Why does it always seem so hard to get back into the swing of things after taking time off from work. I swear I have been dragging for the last two weeks and it doesn't seem to be letting up. SFC is on his way to the commissary right now to stock up on a variety of fruits to help me jump start my mornings. I refuse to partake in the energy drinks...they are horrible for your heart.
On to the real reason for this post...I have a dirty little secret...more like a dirty little addiction. Let me preface this with the fact that I am a pretty accomplished individual. I am very conservative in many views and do not put myself out there in for lack of better words in saucy ways. I am addicted to Jersey Shore!! I know, I know...but I love the show. It just has that something that keeps me coming back for more. I love JWow and Snookie...what a duo and Pauly and Vinnie get me rolling too. the others I don't care for that much but those four keep me laughing. I saw a Barbara Walters special a few weeks ago and the cast was being interviewed and all seem to be very successful in what they do. In the same turn they also seem to be so carefree. Maybe I like it so much because it reminds me about a time gone by a time with out many responsibilities and where time didn't seem so precious.
As I sit here and reminisce about those times I wonder how we even made it to where we are today. There was a great group of us. Some with who I am still very close with others that I haven't spoken to in years...funny how distance and time can separate so much. Some that have passed on to a better place...that have left a void...a huge void. Imagine standing on one side of the grand canyon and reaching for them only to never be able to get to them. A few that have managed to ruin their lives by decisions that they have made and a few that just seem to have disappeared over the years. We have all come so far...a banker, a teacher, an urban planner, a nurse that works at Johns Hopkins, ones in the Air Force, the other was in the Army, most of us got married...some more than once, some are still single, some became parents, aunts, uncles, some lost spouses, some lost children, one adopted, two became angels themselves, some lost parents, some realized that the path they were taking was not the one they wanted and did a 180 to find happiness, some stayed on the path they were on and succeeded...some failed, some travelled the world, some haven't left the state they were born in, oh what a life we lead. I wonder what would happen if we could go back and visit our former selves...what advice would you give to your younger self?
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