mikao's world

resurrgence of michelle

i didn't really watch much tv while at school, and since being home less than 48 hours, i've seen the name michelle used quite a few times... as a character name, in a commercial for a jewellry store (a guy practicing proposing... pretty much all he manages to get out is "michelle"), in a commercial for a car (a traffic cop named michelle leaves her name and number on the parking ticket)...

with this extreme popularity of my name in television as of late, i've come to a few conclusions:

a) i'm getting old...
b) michelle is no longer the popular name you name your daughter, it's the name of all the mothers.
c) us michelles, we're that age. that age we wanted to be as children. some are in college, some are young newlyweds, some are giving birth to their own children.

my birthday is only a few days away. this michelle is turning 25. seems like only yesterday i was still in high school. seems like only yesterday i was starting college. seems like only yesterday... for so many more things, so many more events. i feel like i should have accomplished more by now. shouldn't i be done school? shouldn't i be living on my own permanently? shouldn't i not be at my parents' house for the next month? shouldn't i have an exciting career? shouldn't i have a boyfriend or a fiance or be married? shouldn't i be more "grown up"?

what does this twenty-fifth year hold?

"See! The winter is past;
the rains are over and gone.
Flowers appear on the earth;
the season of singing has come,
the cooing of doves
is heard in our land.
The fig tree forms its early fruit;
the blossoming vines spread their fragrance.
Arise, come, my darling;
my beautiful one, come with me."
- Song of Solomon 2:11-13