young blood.

It’s only September 13^th, and I already miss summer. Summer never lasts long enough for me. I need the stifling hot air and the long, carefree days back. I need the endless summer nights where we’d walk around with no purpose, just breathing in the pure air, feeling free and like anything was possible. And anything WAS possible. We’d sing and dance and belt out our thoughts because we just didn’t care and no one was listening anyway. I want to go back to the days where I didn’t have to shower or put on makeup, just spend all day at the pool, soaking in the summer sun, falling asleep when I was tired, and jumping into the water when I got too hot. I want to spread out on the grass with a good book and never look at a clock once all day. I want to listen to music, so much music, album after album after album, and never once hit the stop button. I want the freedom, the reckless freedom back. I am still so young, and I just want to live in an endless summer.

But I know that’s not realistic at all. It’s a nice dream, but I know I can’t spend my life like that, as much as I’d like to. I need to go to school, and work hard, and get an education, and just work work work. I know how important it is to have direction and not just be idle all the time. But it’s hard to face doing hard things, especially when the memories of summer are so fresh in my mind.

But no matter what season it is, I’m still young, and still so free. I want to find ways to keep the summer spirit alive during winter, during the six-month long winter here in Utah. I have yet to come up with actual ideas of how to do this, so suggestions in my comments box would be greatly appreciated. Maybe I’ll just keep listening to music. Keep listening to music and being happy and yelling randomly and doing spontaneous things. Afterall, I’ve still got young blood.

Me: “Lets jump off cars and jump into lakes and just be free."
My good friend Jenny: “Yeah, or punch a baby and skip work.”

Sounds good to me, Jenny.

Here’s the song and accompanying video that inspired this nostalgic post. I feel like this song is the embodiment of summer. Try and watch this without feeling reckless and free, I dare you :)