Six Years Too Fast

​Since today is New Years Eve, everyone usually asks, “What happened to the year, it went by so fast.”
Well I haven’t had the time to reflect on the past six years and the amount I’ve missed the second most important man in my life (yes, dad, I bet you guess the most important was you), My Grandpa
John Musselman
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I’ve done a lot these past six years. I’ve ground up, had various fights with my dad, gone through high schools, experienced the usual teen things, but I’ve also changed a lot. But reflection back to when I was twelve years old, I miss being twelve. I miss my Friday night Burger King dinners with my dad and grandpa. I miss reminiscing about how when I was younger I would throw my uneaten burger or fries behind the oven (that must have been fun when they cleaned up).
The reason (to me) the years go by so fast is because everyone tries to rush through everything. We don’t appreciate anything anymore. Maybe the nights spent at Applebee’s until they close, but even those aren’t like the ’bee’s nights I used to have with Dad and Grandpa. I used to think it was so great to be allowed to sit at the bare when I was eight. Now I sit at the bar like it’s a normal thing, because that’s what I grew up doing.
I can’t eat at Applebee’s or get Burger King without remembering those ten years of my life.
And I’ll always miss it.
But in those six years I’ve done a lot.
· Found out more about my mother.
· Gotten closer to my sister
· Gone through three and a half years of High School
· Moved into a house
· Learned to drive
· Turned 18
· Gotten a job
· Been on a roadtrip down the east coast.
· Fallen in love with Siesta Key.
· Disney World before freshman year.
· Most importantly, I’ve grown up

I won’t lie, the past six years have been sort of tough. But I’ve gotten through them with my dad at my side.
No one talks about grandpa much, in a way I’m glad (I’m sure I could never handle a face to face talk about him), but I think (or like to hope) that everyone who knew him still misses him tons.
I remember December 19, 2004 like it was just two weeks ago. But it’s now December 31, 2010, six years later and everything has changed.