I Don't Want To Grow Up

Have you ever felt like you needed a laugh track for your life? Maybe it's just me, but I find that on an almost daily basis, someone says or does something that just calls for a guffaw or two. Of course, that someone is usually me. As I go though my routine at the office, I find more and more that I seem to have lost several marbles somewhere along the journey of my life. I mean, when was the last time you saw a 35 year old man skip down a hallway whistling the theme from The Smurfs? Yes, I actually caught myself doing that for a moment. What's worse is that several of my coworkers observed this curious behavior as well. I cannot tell you what caused me to bound through the office in such a manner. Or that choice of a song. As I sat back down at my desk, I started to think about the numerous things of this nature I had done today and I was astounded. Not an hour before, I had been sitting here lip sync-ing 'Dancing Queen', complete with a Sharpie for a microphone. I seem to have a pet name for everyone in the office....Aquanetta, Miss Girl, and Playboy, to name a few. I got to the office first this morning, and when my boss arrived he asked me if I was having 'Club Tim' because I had music blaring out of my computer and was playing with the lights. And yesterday the son of a coworker was here, and I damn near destroyed two copiers and a fax machine trying to teach him how to stand on his head.

Something is clearly wrong here. Or is it? Sure, at times it probably seems that I may be a candidate for a padded room and adult incontinence undergarments. And there are those that will argue that Pampers would be a better choice, since I am so in tune with my inner child. I say, don't knock it until you've tried it. The next time you are outside (or as the case may be, in a hallway), try a cartwheel. If you get through it without breaking any bones, it can be quite a spirit booster. And never underestimate the power of spontaneously bursting forth in song. Sure, you may alienate a few people (or a few hundred if you are in a mall). Add little shuffle-ball-change in there and you might even earn a few coins in the process. Now if I can just find my Big Wheel, I am going to see if I can jump the handicapped ramp in front of my building...