Wednesday, June 17, 2009

What I wanna do...



I wanna be ten and be blissfully unaware of the time.

I wanna spend a good 10 minutes perfecting my pirouette, or what I firmly believe is a pirouette, in front of the bathroom mirror.

I wanna "sock skate" throughout the dining room, posing for the cameras as I go.

I wanna exist on a handful of raisins and crust less PB & J's.

I wanna believe in an endless world.

I wanna be able to WOO-HOO anytime, anywhere and anyplace and it would be considered normal.

I wanna have the hardest thing in my life be memorizing the 9 times tables.

Or deciding which Jonas was my favorite.

I wanna be able to put my pants on backwards and walk around the neighborhood with my friend like that.

I wanna have giggle fits over "nothing, just nothing"

I wanna get excited about birthdays, again.

I wanna go on a field trip.

I wanna pass a note to my friend in English class.
Circle yes if you think so and so is cute....

I wanna be crushed on him, but except he doesn't know it, yet.

I wanna play hooky.

I wanna be asked to dance, quite unexpectedly, again.

I wanna phone call, from my friend, to be a big event.

Right now.....

I don't wanna unload the dishwasher.

I don't wanna do the laundry.

I don't wanna scrub the bathroom

I don't wanna be a grown-up.

I don't wanna do nuthin'....

But I must because...

I hafta!

Peace - Rene

22 comments:

Vodka Mom said...

i don't wanna talk to teenagers about leaving condoms in the YARD...


i'm with you, Rene. I'm with you.

Wendyburd1 said...

I wanna be free like that again too! Some things I am still trying to leave behind, but a new start to be a kid again?! Ahh that would be sweet! I wanna go play outside and only be called in for dinner!

Beth Kephart said...

Let's do it!!!

Chuck Dilmore said...

love a girl who's
in touch with her inner child
and wears that child on the outside.

see, the beauty of being your age
is that you can drive, and do
amazing things that 10 cannot...

PLUS you have the ability
to act like 10 when you like, so
- in a way - you have it all.


i'm a fan of crusts, myself.
one day i will write a sci-fi
and they will eat loaves of
"only crusts" bread.

"R2... another loaf, here!"

beautiful post.
you remind us who we are,
who we should be. peace~

Jeff D'Antonio said...

Wait...I still do some of those things (NOT the Jonas one or the pirouette, just for the record).

I always try to think like a child. It's what keeps me from getting old.

IB said...

Another great post, Rene.

Jeanne said...

That's the thing about life that raises the stakes and keeps it exciting -- no do-overs.

Tia said...

amen sister!

Beth said...

Right on! Whoo Hoo!

I say we join forces and go back to that childhood. I'm still trying to figure out which Monkee is my favorite.

julochka said...

why don't you do all those things you wanna? who says you can't?

i love that one of the other commenters is called vodka mom. i've go check her out. she sounds like my kinda people. tho' i would be gin mom, given the choice. :-)

Suzy said...

Lately I've been noticing that we're ALL talking in this same vein.

That is a DEFINITE upside of blogging. We're all aging and bitching.

Well I'M not since I just turned 29.

Diane said...

Ditto.

Not The Rockefellers said...

thank you all for comments...It would be nice to be ten again, maybe for a couple of hours

Chuck - I must confess I'm into the crusts,too...daughter is not, so I eat her yummy pb&j crusts..

Jeff - Ya gotta be a kid...btw,I used to like Joe but now Nick is my favorite.

Jeanne, Tia, julochka, Beth, Diane...lets team up and go back in time, this time with do-overs..what would we do? That's a good blog topic to run with...

And everyone needs to check out VodkaMom, she's a must read!

Peace - Rene

Joanna Jenkins said...

Ten is that great age where you're still a child but sometimes want to be a "preteen" grown up. And you have so much energy! Woo-hoo. Great post.

Cygnus MacLlyr said...

I wanna...
Watch you sock-skate thru the dining room [ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-bum! "Just take those old records off the shelf!!!"]

Ready? Set? GO!!! I got the camera!!!! lol!!!

Thanks for the smiles, Lady Rocks...

Andrea said...

I wanna too!

♥ Braja said...

I know....

Jammmie said...

I so wanna read that again--it warms my heart. Adorable, sweet sentiment and indicates you had a good childhood you can look back on with happy memories. :)

You know you still can do ballet pirouetes whenever you like but jsut don't throw out your back like I did...and NO, i was not doing those! LOL!

I remember being like Peter Pan as a kid and not wanting to grow up when I looked at the world around me and all its stresses. I still feel much the same way except I have def. grown up!

Anyway, great write up this day. Love it. You are so witty, clever and spontaneous in your writing. Charming.

Oh, and hey...it's Hugh Grant's sister!!!

Maggie May said...

there is so much freedom and so much restriction in life, it's crazy contradictions

Lilly said...

I wanna be 10 for two minutes then realise what was to come. No, I decided a long time ago to keep walking ahead and dont look too often behind. Is that a pic of your daughter - she looks like her gorgeous Mom - daughters are beautiful frineds, no?

msprimadonna67 said...

Ah, nostalgia...it's a beautiful thing.

freefun0616 said...

酒店經紀人,
菲梵酒店經紀,
酒店經紀,
禮服酒店上班,
酒店小姐兼職,
便服酒店經紀,
酒店打工經紀,
制服酒店工作,
專業酒店經紀,
合法酒店經紀,
酒店暑假打工,
酒店寒假打工,
酒店經紀人,
菲梵酒店經紀,
酒店經紀,
禮服酒店上班,
酒店經紀人,
菲梵酒店經紀,
酒店經紀,
禮服酒店上班,
酒店小姐兼職,
便服酒店工作,
酒店打工經紀,
制服酒店經紀,
專業酒店經紀,
合法酒店經紀,
酒店暑假打工,
酒店寒假打工,
酒店經紀人,
菲梵酒店經紀,
酒店經紀,
禮服酒店上班,
酒店小姐兼職,
便服酒店工作,
酒店打工經紀,
制服酒店經紀,
酒店經紀,

,酒店,

Sierra Leonean Surgical Effort

Sierra Leonean Surgical Effort
bringing doctors and patients together

Half Moons and Maiden Names

Half Moons and Maiden Names
Track the current phase of a new book in the making by H.Charles Dilmore

The Firstborn

The Firstborn
H. Charles Dilmore