Youth truly is wasted on the young. And childlessness is wasted on the childless.
Our friends over at Nerve published a Top 10 Childish Things We Wish We Could Do as Adults on the Scanner blog. But reading it as a parent? I'm so over fish sticks! And I wouldn't want to go anywhere near a summer camp, unless it included "Spa" in the name and my cot was made up with a Westin Heavenly Bed.
Still, I get Emily's point. Running around the yard naked does sound appealing (to me, not likely my would-be forever blinded neighbors).
Now I'm thinking about 10 things I wish I could do but can't because I have kids. I'll start with 5, you fill in the rest.
1. Eat out constantly.
2. Go to bed at 2 a.m. (Reveille around here is 5-freaking-30 ... in the morning!)
3. Retire my overworked (and failing) internal editor. (Mommy likes to swear.)
4. 'Member the above-mentioned summer camp/spa? Without kids, I could probably swing it.
5. Fine. I wish I could eat fish sticks. But the doctor says they're bad for the kids and other moms will judge me.
What do you miss?
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