Thursday, January 26, 2006
I'm Afraid
Why? Because I'm going to turn 30 in 23 days. My Mom cried when she turned 30. I was 11 at the time and I remember it well (so I was apparently traumatized by it). I'm a bit scared of February 19th this year. I know it's silly; Huz says it's what you make it and for him it was no big deal. But my thoughts inevitably go to what I haven't yet accomplished by my third decade of life. I work with medical students, Residents, Chief Residents, and Fellows who are MY.CURRENT.AGE. (or YOUNGER!). What am I? What have I accomplished? I am an administrative assistant with a slightly different title. Yes, I went back to college at age 27 and did well; yes, I've been successfully married for 11 years; yes, I've gone through a religious pilgrimage and have come out sane and still critically thinking. What else? I'm not in grad school, don't have a grad degree, don't have a career, don't have a house...Ug. Sorry for that pity party. It's just something I'm working through right now.
Ahem. On a lighter note, most of these resonate with me. You?
TWENTY-FIVE SIGNS THAT YOU HAVE GROWN UP
1. Your houseplants are alive, and you can't smoke any of them.
2. Having sex in a twin bed is out of the question.
3. You keep more food than beer in the fridge.
4. 6:00 AM is when you get up, not when you go to bed.
5. You hear your favorite song in an elevator.
6. You watch the Weather Channel.
7. Your friends marry and divorce instead of "hook up" and "break up."
8. You go from 130 days of vacation time to 14.
9. Jeans and a sweater no longer qualify as "dressed up."
10. You're the one calling the police because those %&@# kids next door won't turn down the stereo.
11. Older relatives feel comfortable telling sex jokes around you.
12. You don't know what time Taco Bell closes anymore.
13. Your car insurance goes down and your car payments go up.
14. You feed your dog Science Diet instead of McDonald's leftovers.
15. Sleeping on the couch makes your back hurt.
16. You take naps sometime between noon to 6 PM!!!
17. Dinner and a movie is the whole date instead of the beginning of one.
18. Eating a basket of chicken wings at 3AM would severely upset, rather than settle, your stomach.
19. If you're a gal, you go to the drug store for ibuprofen and antacid, not condoms and pregnancy tests.
20. A $4.00 bottle of wine is no longer "pretty good stuff."
21. You actually eat breakfast food at breakfast time.
22. "I just can't drink the way I used to" replaces "I'm never going to drink that much again."
23. 90% of the time you spend in front of a computer is for real work.
24. You drink at home to save money before going to a bar. 25. You read this entire list looking desperately for one sign that doesn't apply to you and can't find one to save your sorry old butt.
BONUS: 26. When you find out your friend is pregnant you congratulate them instead of asking "Oh S*$# What Happened?" |
