Detour

It's 9' o clock in the morning and I'm just going to make it on time for work and what happens? I see one of the finest men I've come across in quite some time is a conductor on the a train. We make eye contact and smile. Oh yea he likes me. One problem.

I don't take the A train to get to my job. The A was running on the F line for a few stops but wasn't going where I needed to be. Aint that how it always happens?
I had a choice.
I could take the detour that I knew would be fun but only take me farther from my ultimate goal or I could stay on the path for my destination.

A few years ago I wouldn't have even had to think about it. I would have gotten on the train, gotten his number and had a little fun.

Am I still that girl?

I gave him a wink and let the train doors close. You see I am no longer "that girl", I'm growing into this woman. A woman that is past allowing a "good time" keep me from my future. I've had enough good times to keep me catching up for years. How often have we done something, gone somewhere or entertained something knowing it would deter us from our destinies?

Am I saying that you can't have fun on your path? Absolutely not! But as for me and my house (lol TJSM stand up) we're about more than the right now. We are focused on the forever.