Tired Of Being An Adult

I'm tired of being an adult, when does the clock turn back, I'm really ready for it right about now. When do I get to be a kid again, when will I get to go back home and just have my parents look after things. I could just worry about squeezing all the play time in before I have to go to bed. No bills, banks, falling stocks, relationships, dating, rent, taxes, elections or sucky jobs. When do I just go back to my old school, have my teachers come back, see all my friends again and we could talk about what it was like to grow up and all the hard things everyone had to do. We could all say "whew, glad that part of life is over" and just go on with being a kid again. We would all be young again, no greying hair, wrinkles forming, back pain and we could run forever without getting tired. When will my grandmother be back in her kitchen, the smell of fresh baked goods and a big smile to greet me with her "hello pet", and then later play games with us and listen intently to what a six year old had to say. Where is my grandfather to pick at us. When will my other grandmother be back at her piano to play tunes for us to sing along with. All my cousins would reunite and we could pick up where we left off with our games of tag, kick the can and red rover. Where is my dog. Who are all these old people in our neighbors houses, I want them back the way they were. I could tell some of my favourite aunts and uncles "boy I really missed you when you died during my teen years, I am so glad you are back now!" Is this crazy world going to halt soon? I would like to go back now, to when birthdays were a good thing to have, to when Christmas was magical and not stressful, to when Halloween was a fun thing to do between neighbors and not a religious conflict or candy grab. A time when ghost stories told by an older child were the gospel truth. I wish it was like the old days, when frustration built up too much you could just sit down, take a deep breath, cry out loud and someone would come and make it all better. Some days I feel I have had enough, so I am happy that it will all go back to the way it was before... any minute now.... I'll just wait here.