Oh, to be Seventeen Again

Why can't life's problems hit us when we're seventeen and know everything? A. C. Jolly

Actually, things are going quite well for me, at this moment. (Sadly, I know better than to expect them to continue..ha). New job seems to be working out, but then one week hardly tells one anything. No, it isn't any life shattering thing, this blog of mine, but merely that I came across the above saying one day last week and had to smile. For it is SO true. Or is it myself that finds it so true?

When I came across this saying, I immediately was taken back to when I was indeed seventeen, and I recall so clearly how I just thought I was hot shit! I mean WOW! I, and my friends, well, come to think of it, all of us in this age range, we just had ALL the answers. Vietnam? Oh hey, WE could fix it (well, maybe we could have). World problems? Civil Rights? Heck, piece of cake, if "they" (meaning the "old people") would let US handle things.

Oh and of course the TRULY important things of life. Heading to the ocean and making sure you had the skimpiest bikini on..... heading to Disneyland for our Friday night ( I lived 10 minutes from the place) out. Back then you could get in with General Admission and cruise guys and have a blast doing so (and oh did the guys that worked there flirt)..Oh yea!

TRULY important things like the surf club at school...now is there REALLY any other reason to attend High School if not for the surf club? And what to wear? OH MY!!!

Oh yes, then there were those times when my girlfriends and I would be walking down the street, spot cute guys, and I always would turn my ankle...OH MY GOD! I COULD JUST DIE!! Or the HORRIBLE problem of wearing nylons, and a RUN would dare happen!! Causing me to want to DIE! I mean really, how COULD I get through school with a RUN in my nylons?

Oh I know there were MANY more things that went on, which of course were all HUGE problems that I, as a GROWNUP seventeen year old, had to "deal" with.

Boy, silly of me I know, but I certainly wish I could have those problems now and know they were the ONLY problems I would have.