... This is a test post, the first one from my phone to my blog. I don't know how much access I'll have to a computer when I get to Job Corps, but they at least allow me to have my phone on after training's finished for the day.

... I feel really nervous. Scared actually. I've never really gone anywhere without someone I know, I'm used to using the buddy system, so to speak. And I've had so many bad experiences to date with doing things on my own. It feels like the world wants me to stay near my mom and dad, and that's the last thing I want right now. I need to get out from under their feet and figure out how to take care of myself, how to make my own way, live my own life... I guess I sound like a dozen other young adults my age. And I feel insulted when I have to think of it that way. Maybe it's selfish, but I'm only worried about my life right now. I have to focus on making 'me' happy before I can make everyone else happy.