You should never be too old or too dignified to use playground equipment.

Sometimes I forget…luckily I have wonderful friends who remind me.

How can you take yourself seriously when you’re rocking a rope swing? How can your cares not drift away when you’re pumping your legs to see if you really can flip over the top of the swing set? How can all that work politicking BS not fall clean out of your head when you’re hanging upside down or doing a cherry drop off the monkey bars?

If you don’t play, you should.

It’s almost as good for the soul as a ride on a rusty beachcomber thorough marshes in a strapless sundress with Jackie O glasses, a clip in your hair and not a care in the world.

The second note to self? Do not…DO NOT…ever compromise and use a cheap razor. Plan ahead and get a proper appointment for wax induced torture.