Things you only miss when they’re gone

• Youth
• Hair
• Your children
• Your parents
• Sex
• Zombies
• Glasses
• Hot water
• Water in general
• Heat in general
• Freedom
• Slaves… I mean maids
• The respect of your coworkers
• Health
• Anderson Cooper 360•¹
• Peace in the Middle East
• Your wife/husband²
• Food
• Living above ground
• Your…. ‘bum flower?’
• Moleskines
• Cartilage
• Atlantis
• The Eastern Bloc
• Hogwarts
• Your car
• The sound of children laughing
• The sound of children crying
• The sound of children shrieking as you slam on your brakes, hop out and hope to death that they’ll wake up.
• Oh, please God, why won’t they wake up?
• Poison control
• Mexicans
• Ice
• The carpool lane
• Memories
• Your frontal lobe

Today I am thankful for… the sound of children crying. Like clowns, children’s tears make me more powerful.

Lappy update: Apparently I wasn’t tracking my shipment as well as some of you superfans. It’s not set to arrive today, it’s coming MONDAY.  This makes me so sad, I’m going to listen to my mp3 of children crying on repeat in hopes that it cheers me up.

1. I know! I can’t believe it took me this long in my list to think of it! [↩]
2. Eew! But I guess some people would miss her/him… :-/ [↩]