Thank Goodness It's Friday!

Dad: I want to help you get an ATM card over the summer.

Me: No! That would make me too big...I mean old! I can't do that. I just want to go back to elementary school!

Mom: Take me with you!

Me: I wish I could go back and appreciate it more. Elementary school was perfect.

Reese: Derek (my 6 year old brother) doesn't realize how lucky he is.

Dad: Yes, but think about all of the things you didn't like about being that age -- you couldn't even see above the counter! You were constantly looking up to everyone.

Reese: Yeah, but all you had to do was eat!

Dad: No Reese, that's 6 MONTHS old, I was talking about being 6 YEARS old :) 

Wasn't elementary school just perfect? 

Sometimes I definitely wish that I could go back.

Life was so much simpler back then - the language was clean, the movies and shows were funny, my friends were all little-kid-cute, short, and innocent. 

The only music I knew was what CDs my parents had -- nothing quite like rocking out to the Beatles while doing saturday chores :) 

Everything was magical. Any common object could transform into something with the potential for adventure. 

I thought that any homework that took longer than maybe 10 minutes was terrible. And back then, homework over the weekend was nonexistent. Fridays were freedom.  

Even though I don't "live" in elementary school anymore, fridays are still freedom -- even if I have more homework to do than the rest of the week combined.

Today, it's friday...finally :)

It's been a great day, because fridays are always great days.
It's the day I look forward to during the whole school week, knowing that I will finally get a break from the norm.
It's the day I can finally do whatever I want and procrastinate all responsibility, because there is always saturday coming up next.
It's just a great day to be alive :)

Do you know what makes this friday even better?

It rained today!
I love the rain.

I love dancing in the rain.

I love the smell of rain. 

I love the clean world left behind by the rain.

And even if there are big storm clouds and the skies are gray, 

you always know that the sun will come out again -- it can't hide forever. 

And then, when it does, the whole world is more beautiful and green than ever before. 

It's definitely a great day to say "Thank Goodness It's Friday!!!"