It's All Betta Out Here

I was sitting outside in the beautiful sunshine today eating my lunch from Arizona's own Dilly's Deli and this song came on:

My baby takes the morning train
He works from nine till five and then
He takes another home again
To find me waitin' for him


It hit me as much as anything ever has: we have truly escaped that rat race life of New Jersey. I mean none of us really took the train (except my dad for a while) but we all recognize the life it represents. A life that we are so far removed from. We live in a place where we can all afford housing, something most of us couldn't do in NJ. Everyone of us has a car. My parents have 2 brand new cars! Everyone likes their job. Everyone has the things they need and we even get some of the things we want! I don't feel that this life was available to us in New Jersey. We all worked hard to get here, so I don't have a higher power to thank, I just want to congradulate everyone on their efforts and realize that this was the life I envisioned for everyone. I'm glad we never gave up, it was certainly worth it.