I'm Ready to Be a Big Kid

So, second post.  It's been about 6ish months since my first/previous post, so I've built up some things to talk about!  I turned 20 in February, and since that point i have come to realize that I'm either not doing life right, or I'm ready to be a big kid.

I'm ready to be a big kid.  By that I mean I want to have a house, a family, a real job, and be done with school.  I had a conversation with one of my fellow classmates today, after we left class early, about how we want to be able to have our jobs, and at the end of the work day, go home and chill or do work on our houses that neither of us have.  She is married, and has been for about a year and a half, yet is about a month younger than me.  She is well on her way to being a big kid, but she still wants to be able to go home and not have homework to do!

Lately, I have been obsessed with HGTV and Pinterest projects for home improvement, decoration, and landscaping!  My sister just got engaged to her boyfriend last week, and moved into the house that they got together this past weekend.  My parents and I drove up to NE to help them both move into the house, and I went CRAZY with my Pinterest and HGTV ideas.  It made me realize that I am SO ready to have a house and a job and not be in school anymore.  Part of this is due to the fact that I am still living in campus housing with one of my best friends.  We are living in the same room, sharing a kitchenette and a bathroom with another guy we met last year in the dorms.  The biggest problem is that all of my pet peeves have been realized in sharing these spaces with my friends.  I am a very particular person.  I need everything to be in its place, and it never is.  I will be the absolute first person to admit that I am a difficult roommate, but I really don't think my pet peeves are that difficult to remember to do.  Things like put things back where you found them, close the bathroom door when using the bathroom, turn off the lights when leaving the room, don't leave trash everywhere, don't leave stuff all over the bathroom counter.  These aren't ridiculous requests.

I want to be a big kid.  I want a family.  I want a house.  I want to be out of college.  I want to be a Dermatologist.  These things aren't all possible for right now, so I guess I'll just cross them off as I get to them!

2 years of Undergrad
4 years of Med School
3-5 years of Residency/Internship
? years until I'm married
? years until I buy a house
? years until I have kids
? years until the rest of my life begins
0 minutes until I need to start on living the life I have right now.

It's Whatever...

Hi.  My name is Jared Stremel.  I am a sophomore at Wichita State University in Wichita, KS.  I'm 19 years, 7 months, and 28 days old...  I decided to start this blog to put my life out there and see if anyone cares.  If you are reading this, thank you for clicking on this page and glancing at what I am writing. 

 

Right now I am at a happy point in my "life" life and a not so great one in my "school" life.  I'm not really sure why "school" was in quotes, but whatever.  You see, I have an amazing family:  A spectacular dad who helps me whenever I need it and often times without me asking, an amazing mom who loves me unconditionally and supports me in everything I do (no matter how obnoxious, weird or anything!), two great sisters, one married with my first niece and they are an adorable little family always wanting to visit and show off little Belle-Bug (Isabelle), and the other in college really far away with a hoot of a boyfriend who I like spending time with since I can't see them very much.  That sounds good right? Well, I've got some great people as friends too!  Katie and Tamra are my support system here at school.  They always tell it like it is, straight to my face and they don't keep anything from me.  I love them for this, because who wants to go around their whole life just thinking things are all just sunshine and roses?  NOT ME!  I like real life, but sometimes it's just a fricken pain in the ass! They know that and we allow each other to vent about these things.  Now, Aaron is my room mate/friend since early grade school.  We know just about everything about each other.  We can be good influences, bad influences, parents, sidekicks, enemies, best friends, assholes, and anything else for each other.  He is one of my best friends, and I don't know where I'd be without any of these wonderful 10 people (Dad, mom, sister, sister, brother-in-law, almost brother-in-law, niece, Katie, Tam, and Aaron) in my life!!

So that's all fine and dandy, but now for the shit-storm in my life now!

SCHOOL SUCKS.  People try to tell you otherwise, but they're lying, at least a little bit.  There is at least one class for every single person who has ever gone to college that has just been bad.  There are other ways that I could describe some of the classes I've taken, but that wouldn't be a broad generalization of all college students ever, now would it?  Currently, I am a biology major, with hopes and dreams of going to Medical School (that's right I want to continue on for another 4+ years with school-related-shit after I get my Bachelor's Degree!  Whatever, it was my decision I guess!) and plan to become a Dermatologist.  I try to come up with reasons as to why I chose Dermatology, and I say things like, "I've always wanted to be a doctor," and, "I like the idea of doing in-office surgeries without actually becoming a surgeon," which are legitimate reasons for me, but it always ends up at, "Dermatologist make a lot of money." Should that really be the core of my decision making process for what I want to do for the rest of my life?  I would think not, but a ton of people have taken that route.  Are they happy though?  I just want to be happy with my life when I look back on it!  That is my ultimate goal and I am damned determined to achieve it! 

 

Now, to the reason that I actually started this blog to talk about my life... But, wait I've been doing that the whole time! OK, I just had my third exam in microbiology today.  It was about the taxonomy of basically all microorganisms... Needless to say, I think I did perfectly terrible one it.  I have been really good at doing really bad on exams this semester, but I can't figure out if it's because of work (which I've been dedicating a whole 3 hours to every week, not by my choosing might I add), or if it's because I haven't been focusing as much as I should be.  The latter is more likely than the previous, but I like blaming things on everything/everyone but me.  I'm immature like that and I guess I should work on that, but I probably won't get around to that for a while.  I'm over it.  My Organic Chemistry class has been going that same way as the micro class, which for a science major is not good...

By now you have figured out that this was just a ploy to help me avoid doing my studying/homework for an hour and increase the problem I'm having in my classes.

 

So I hope you enjoyed!

There might be more to come if I think about it.... or not, idk.

Well, as always, I'M AMAZING!

Bye.

Jared Stremel