingonmyown experience. your not missing anything living with your family.

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