Apr 25, 2005 21:58
I wish I could go back to the time when I was a young 'un and everything was peachy. I had my neighborhood gang, we'd hang out daily, there were no worries, except when Bobbie would bounce me too high on the trampoline and I'd get yelled at. I miss the days when Disney World was an infinitely big place and you didn't know your way around, but it was sooooo cool because it seemed so real. I miss taking family trips to Blizzard Beach then eating at the McDonalds by the Rain Forest Cafe, then afterward going to the Lego store where they have that life size tree made out of legos. I miss chasing Josh and Tyler around the cul-de-sac and kissing them when I caught them, then getting scolded later that night. I miss riding down Michelle's steep drive-way belly-down on skateboards and almost getting hit by cars. I miss dipping in the lake behind Michelle's house and telling our parents that we were running in the sprinklers. I miss the excitement of playing Mario Kart 64 in Bobbie's living room. And I miss how we used to play Restaurant and use real dishes and ash trays. Sliding down the stairs on pillows, making a fort in the living room, trying to catch kittens with Melissa, finding a junk yard, hiding from the construction trucks, catching tadpoles, climbing in the trees behind Melissa's house when we weren't aloud to. Life was a joyride.
Now there are troubles around every corner, everyone's so depressing and depressed. Finding joy in simple things is a rarity now. It's so hard to please ourselves and others.