And here's something else you really liked...

I got to chat with an old friend tonight...

This isn't a totally un-heard-of thing... It's just been so long since I talked to him, it was fun. I called him because I was looking to put some new music on my iTunes and he has always been one of my go-to peeps for good music. He dropped everything he was doing and chatted and laughed with me for a few hours, even politely laughing at the silly "jokes" my sweet husband made about our conversation in the back ground.

Music used to be so important to me. Yet, as the years have gone by and I have become so pre-occupied with life, I have lost touch with my enjoyment of music. So, my friend spend quite a while, iPod in hand, reminding me of some of those "oldies but goodies" that we all used to love... even singing some of them...

Ha!! So fun. But, this eventually led to a conversation about a couple of people we both knew 20 yrs ago in high school and how, despite the complete inappropriateness of it (given their scandalous situation in high school... again, 20 or so yrs ago *lol* ), they seem to be becoming friendly on Facebook. The guy is married and the gal is not... But, if we can learn anything from history, making overtures toward *taken* men seems to be her style... and I actually find myself feeling a little protective of this guy's wife... *who I do not even know*.

The whole situation rubs me the wrong way. But, I am not completely sure why.

My husband thinks it is dumb that I even noticed, but... for goodness sake, stupid old Facebook puts in in my feed.. right out there for me to see... I am getting off track...

The point is, my friend did make quite an interesting observation... He said.. "Ya know... we really can't get away from who were are. Who we were 20 years ago is still who we are, it's not surprising that it bugs you now... We are still essentially the same people."

I don't know how I feel about this statement. For all I have been through in the last 20ish years to become the happy, healthy, funny (yes, some of these are self assigned labels... *lol*) you see before you, I am still essentially the same person I was then. Time changes a lot about us... I know... But are we always going to essentially be the same people?

Bah.. Humbug.

IDK. I am going to roll this around in my head for a while.

What do you think?