Running...

I didn't run this morning; not in the mood...but that's ok..everyone else did! ha ha! election day! imagine running for office...there you are, up on the podium, blinding lights in your eyes, microphones stuck in your face, "have you ever smoked pot or taken hallucinogens?" well, yea, but it was like having a drink in those days, "drink and drive?" yea, but it was practically legal back then, "what about wanton, unprotected sex?" yea, well, now that I look back, I wish I'd had more to make up for what I'm not gettin' now; and then there was the 80's, "ever do cocaine?" well, I tried it...numerous times, before I finally realized I would never again get that first rush, from that first line, ever...and that it completely wrecks listening to music. But now? now I don't do anything..nothing...Maybe a little chocolate & donuts but, seriously, I can barely even stay awake during Dancing With the Stars.
Ya know, just once, I'd like to hear a politician say "yea, I partied my ass off; it was fun and at times, maybe stupid..maybe dangerous. It was a period in my life; I did it, I liked it while I was doing it, I choose not to do it anymore because I care about the health of my mind and body and that's certainly not how I want my children to remember me. And just once I'd like the people who elect our representatives to remember when they were young and stop holding our elected officials to unrealistic expectations. Because one of the greatest things is we all get to take those foolish decisions we make in our youth along with us for the rest of our lives! If you're really lucky, you even get to watch your kids make some of those same choices as you certainly don't know what you're talking about! Ask your kids. You've never been a teenager or even twenty something! You were born old, not cool and completely clueless. You somehow skipped that part of your life where YOU got to make the mistakes, learn from them and become a contributing member of society, with all your experience and gained wisdom. There are some days when I still feel like buying a bag of weed and an 8 pack of Miller Lights and sitting in some park and getting blasted, but, I may want to run for office one day and until then, I'll just run....