What I Miss

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?.