Anything you can do I can do better.

I applied for a job today.  I haven't done that in almost two years.  I applied for lots of jobs when I graduated college.  I got this itch like I was supposed to be a grown up.  Wake up early in the morning, not get drunk on wednesday nights.  It eventually went away.  I realized I wasn't in any hurry to grow up.  I love getting drunk on weekdays.  The bars are emptier and the beer is cheaper.  Who wants to be a grown up?  Not me.  I have two jobs, none of which is in any way "real."  But I pay my bills.  I get by.  But lately....the itch is back.

My friends from high school have real jobs: as physical therapists or working in nuclear power plants.  The friends that don't have real jobs are getting doctorate degrees.  The kid I pick up from school everyday, his 5th grade teacher is two years younger than me.  And my favorite person to work with on Saturday mornings, just quit waiting tables with me.....to get a "real" job.  So I've got that itch again.  I don't want to be a grown up.  I want to write a novel and become rich.  I want my boyfriend to create an iPhone app and become rich.  I want grown up things like a house, and a yard.  But I don't want the 9-5.  It doesn't work.  I don't fit in that box.  But I applied for a job today because it made sense.  I scratched the itch, and now I hope it goes away.