What does it mean when you get an Apple and a grey status bar during start up of a MacBook Pro?

When I start up my MacBook Pro I get an Apple icon and a grey status bar.  Some days the start up goes really fast and other days it takes a few minutes for the computer to start up.  My laptop never used to do this.  It started a month ago.  Is there something I should do to resolve this?  Below are my computers spec's:
OS X Yosemite V 10.10.1
MacBook Pro (15-in, 2.53GHz, Mid 2009)
Processor: 2.53GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
Memory 4 GB 1067 MHz DDR3
Start up Macintosh HD
Any help someone can provide me would be greatly appreciated.  Thank you in advance!!

The boot progress bar with progress bar with a dark background is a new feature for Yosemite and appears for seconds before the desktop loads. It is normal that "some days it goes really fast".   Yosemite is heavier than Mavericks and as a result  the boot time is slightly longer. On Mavericks it was a little wheel that spun, now it is a progress bar.

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