Matt sent me this blog post where the writer lists 25 signs that you're grown up … I've pasted them here and crossed off the ones that still don't apply to me. What do you think … Am I grown up?
1. Your houseplants are alive, and you can’t smoke any of them – I don't have houseplants (though I've never been able to smoke them) because I really need things to remind me to feed/water them (i.e. Loki & Tabby)
2. Having sex in a twin bed is out of the question – no comment
3. You keep more food than beer in the fridge – duh. I luv to cook
4. 6:00 AM is when you get up, not when you go to bed – actually, I get up at 4:40 AM, but I catch your drift
5. You hear your favorite song in an elevator – umm … no way, Jose6. You watch the Weather Channel – nuh-uh
7. Your friends marry and divorce instead of “hook up” and “break up” – thankfully I don't personally know anyone who's getting a divorce, but that's the mode we're in
8. You go from 130 days of vacation time to 14 – yes, sadly, and how I miss those long breaks!
9. Jeans and a sweater no longer qualify as “dressed up” – true true
10. You’re the one calling the police because those %&@# kids next door won’t turn down the stereo – not yet, but it could happen
11. Older relatives feel comfortable telling sex jokes around you.
12. You don’t know what time Taco Bell closes anymore – umm… actually I don't
13. Your car insurance goes down and your car payments go up – sad but true
14. You feed your dog Science Diet instead of McDonald’s leftovers – we feed Loki healthy kibble and healthy dinner leftovers
15. Sleeping on the couch makes your back hurt – not yet, though when I was pregnant with Tabby last year, my back got very choosy
16. You take naps – not sure how this is an “old” thing .. I did this much more in college than I do now
17. Dinner and a movie is the whole date instead of the beginning of one.
18. Eating a basket of chicken wings at 3 AM would severely upset, rather than settle, your stomach – yes, but that never would've sounded good to me
19. You go to the drug store for ibuprofen and antacid, not condoms and pregnancy tests. – I'm not doing any of the former and I never did much of the later
20. A $4.00 bottle of wine is no longer “pretty good shit” – depends who in the house you ask … Matt's pallate for wine is much more refined than mine
21. You actually eat breakfast food at breakfast time.
22. “I just can’t drink the way I used to” replaces “I’m never going to drink that much again”. – never been much of a drinker
23. 90% of the time you spend in front of a computer is for real work. – not yet, but were' hedging that way
24. You drink at home to save money before going to a bar. – see 22
25. When you find out your friend is pregnant you congratulate them instead of asking, “Oh shit, what the hell happened?”