ok now I remember where I was going with this....

katie & I rode the bus....I get bus sick, but I don't like driving that far, either. riding the bus just seems easier. anyway, I was watching all the kids. when I was a kid on a bus trip, the cool thing to have was one of those big rectangular cassette players. a full size cassette player. you could adjust the volume, but everyone basically heard it.
now kids all have ipods & mp3 players. they're all in their own little world with their own music. no group singing. no good natured grumbling about song selection. just a bunch load of kids listening 2 their own music. granted, a few kids were texting each other. on the bus. honestly. and a few were recieving calls & talking to people I guess weren't on the bus.
sometimes I feel really old. watching all the kids with the individual music & thinking of 'the old days' when we were all singing "Blow Away"...