The School Bus

    I should be asleep right now, but hey you only have a blog once right? Eh not true.. but thank you for witnessing my attempt at being witty. 

    I wake up every morning at 7:28am; slightly random, but 7:20 is too early and 7:30 is too late. Therefore, 7:28 it is. I leave for work at 8:20am. Even if I leave five minutes earlier, I still manage to get stuck behind that damn school bus. On a two lane, two way road...there's no way I'm getting in front of that bus for a good 15 minutes. It used to bother me, but then I decided to view it as an opportunity.

    I decided to observe every stop it made. Every stop was so different. Kids fighting...kids laughing...kids hugging their parents goodbye...some kids waiting patiently all alone. I felt extremely nostalgic. 

School bus days

    Such a wonderful..strange age. So young. So naive-but this is not necessarily a bad thing. Being naive can be healthy....to an extent. At a certain age, there are certain things that children should not worry or know about. Once one worry starts..others are triggered. Which is probably why the older we get...the more worries seem to appear. Life gets more and more complicated. 

    I'm not saying that growing up is tragic. With great responsibility comes more freedom. It's just a weird feeling to drive past your childhood memories as you are commuting to your full time...post-college...adult job.

    It's interesting that a school bus could trigger all of these thoughts. Welcome to the world of my daily commute. 

Commitment

    If you know me, you are probably aware that I have no concept of privacy. I have a tendency of revealing a lot about myself to others. There really isn't much I feel the need to hide. I even share things that I should be embarrassed about, probably because I get a kick out of triggering various reactions. I am not a private person.  With that said...I'm in a relationship..and I am going to write about it. 

     My boyfriend and I have been together for 3 1/2 years. And I am proud to say that we are nowhere near perfect. As a matter of fact..I think we are discovering that we constantly have things to work on, which is a beautiful thing. Not only are we learning about one another, but we are simultaneously learning about ourselves-and we will continue to meet ourselves again and again. 
     It's normal to have doubts in a relationship; In life, we make choices and commitments and it's important to question everything we do. A friend of mine once said that if we over analyze and doubt a situation long enough, then we will always be able to find a reason out. There is always a reason out of any commitment that we make in life. This doesn't mean that giving up is the only option.  We are living in a world where people seem to be giving up more easily. Yes, some relationships truly need to end...but I feel that more couples needs to live by this philosophy:

A reporter asked the couple, "How did you manage to stay together for 65 years?" The woman replied, "We were born in a time when if something was broken we would fix it, not throw it away.." -Source

My Grandparents have been married for almost 60 years