Being a kid

Rant/Question

Im 21 as of next week and just realized that I haven't been able to be a kid, from 8 years old I have been paying rent and have not celebrated my birthday for almost that long too. I'm currently going into my junior year of college in the fall and transferring to Western Washington university 200 miles away from my "home", as part of that process I visited last weekend and realized that I never really got to be a kid. When I transfer up I will have everything paid and my at home familial responsibilities will be (mostly) gone while up there. And now I'm heading towards my final big birthday in a while followed in 15 weeks by me going to university. I don't know what to do for either of these, should I get a job up there just to keep working? Should I rest? Should I throw together a party in 8 days?