Adult life as described through anime

You graduate from college.

Goodbye friends! Goodbye life I've known for the past 4 years!

You're ready to take on the world.

Yoshi! Ikuzo!

Time to get that dream job.

Ooh! Me! Pick me!

But it turns out....you don't have enough experience.

...

Well, maybe that dream house/apartment?

Ah, piece of cake, right?

Oh wait. You can't do that without a job.

So close...

Well. Next best option. It's better than living by the river on government cheese.

It's dark and a little damp, but hey, it's home!

Don't forget to learn to cook!

Potatoes. Pancakes. STARCH.

It may take a while....

Wut happened to my cake.

So don't forget to treat yourself out once in a while!

omigosh, food tastes good. It. Tastes.

You learn that making bentos is a lot of fun. (And way cheaper!)

Here you go, dear husband.

Also, cleaning is a thing.

Honey? I think the sink overflowed again...and the toilet.....and the tub.

So are bugs.

Bedbugs...ants.....fleas.......

Time to take public transportation to work!

AAAAHH! I need to catch the next bus!!!

Two part time jobs? Bring it on!

Good afternoon. How may I be of assistance?

Gasp! An interview??

Please oh please oh please oh please

But someone else had more experience. And another degree.

Seriously?

There's also an opening for a shweet apartment that's more affordable. But you can't break your current lease for another 4 months.

Whyyyyyyy.

Sometimes, it's just hard.

You cry more that you thought you would.

A lot more.

And get way more angry than you thought you would.

Why are all the things so dumb???

But somehow, there's always Someone, somewhere, to cheer you up.

To calm you down.

Just to be there for you.

Things really aren't so bad.

Emotions...

 Well ok. They're still annoying.

Oh yeah. The student loan grace period expires.

But if you remember to look Up...

...life really is beautiful.

So don't worry.

There really are people cheering for you.

Saints, anyone?

Don't be afraid to live that imperfectly perfect happy ending.

"Our life is not a pointless wandering. We have a sure goal: the house of the Father."
-Pope Francis

The Daily

I almost forgot I had a blog. Almost.

Between the pile of homework and adventures that college dished out and the lemons and lemonade of life, sat this itty-bitty blog. Waiting, begging to be updated. "Well honestly, there are so many blogs out there, who really cares what I post? Nobody comes here anyway," said the college girl despite the visitors' counter that said otherwise.

And maybe no one will.  But maybe I should take up writing again.

 

It's been nagging at my heart for a while that maybe someone needs to hear the stories of homework that stacked high to the ceiling. Maybe they wanted to read adventures of coffee, laughter in the hallways, awkward friendships that began and ended, and glimpses of adulthood that college dishes out. Maybe they needed to hear about all the lemons and lemonade that came pouring down when I least expected it. Maybe they just need to know that they're not the only one Life sweeps off into the daily sunset.

Maybe someone needs to know the daily struggles of a young Catholic.

Because really, how often do you get a story from a young, Catholic blogger who's apparently been around since 2006? Who used to spend her spare time discerning a religious vocation, left Honolulu for Ohio to find herself, discerned out by the grace of God, found her dearest friend and companion, finished her degree at Franciscan University, got married young, and is now attempting to figure out life as a wife in DC? I'd be intrigued.

So here's the stuff that drives me crazy. And this is how God's Truth, Goodness, and Beauty redeems it each time.

"Heroism must become daily, and the daily must become heroic."  -Saint John Paul II