It's my birthday and I don't feel 16

     16 is such a big age. Who was ever 16? Not me. Until a few days ago. I'm driving age in several states (except my state, conveniently). I'm drinking age in several countries. But I don't feel 16, or 15, I still feel 11. 11 and 40. I've been 11 and 40 for my whole life. One day I woke up, I was 7, but I was also 11 and 40. I cry like a small child but I suffer like a 40 year old college professor. It's about time I say that I have my whole life planned out. Go to college. Work in field. Go back to college for doctorate. Work. Buy a big home for my wife and our several large Tibetan mastiffs. It's doable, I guess. Everything will come in due time. I can wait, I promise, but I'm aching and wasting away and I have so much potential. Just give me an old beater and a few thousand dollars, I'll make it in the world, swear it!