For some reason people usually think that I am older than I really am. Generally people tend to think that I am somewhere between the ages of 18 and 22. It’s not that I look older than my age, but I’m sure that it has something to do with the fact that I am pretty mature. Not to mention that most of the people I spend time with are older than me. And out of all of the 96 Generation Interns this year, I happen to be the youngest (even if only by a few months).

I’ve gotten to the point where I don’t really think about age anymore. And there are even times when I find myself thinking that I’m older than my drivers license says.

Yet, earlier this week I had a rude awakening. On Wednesday I was reminded (in a not-so-gentle way) that I am still only 17. Lame. After several months of scheming and dreaming about my business, I find myself stuck at a road block. My license came through, I have it all outlined, I know how I want everything to look, but now things have temporarily been put on hold because I’m not quite 18 yet. May 15th I will finally be crossing that line into legally being an adult. But I don’t want to wait until then to get my business up and running.

After letting it all sink in for a few days I can finally move on (calmly) to see if there is a way around this. Thankfully I have a few friends and family members to get good advice from. And who knows, maybe this is just something small and I have overreacted. If it’s not…well I guess I’ll just have to wait it out a few months and find a real job in the mean time.

It’s weeks like this that I wish I would let myself just act my age and be a normal 17 year-old for just once. Oh goodness.