I miss…
- Sleeping in on weekends.
- Staying up late to watch movies or have sex.
- Breakfast in bed.
- Listening to grown-up music.
- Having the weekend to myself, with no obligations to be anywhere.
- Evenings out with friends.
- Afternoon naps (mine and the kids).
- Time to read.
- Time to draw, just for fun.
- Crayons.
- Magic markers.
- Trips to the craft store.
- Trips to the fabric store.
- Sewing.
- Costuming.
- Being Xena Wariror Milkmaid.
- Watching Xena Warrior Princess (but only the first three seasons).
- Regular workouts at the gym.
- Long hot baths with bath oil and fancy body scrubs and candles and aroma therapy.
- Long hair.
- Red hair.
- My pre-baby body, especially the knees.
- Feeling relaxed and well-rested.
- Fat, happy, sleepy babies curled up in my arms.
- My two cats who passed away in the last two years.
I don’t miss…
- Wondering if I’ll ever get pregnant.
- Being single and living on my own.
- Working at a ‘real’ job.
- A big paycheck.
- Not knowing what I want to do with my life.
- College.
- The Army Reserves.
- The Army Physical Fitness Test.
- Wearing a uniform.
- Wearing a business suit.
- My twenties.
- My thirties.
- My teens.
- My acne.
- My braces.
- The ass-holes who tried to make life miserable for me in school.
- School in general.
- Any of my ex-boyfriends.
I turn 40 in a couple of weeks. There’s a lot of things I miss these days. Looking over my list, I realize I can fix most of those, if I want. Then there are the things I don’t miss. I’m glad I’ve moved along with my life and left those things behind.
What do you miss from your younger days? What are you glad you left behind?.
