Nostalgia and Growing Pains

So, today, on the way to work, I was fooling around with my cd player, and what should fill my speakers, but the sounds of some old school John Mayer. Okay, maybe he's not that old school, but I think I bought that cd in high school. Well, I started feeling a little nostalgic. I was thinking about highschool and all the wonderful things that come along with it (sense the sarcasm), and how much I have changed since then. Just the other day, Crystal was saying that even if we could turn back time and go back to high school, it would be completely different. And it would, if I could relive that part of my life, knowing what I know now, nothing would be the same. But, if I could relive that part of my life, and I changed everything I did back then, what would my life be like now. I believe that some of those lessons were just too invaluable to give up just for the sake of the avoidance of a few pains. Plus, I could never give up Washington DC, Tyndale, and that one time we snowboarded.
But, even as I was reminiscing, I started to think about how I am looking forward to moving forward. Living with my parents now is no picnic. Man, there are a lot of people in that house. I hate my job with such a burning passion, that I feel it may be straight from the devil. I used to love that job. I used to really love that job, a lot. Now, I struggle to make it through the eight hours I have to sit behind that desk. And, while I am scared crapless about life after graduation, I am really looking forward to walking across that stage. I have no idea what's in store for me, but I know that I am outgrowing that person I used to be. I think that I have more than just come out of my shell, but I broke that thing wide open.