Hey, Thats our table!!

Ended up at Lady Falconburgs last night. It was the first time I had been to pint night after 10PM in a long time. Nowadays we seem to prefer the quieter times and earlier nights than we used to.

We walk into the bar and it is quite crowded, that’s fairly normal for late on a Monday, what college kid can pass up $2 pints of anything on tap? I do mean anything... Guinness, Boddingtons, Smithwicks, Newcastle, ect.. 38 taps to be exact. First off it takes a fair amount of patience to get a drink, even with our unfair advantage of knowing all the waitresses and bartenders on a first name basis. As we are standing around enjoying our beverages, looking at all the kids (at least they all seemed a lot younger than me) around, we noticed something.

Years ago while we were all back in school, Monday night "Pint night" was a big deal and we didn’t miss it for anything. We always got there just before the crowd, claimed our table(s) and began drinking. They were wonderful times, all of us were always there, all sitting and having a great time hanging out at the bar. So as we are standing around in this somewhat foreign land of today’s "Pint night" crowd, Mike pointed out "Hey, that used to be our table." Sure enough, when I looked at our oh so familiar spot in the back, I saw what could have been described as us 3 years ago. It was an exact match, a large group of friends the three tables pulled together, all chatting and laughing and generally having a splendid time. To top it off they even had a boot going around. It was like looking at myself from a distance 3 years ago. Quite an eye opening experience.

That made me realize just how much I have changed (or not) in the last few years. I cant say a had more fun back then, but it seemed much easier to let it all go and enjoy yourself just being there. Today, my life just seems so different, and I somewhat miss those times, but then again not really. I still feel the same, I still think the same, it is just the circumstance of my life that changes, which in turn changes the way you live it. It is fun to look back like that, and it has sparked some ideas and motivations in my head that I had long forgotten. Ideas and motivations I intend to take advantage of and get back to enjoying life to its fullest.