10 Things I Won't Miss
An honest look at the small, messy, mildly infuriating things I probably won’t miss when my daughter leaves for college…and the quiet realization that those annoyances are also proof of life happening right under my roof.
Remember when your kids were young, and people would say, "Enjoy this stage, you will miss it..."
There are a couple of things I miss.
Mostly, there are so, so many things I don’t.
For instance:
- Diaper blowouts.
- Diapers in general.
- Projectile spit-up.
- Carrying a change of clothes because of projectile spit-up.
- Boob struggles. So many boob difficulties no one warns you about!
- Crying through the night. Both of us.
Needless to say, I could go on and on.
That got me thinking about all the things that I will not miss as she is preparing for college.
Also known as the stage where I can finally have nice things!
- Towels – never in my bathroom, and always on the floor...with my dog lying on top of them as though they were left specifically for her.
- Beauty products everywhere. She is single-handedly keeping Ulta in business.
- Repainting the bathroom after hair dye experiments. It's a miracle she has hair at all at this point.
- Missing silverware...and cups...and bowls.
- Then, discovering the missing cups full of moldy drinks.
- And the missing bowls full of cereal...in her bed.
- Being accused of "snooping" when I seek out the missing silverware, cups, and bowls.
- Curfew arguments. There is no winning regardless of the outcome.
- Constant thoughts that there must be mice living in her bedroom. It is mouse heaven in there.
- Missing socks and underwear from my bedroom – because she hasn't done her laundry in weeks and ran out of her own...
Even when she’s "home" but not really home, these small annoyances are proof that she’s here… somewhere.
Maybe I will miss them in the same tongue-in-cheek way that I miss diapers, spit-up, and leaky boobs.
Or maybe I’ll just move into the next phase, quietly collecting new annoyances to smile about.
