A few days ago I bellied up to a bar in the fan (for info on why I was at a bar alone on a Friday night see previous blog). 
Wearing a camo hat and with a few visible tatoos I felt I was holding my own amongst the college crowd until I heard this,

“The worm in the tequila is like the icing on the cake.”

People, I could not relate.  We parents have a whole different set of happiness levels and our icing on the cake comes from a different tub
then the average single young college students.  It’s something like this:

Good:  Getting a babysitter so you can go see that Guns and Roses cover band you’ve been hoping to relive your youth to.
Better:  Getting a babysitter you don’t have to pay for and using that money to take a cab.
Icing on the cake: Getting the free babysitter, a cab and as you are about to walk out the door your babysitter says, “Don’t worry about
what time you come home I can just sleep in the spare room and wake up with the kids in the morning so you can have fun AND sleep in too.

Good: You get involved in a soccer carpool so you don’t have to drive to and fro every time you turn around like a bad rendition of Ground Hog Day.
Better: There are three moms in your soccer carpool so you only have to drive twice a week.
Icing on the cake: On of the mom’s husbands decides that he will do all the driving because he just loves to stay and watch the practice.

Good: Your kid gets good grades.
Better: Your kid gets straight A’s.
Icing on the cake: Your kid gets straight A’s and is a “joy to have in class” and the teacher imagines that you are the reason for this and thanks you
accordingly for raising him so right. 

Good: You find a fifty cent coupon for Tampons.
Better: You find a two dollar coupon for Tampons.
Icing on the cake: You find a two dollar coupon for Tampons and it’s double coupon day. 
Score! You are only paying a mere seventy five cents for all that protection.

Good: The vacation house you rented has separate rooms for the kids.
Better: The vacation house you rented has a separate floor for the kids.
Icing on the cake: The vacation house you rented has enough room to bring along that lovely
niece of your who is certified in CPR, majoring in Education, and just wants to play and have fun with the kids.

This people, is icing on the cake.  I guarantee you it might not sound like much but it beats a soggy worm any day.  Right Moms and Dads?