11.73 things I still do from my childhood.

I am growing up and older but I have come to realize that there are still things I like to do that are the same from when I was a kid. Remember those days before car payments, concerns about our mid section and mortgages? It was a life full of carefree fun. There are moments now that I find myself doing stuff that I use to do as a kid and loving it just as much. Some of the fun stuff I do is so much easier now because no one expects it. In other words, I get away with it because it seems like I made a mistake, when in reality it was totally planned. Here are the 11.73 things I still like to do from my childhood.

1. I like to trap people in revolving doors. You may be asking yourself, when was the last time you did this? I did this in Oregon just last week 11/19/09 at 3:57 to be exact. There was a guy going through the hotel revolving door and I made it look like I went through and my suitcase didn’t. It instantly stopped the door and he kind of ran into it. He looked at me and I just said, “Sorry,” he said “no problem.” Precisely planned event excellently executed.
2. I go around twice in revolving doors. Watch the movie “Elf” and there is a great scene involving this activity. No more to say here.
3. Kicking loose rocks down the street, just to see how far they will go and where they will randomly change course. I do this quite often when I go for my walks in the morning. Very fun, try it.
4. Don’t forget scrunching through huge piles of autumn leaves. Man that sound is so cool. You can pretend you are walking on potato chips, crackers or dried up bones. It all depends on the mood you are in.
5. Puddles! Oh, and the more adult version of veering slightly in the road for a puddle while driving my F150 to make a big whoooshy splash. I just wish we lived in a place where it rains a little more. There was one time, about 2 years ago, I took the kids out to a road that floods and we drove through water that was almost mid tire. So much fun.
6. Every time I come to double doors without a bar in the middle, I throw both of them open at the same time and strut through. The sad part is you don’t see to many of these so when you do don’t let the opportunity pass you up.
7. I pretend I use the force to open up automatic doors. This is as close as I am going to get to being a Jedi. When I feel like a Jedi Master I will use the same “force power” to change red light to green.
8. I snap my fingers instead of use the force to make the doors open. When I’m not in Jedi mode and want to be in my mafia crime boss mode I will snap my finger to open a door. It makes me feel like I am the Godfather. If you really want to enhance this feeling, snap your fingers to open a door at a dollar store with $30 bucks in your pocket. You feel like a millionaire.
9. I’m a fan of balancing on curbs instead of walking on the street. You can pretend all kinds of things. I love when my dog walks behind me while balancing on a curb.
10. Every once in awhile I will go up the stairs on all fours. This one is hard to do when people are watching. It is a lot of fun.
11. I still catch myself trying not to step on cracks on the sidewalk or on certain color tiles in the airport. We just went to a mall not to long ago and I did this. I will often do this in airports. I will choose a color and have to step on it, if not I will fall into the hot lava. This is so much fun and no one knows you are doing it. It is my way of making something mundane into something new and exciting.
11.73 I will try to hold my breath until something happens. For example if I am sitting in an airport I will try to hold my breath until someone who is wearing a blue…