Up in the air

I went to the museum of flight today. There I got to see Boeing's original drafting room, a model of the international space station, as well as world war one and two planes. I personally liked the space exhibit the best because I've always had a thing for space. I just find what's up there in the night sky fascinating. One summer I got to go to Tabletop mountain with my great uncle Lee and my dad. I loved seeing the planet Jupiter , star clusters and nebula's through the telescope. Even today one of my favorite things to do is just go on on the porch swing in my backyard and see what's up there.
As I left the museum with my bag of souvenirs I realized I was like an airplane - up in the air in all aspects of my life. Because of that I thought, my life is a mess.
I wondered if I should be worried. After all, everyone else seems to know where they're going.
Right now, I feel like the Boeing red barn because soon I will be out in the real world, trying to make a name for myself. I can't help but wonder, where will I end up in the next few years? I'm not an overachiever. But I'm not an underachiever either. I'm just me.
I got into writing because I read the book Harriet The Spy in 5th grade and I loved how she would write about people because she wanted to understand them. Since then I started keeping a notebook with my thoughts and observations.
I got into theatre in seventh grade because even though I was really shy back then, I needed a class to take.
I got the travel bug because after my parents separated I ended up flying several times between Texas and Washington. Plus when I was with my grandparents, we would always go on a trip of some sort every summer.
I became involved with ABLE, the disability advocacy group because I met most of the people in the club at the SURC on campus and I thought disabilities advocacy was a worthy cause.
Now some time has passed by, my journaling has led to me writing about such topics as gay and lesbian marriage. I have also written poems, scripts and short stories. I've got to help interview Jay Leno in a real press conference. I discovered that I love meeting and talking to people from all walks of life.I liked my theatre class so much when I enrolled in seventh grade, I took theatre again in eighth grade. It led to me being able to work on shows such as Who's Croaking the Canaries,Anne Frank, Romeo and Juliet, and Peter Pan the musical ( non Disney version.) Now anyone who knows me will tell you I'm anything but shy. In fact, a famous mouse decided I had the right personality to intern for Disney in Florida.
The travel bug has not only taken to Florida,Texas and Washington. But it has taken me to at least Wyoming, New Jersey, New Mexico, Arizona, Oregon, Wisconsin, as well as England and France so far.
After joining ABLE, my peers elected me to be the club secretary. To boot this year I got to attend a disability caucus and I helped get my organization 4,810.00
If being me has been enough to get me this far, I hope it's enough when I am out in the real world.