Today I was driving doing some errands and I just decided to keep going. I drove past my little bubble of campus and out to another town with no agenda and map on my phone. It's interesting to experience new things like this. How often do I get off campus or away from my apartment on a Monday afternoon? But it's important. You see that people exist beyond your normal scope and that interesting things happen every day but you may just be too preoccupied to see them.
I stopped in to a Jack in the Box just because I was going solely based on what my stomach told me it wanted and even in this instance, little ordinary things caught my attention. The two little boys that were regulars and teasing the workers that they didn't even really know. The cashier who kept apologizing for things that were out of her control. The girl waiting awkwardly for her mom in the bathroom. The regular with a long wild beard in again for his late lunch. These are people I would've never thought of before... And here I am.
Sometimes it feels really good to get away.