heritage station.

Today has been an extremely unproductive day. I didn't have class today, and I didn't work until 4:30 so I must have pressed my snooze button about 9 times this morning. When I finally dragged myself out of bed around 9:30 (yes that's sleeping in these days), do you think I worked on my paper due next week? No. Do you think I went into school to see a presentation that would earn me extra points for a class? No! Do you think I did any cleaning or laundry that needed to be done? NO! Heck, if it wasn't for work tonight I'd probably, no deffinately, still be sitting watching The Big Bang Theory.
But, after leaving the house, I realized today wasn't all bad. I got to the train station right around when the high schools get out, so the station was just packed full of noisy and annoying pubescent boys and girls, and it made me think for a second or two about how glad I am to be over that stage of life. True that I'm only 3 years out of high school, but those 3 years have been valuable times of growth and change! At Heritage Station today I saw some of the most ridiculous outfits, heard some of the most outrageous conversations, and smelt some of the most...creative blends of colonge scents! While I sat on a bench and watched 3 packed full trains go by (in an effort to avoid the massive crowds of all these promising individulas) I was suddenly very grateful for the time I am at in my life right now. I have worn my share of ridiculous things, said my share of outrageous things, and I'm sure I've used some pretty creative scents in my days too, but I am glad to be pretty much done with those stages of my life. It's almost like this big I need to fit in with everyone around me by matching them perfectly weight has been lifted since I broke free of high school in 2008.
I am grateful for the stages of life that we each get to hate, then get through and THEN appreciate. I'm grateful for all the things life has taught me so far, but am glad that I get to move forward, and not need to go back to any of them. There have been good times and frustrating ones, but I've learned, and continue to learn, lots and lots. I'm grateful for where I've been, I'm enjoying where I am, and I'm excited about where I'm headed. Life's a funny thing, and I'm just glad to be a part of it!