Being an adult can suck, and it can be awesome. And sometimes the sucking part is what’s awesome (wink, wink, because I totally mean that in a dirty way).

Being an adult can suck sometimes. Like, when the mortgage is due.

But sometimes, it can be awesome. Like, when you get to have your own nightstand and keep whatever dirty things you want in it.

Or, this:

That’s right, mold-a-ramas from the zoo. Those crazy machines that let off that really good but probably toxic melted plastic smell.

Back in the day, before we were totally broke, hubby and I had zoo passes, and every trip I would bring home a new mold-a-rama. Why? Because I fucking could!

When I was little, and at the zoo with my parents, I remember  wanting one so bad. It was just so much fun to watch the things being made (the machines had a clear covering so you could see the awesome molding process). I would usually have to cop a view from some other kid whose parent gave them a dollar.

But my parents were all like, ‘A dollar? No way! Then we’d have to give your sisters each one and that is 3 dollars!’ I still, at the age of 33, day dream of being an only child, people.

But as an adult at the zoo, I got to put my one dollar in that mold-a-rama machine, and laugh at all of the kids walking past, begging their parents for a dollar.

That’s right. I collected them all, bitches.

Being an adult can suck, and it can be awesome. And sometimes the sucking part is what’s awesome (wink, wink, because I totally mean that in a dirty way.)

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