My First Post- The Trials of Adolescence

So here I am on a Saturday night, sitting at home with my younger sister and my dog, trying to do my homework which I have no other time to do over this weekend, due to a Friday night formal event, a Saturday outing and working all day Sunday. Tell me, is there anything sadder than working on a Sunday, wasting the "sabbath day", the one reserved for rest and recouperation? The answer to that question is- a big fat yes. The only thing sadder than working on a Sunday is BEING HOME ON A SATURDAY NIGHT. I'm supposed to be out, living life and meeting people, dancing all night long and generally enjoying myself.
The only problem with that is that I'm not yet legal, so "going out" is not that easy. I feel like I'm stuck in between, in limbo- not a little kid, content with eating lollies and watching "Finding Nemo", but not yet a 'grown-up' who can go out or drive myself around wherever I want to go, anytime.
I'm reminded of that classic Britney Spears song and vital plot point in her fantastically terrible movie debut (and oddly enough, only movie to date), "I'm Not A Girl, Not Yet A Woman". Ah, the pitfalls of adolesence. No freedom, no rights, homework, growing pains, encounters with the opposite sex (I'll give you another post on that later in the week- very juicy stuff happening at the formal event last night!), it goes on and on!
Tell me how you manage/managed your adolescent years- any advice for a confused young girl stuck in the suburbs?