Do I Have to Grow Up?

You know you're really becoming an adult when you're:
a) able to understand news about the economy, which is literally all I see on every newscast, newspaper or Web site.
b) and that depressing news actually affects your mood.

Despite the fact that I don't actually have anything to do with the economy (Life is simple - money comes out of the ATM and I spend it.), it still worries me.

But everyone (my professor, the news etc) keeps saying that this slump, deceleration, crisis, whatever you want to call it, is most likely here to stay, at least for a few years. At least here in Spain. Which doesn't really matter to me, because I'm leaving soon anyways. But apparently it's pretty bad in the US too.

And even going to grad school won't get rid of the fact that I'll have to someday enter this thing they call the real world. And I don't want to. I don't want to find a job or decode a monthly utility bill or pay taxes.

Anyways, on another note, this summer is shaping up to be pretty busy. I'll be interning three days a week, working on our research interviews and thesis and studying for the GRE. I also talked to the fam a few days ago and turns out we'll be doing some city-hopping to check out colleges for Neeraj. So far on the list are Chicago, Philly and New York, with a possible continuation onto Boston. But the best news is that in only three months I'll be back here in Europe! Well, London at least, for the wedding, which I'm super-psyched for. Oh yeah, and I decided to drop the summer class I signed up for. Look, I am capable of not being such an overachiever!

And in terms of Spain, Cordoba and Granada are a go, and the puente is still up in the air.