Content and Curious....

So after sitting here listening to Music.Yahoo.com and reading Simmons' recap of the Grammys, I have come to the thought of - "where would I be had I gone to a different school?" Well, actually the thought began this morning as I read some of the math "literacy" of the local high schools. Most - including the state average - were at about 30%, that meaning that 3 out of 10 high school students were properly prepared to pass the new math graduation standards for the state of hockey. My high school - 15%. Now, don't get me wrong - I'm pretty much a math genius. Calc in high school - a couple engineering degrees from college. But seeing today that my high school was so far behind leads me to ask - was I challenged enough? Could I be a really nerdy physicist or something working at some secret think tank in northern Nevada? Maybe. Would a change from green and gold to blue and gold made the difference? Certainly I'd be in a different place today - at least with who my friends are and the past experiences that have brought me to this point. But just how different? Every once in a while - and I mean once in a while, very sparingly - I start to think about this, but I always am comforted by the fact that 1) the decisions/choices were made and can't be changed and 2) I've always been pretty reasonable with the decisions I've made. I don't regret too many of them and even for those that I do are for petty reasons. The short version is - are there things I wish were different - of course. Are those thought dominating my life - nope. I have great friends, family and work. Is it always easy - no. Could it be just a little easier - of course, and that's what I look for. As long as I'm able to continue to look myself in the mirror and sleep at night - that's what counts.