KID AGAIN

THE GANG

Remember when being an adult and having the control to make all of your own decisions was all you could think about? For some it started to happen around the age of puberty, when your hormones began whispering filthy little nothings in your ear. For others, it may have been a bit later, perhaps the first time you came home on break from school and your parents asked you to come in at a decent hour.  Whenever your time came, there was certainly a moment when you thought, damn. I can’t wait until I’m grown!

Well, your wish has been granted. You are grown! I mean grown, grown. What does being grown, grown mean? It means you have bills and responsibilities that you can’t really get rid of. It’s here! The rent’s due. The kids need a bath. The roof is leaking. Your boss is as a jerk. The sad thing is, there is no escaping it. Or, is there?

It may sound simple, even down right silly but I sing my favorite childhood songs to rid myself of the “I’m grown blues.”  Yesterday, I was sitting in front of my laptop completely frustrated about a work assignment. The television was droning on in the back round, but was being paid little attention.  Suddenly, I heard something that caught my ear, Cookie Monster. Apparently, the bakers of the TLC show Cake Boss had been commissioned to create a masterpiece for Sesame Street’s 40^th Anniversary celebration.  Before I knew what happened, I was tapping away at my computer just-a-smiling and-a-singing, “Sunny days. Sweeping the clouds away. On my way to where the air is sweet. Can you tell me how to get, how to get to Sesame Street.”

It felt so damn good! So I urge you all, find that “thing” that makes you feel like a careless kid again! If it’s kick ball, grab your sneakers and a ball! If it’s playing double dutch, grab a long extension cord and two of your girls and go for it!  Whatever it is, make the time to have a tantrum all over your “grown-ass” blues!