Oh To Be Young Again

I just spent three hours talking to my roommate about being a kid. How much fun it was to just go outside on a spring or summer night and play games with your friends. I remember playing Ghost In The Graveyard, Sardines, and Capture The Flag for hours and having so much fun. There was very little needed to keep us entertained and we knew what we would be doing the next night. It was a time when liking a boy just meant liking them- if they found out, it seemed like the end of the world for an hour but after that hour everything had moved on. There was no real problems we faced to speak of, arguments were easily resolved. We had no cares in the world... and at the time all we wanted to do was be older.
I want to be like that again. I want to play actual games instead of getting confused by ones I didn't even know I was playing. I want liking someone to be less of a challenge and more of a fleeting moment. When I was six the only reason I liked Kevin was because he liked the beach boys- when he found out I liked him, whatevs- we were good by math class. I want my only care in the world to be if I was going to get permission to sleep over at a friends house. The only drama I cared about was what was going on in my Sweet Valley High book.
However in ten or fifteen years I'm going to look back on today and want to be here again- 23 years old in New York City with only me to support (and my loan baggage)... So I must live in the now...

(two post in one day.. bit extreme... but yeah)