Seriously?!
Jessica Norman
Someone who has only known me for two months told me yesterday that I am still the same person I was 2 years and have the same values as I did two years ago and she was basing it off of the fact that I don't sleep around. You can grow up totally different than I did and you can have enough self-respect to not sleep around. Yes I may still have some of the same values but I am definitely not the person I was. I was a judgmental goody-goody Christian and if you were not following everything I believed in, we were no longer friends. Now, I would never have some friends that I have now because of their lifestyles. I wouldn't trade these friends I have now for anything because they are more honest and real than any friends I've ever had. My belief system has totally changed in a lot of ways. I'm not going to even begin to describe it on this thing. But I love the direction my life is going right now. It just kind of shocked me that someone who doesn't have any self-respect would judge me for having enough respect for myself to not use my body in that way.
I am becoming more and more independent from my parents (well, as the paycheck permits). I am just putting myself out there more and more which is helping me enjoy life a lot more than I did. 2 months ago, I felt like my life was over and I definitely had nothing to live for. Friends did not exist and the people at work were bringing me down with each passing day. Then Argentina happened and my whole mood on life changed. I just needed something and some people to lift my spirits and that was just it. Did I mention I'm traveling a lot? Guess that's what you do when you are friends with a flight attendant.
My parents are leaving on Sunday and they will be gone for 9 months to 1 year and could possibly be extended. I am so stinkin excited!!! It means more responsibility for me (which, yes, I have been itching for)! And it means independence...not always having to check in with someone.
Well, this is getting lengthy so I'm gonna get off of here.