Just Around The Corner~

Well, My 18Th birthday and Graduation are just around the corner. I still have some schoolwork left to do, but it isn't really that much and can be done within two weeks. I'm still employed, but might have to look into adding a second job to the plate. College is more expensive than I had thought and don't think even a scholarship will help that much. I have to go to the college sometime this week and find out what else they need me to do besides send the SAT scores and financial stuff to them. I know I have to take the CPT test in August, but that's when I'm signing up for classes.
Anyway- for my VERY LAST English project, I was supposed to write a speech. Well, since I'm not really that good at speaking in front of people and really didn't want to do exactly what they wanted me to, I decided to write a speech here telling everyone how I feel about graduation and taking the next step in life:

To be honest, I'm terrified. I don't think anything has scared me like becoming an adult and facing the world. I hate the fact that I'm this one little minnow in this humongous sea. I've started getting nervous of how life "on my own" will be like. I've heard my parents and others that I seek advice from talk about financial problems and how even pinching pennies sometimes doesn't work. I've always strived for "perfection" in things that I do. (aside from school) If I didn't get it right the first time, I would get frustrated and never end up finishing it. I can't do that anymore. I'm not just trying to figure out how a toy works or what a word is in a certain book. If I decide to quit anything in my life as an adult, I could lose alot. I know that I have a lot of people backing me up and helping me get back up if I fall, and I think that's what making me stable right now. I know that no matter what mistakes I make, they'll be there with a helping hand.