Do you want to feel young?

Just now I've got my office in my kitchen. An office needs a printer. Having a printer on the table or by the toaster didn't seem like a good idea, so it is placed under the table. Whenever there is any trouble and an error message is shown on the display I have to sit under the table, with a lamp to be able to see. It gave me such a flashback to my childhood when we used to make a little house under a table. Do you remember how much fun it was? (Please don't misunderstanding this, I'm NOT playing under my kitchen table, I just remembered how fun it was when being a small kid.)

Some days ago I was walking in the city late in the evening together with a girl friend. We saw this almost empty outdoor dance floor where an middle age DJ was playing old disco hits. There was only a group of tourists hiding under a shelter listening, since it was a bit rainy. I couldn't resist the opportunity to dance, so we joined the dance. Soon after, the floor was crowded with people who were dancing like crazy in the rain. An unusual mix of foreign, Swedish, old and young people simply enjoying themselves. At that moment I felt more like a teenager rather than a middle age woman in a rain jacket.

Sometimes when I run my bike, play music loud or make my kids laugh I don't feel old.

I remember the speech that Brook Shields gave at the (criticized TV-) memorial ceremony of Michael Jackson where she talked about how childish they were, because they had not been able to play as kids since they were artist then. That was quite understandable to me.

Maybe also especially well behaved kids who always made our homework, have an extra need to feel childish as grown ups? Or maybe that's just a very typical feeling, when we realize that we aren't young any longer and we actually miss it?
One word: MIDDLE-AGED!!!