There are many things that I miss about highschool and even my time in university. I miss the daily routine of classes. I miss being able to skip a few hours or an entire day and not have to deal with major consequences and getting over it with the simple line "I wasn't feeling good". I miss outdoor classes in the summer, gym classes outside, spares and study sessions in the library with a good book or outside with coffee, a smoke and a good book. I miss seeing friends every day, the clubs, the lunch time activities but most of all, I miss holidays. I miss spring break, summer break, christmas break and professional days.

Seeing all the teeny boppers out and about town this week has reminded me of how much I dislike working in an office, being inside all day, having to account for time spent away from my desk and not being able to take a day off if I want to. To be truthful, I could take a day off but thinking of what would await me upon return makes me queasy. I can just imagine the stacks of filing, typing and general paper that would accumulate over a 7.5 hour period.

When I think of how much I dislike this job, I can't help but imagine where I'll be in a few years, degree in hand, library doors swinging wide for my first entrance as an employee rather than a customer. Other images sneak in occasionally. A position working in an office but one where I make my own schedule, where I don't account for every moment of the day and where slipping into a daydream for a few moments in the afternoon and missing a phone call is not a criminal offence punishable by a meeting with the boss.

The dream lives on.