Advice for my 20ish year old self....

I saw this on Bridget's blog and I thought it was such a great idea!  There are plenty of things that I would love to tell my high school/college self.  Here are just a few....

1.  Listen to your mother.  She knows what she is talking about.  She has ALWAYS been right and your life will be easier if you just accept that fact and do what she says :)  There are so many examples of this I can't even count them.  Most of them are related to boys but she has plenty of advice about life in general as well.  When she tells you you can do better...believe her.  When she tells you that you are beautiful...believe her.  When she tells you he is the one after your first date...believe her.  :)

2.  It is ok to be picky when it comes to boys.  In college my friends gave me such a hard time because I never wanted to date anyone.  Or I would go on a date....they would be nice enough...but I didn't want to go out with them again.  For a while I thought maybe something was wrong with me.  But, it turns out, I just didn't like "college" boys.  I wanted someone who was more mature.  I guess that is why I married someone who is 9 years older than me :)

3.  You will have a great relationship with your dad.  I would have never believed it....in a million years!  My dad is an alcoholic.....an alcoholic that has been sober for 7 1/2 years!  When he was drinking we did not get along AT ALL.  I could do an entire post on that situation and all the HELL he put me through.  I hated him for a long time.  But, he got really, really, really sick....like they told me he was going to die any minute and I needed to just prepare myself for that.  Then, miraculously, he slowly started getting better.  No one could believe it.  He hasn't had a drop to drink since then.  I can't even explain how unbelievable this is.  Most people do not stop drinking....most people go back to it.  Especially people like my dad.  Anyway, it took a long time to repair our relationship but we did.  And now things are great!  He is very excited about having a grand daughter.  I still can't believe it sometimes...

4.  You will want to live near your family someday.  I wanted to get away from my family when I went to college.  See above for the reason.  But, that all changed when I got married and thought about starting a family.  They aren't so bad after all ;)

5.  You don;t have to be so shy!!  People are going to like you for who you are...stop worrying about it so much.  Who cares what they think?


6.  You have the best friends a girl could ask for....and they will all still be around when you are almost 30.  Cherish them even more for this fact.  


7.  One day you will LOVE your small boobs.  I don't think I would have believed this one either.  But it is totally true!  My husband is the one who made me start liking them...I guess because he liked them.  But anyhow, if I had known this it would have saved my mom a lot of money.  Padded bras, water bras (seriously had this at one point), push-up bathing suits, you get the point...


8.  The awesome CHI (or croc in my case) will be invented and your hair straightening time will be cut in half...I know...SQUEAL!!!


9.  Have a little confidence in yourself.  Confidence is very attractive and will get you far.


10.  You don't have to worry about getting pregnant....your eggs have a super thick shell around them (like a fortress)...so no worries!!!!   Ok...maybe I wouldn't say that to her but ya know...I would want to :)


Now, if Kelly that is holding a newborn baby girl in her arms would come and tell 22 weeks pregnant Kelly that everything was going to be ok....I would really appreciate that!


What are some of the things you would like to tell your younger self?