Standing Still

It's Friday. Another end to another week. Is it wrong that I'm totally ok with that? My friends are all going through life changing events in their lives right now and as they are swirling around me I can't help but notice how I am standing still.

Wednesday night my close friends and I all met up at the townie bar to send off one of our best friends to Chicago. She will be there for the next five or six years earning her masters and doctorate degrees. New city, new school, and all new people. I admire her bravery and determination to follow the dream she has had since high school to become a psychologist. Admist all the picture taking, and sips of my drink I stopped and realized this will be the last time the five of us best friends would all be in the same room together for a very long time. L flew in as a surprise Wednesday night from a two month stay over in Ireland to get her CELTA. She hopes to return to Ireland or go to Morocco and teach in the fall. N returned from Ireland with L and decided the U.S. is her home and will pursue a career in PR and attend grad school. K is still at home as well but is venturing out in a new life as an independent, newly single woman with a new demanding job and new apartment.

The only thing that is new in my life is my "new" car. I was overdue for an upgrade in my vehicle but what really kick started me was that I had to do it in order to take my mind off of all this change. I needed something in my life that would break apart the day in and day outs of my normal, average life and keep me from day dreaming about traveling to Ireland or going to grad school, or living on my own.  I am content and happy where I am but I only get to live through my twenties once. Aren't your twenties a time to explore the world and all your options and then after you settle down where you want and do what you want? I am following my passion right now at my job but what if something else lies out there for me, something that will make me even happier? I have a wonderful life right now and am very grateful but I often wonder, should I be doing more?