Being an adult is not as much fun as being a kid. Who hasn’t heard that one before? But is it really true?

Well, let’s see.  Think of all the things you COULDN’T do back then, that you can now do. You couldn’t drive. You had to come home whenever your parents told you to. You couldn’t talk on the phone as much as you wanted (at least I couldn’t). You weren’t allowed to drink (legally).

There’s also a lot you didn’t know (although try telling that to your younger ‘know it all’ self).

But now, you know so much.  Sometimes too much.  And ignorance truly can be bliss.

And sure, now you can do whatever you want.  But can you really?  When is the last time you heard someone say they WANTED to buy life insurance, car insurance, home insurance, health insurance.  And that of course means you HAVE to work to pay for all those things.  And that’s just the insurance.  Not the actual things you are insuring.

With Max being born, Joe and I recently bought the only insurance we didn’t yet have: Life Insurance.  And it just got me to thinking: Dang, they get you in so many ways, don’t they?  (“They” meaning those bastards who’ve defined what it means to be a “responsible” adult.)

And sometimes I think: “Why, oh why, didn’t I take the blue pill?” (for my fellow Matrix fans).

And for you non-Matrix fans: “Why didn’t I choose to just be some lone drunk hanging out at casino’s in Vegas all day?”