Ages: real and perceived (Kilala.nl (Cailin Coilleach)) by Cailin Coilleach

For a while now I've been blissfully ignoring something wacky about myself. You see, while I may be 28, I certainly don't consciously feel like that. For some reason I usually still feel like I'm 24. And when I was 24 I still felt like I was 20. Do we see a pattern emerging here? ~_^

I think that I'm using my childish side to cope with the everyday responsibilities and chores. At work I have to behave myself and at home I have to take care of the household and monetary issues. I reckon I'm balancing stuff like that with my innate (or is it "inane"?) love of all things cute and fun.

I love toys. I love video games. I love cute anime series like Tiny snow fairy Sugar and Digi Charat.

Thing is, sometimes this stuff can get me some weird reactions, like at school the other day. I'd brought my Kirarin Revolution (see picture) pen case with me for good luck, which is metallic blue and covered in glitzy colour illustrations. One of my classmates asked me whether I would honestly admit that THAT was my pencil case ^_^;;

Now, I don't really care about my classmates' opinion of my hobbies. But I -am- kind of worried about how all of this is going to work out once I start teaching. I mean, when I get out of college I'll be thirty! The big 3-0!

The heck's -that- going to be like?! o_O

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