I really miss Bug Juice and the Johnny Appleseed prayer.
I miss summer camp.
That one(or two) glorious weeks away from home, away from normal friends, sleeping in cabins, doing inside and outdoor activities, everything from canoing to hiking to tennis to judo to archery(my favorite), to arts and crafts(look, a ashtray. We are making birdhouses today)and ghost stories, raiding the girls cabins, sleeping on the pier out on the sound with water lapping all around you, falling off the top bunk in your cabin and getting up and getting in the lower bunk all without waking up, campfire time on the final night where you swore that you would never ever lose touch with these best friends you had ever known in your entire life(that was until next year) worrying about who would if anyone would dance(just one dance) at the camp dance, denying that you liked you but really she was the one you spotted when riding up in your parents car on that first day.
Basically, time away. I miss time away. A time to rejuvenate and come back refreshed. A time where all play and no work makes Jonny a happy boy.
Now, all I have for time away is lord of the rings online, a few cold guinness and bad tv. I would like more choices.
As my mom would say, "You may not want to dance, but it is always nice to be asked".
The more choices I have, the more chances I have to say no.
Maybe its that September is here, maybe its that school is back in session, maybe I am just getting old. I just do not feel the same as I did even say 5 years ago. And for some reason, that bothers me. But not enough to really do anything about it and really I do not know what if anything I can do about it.
3 comments:
lately, I never say no. I even went into politics!
Its not so much as saying yes or no, its the lack of options, period.
um, that sounds bad. Did you ever try to create your own options? I live in the most boring city in Spain, no options at all. And I hate that, that's why I volunteered for AFS, then went into politics....
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