Now I know Why All The Leaves Change In The Fall

Packing is a sad process, full of nostalgia coated memories. I've always kept stuff, like, random stuff. I know a lot of people do, but I'm just throwing it out there, I'm one of those people. Whenever I keep something from one of my adventures, I keep it with the intent of it reminding me of that moment. Rarely do I remember precisely what adventure these objects are connected to, but that's besides the point. So what I'm getting at, today I was packing up some more stuff to move to London, and I found a dried up giant maple leaf. Clearly from one of my expeditions into the Harrow bush, it struck me then how fast a month goes by now. Compared to when your little, when all you look forward to is holidays, your birthday, summer vacation, etc, and even a week seems to take forever to go by, now months fly by, no matter what you're occupying yourself with. They say time flys when you're having a good time, which I guess makes sense, once you're older, you have a clearly definition of what a good time to yourself is, and you generally have more say in what you do.

So months fly by, seasons fly by. Seasons have always been the most prominent physical evidence that days are passing. I'm just looking back on highschool, a generally good experience for me. I love my friends, and I love all the things we've done. And now we're all about to go to college and university. So I was standing in my room, staring at this dried up leaf from an Autumn who knows how many years ago, and it struck me just how often people, myself included, are constantly saying "I can't wait for ______!" and "I can't WAIT for _______!" And usually, it's something a person is really looking forward to. But it shocked me to think of how much time we waste in anticipation for important events to come. Really, I can't count how many times I've wished away time in order to arrive at some date or another, which is completely silly. Regardless of how much a person "can't wait" for something to happen, it's going to happen. I've realized how much more I should be appreciating every second of every day, because things are never the same as they were yesterday. Truth is, I CAN wait to go to college. I CAN wait to move out of town. I CAN wait for Christmas (lol). I'm not saying I'm not absolutely PUMPED for these things to happen, I'm just putting it out there, I'm content with whatever I have right now. And you would be too, if you got to look over at Smokey sound asleep on my bed. He's a cutie. :)

Back to packing, PEACE&LOVE. -Scorch.