Tuesday, September 25, 2012

You Know You are OLD

I have been thinking a lot about things that make me feel old and adult-like. I started noticing some of these when I graduated high school and went to college. Now I just feel ancient. Here are some of the things that used to make me feel old:

  • having a job
  • buying my own groceries
  • having a debit card
  • paying rent
  • paying bills
  • being in college 
  • buying a car/getting a loan
  • having my own insurance
  • paid vacations/sick days

These things seem like no big deal to me now. Here are things that make me feel super old now:

  • Knowing I graduated from high school SEVEN years ago
  • Knowing I graduated from college FOUR years ago
  • Being married for almost a year
  • Buying a house and paying a mortgage 
  • Seeing kids I used to babysit being teenagers/going to college
  • My body hurts all the time-my knees creak every time I use the stairs -I know some of you might laugh,but a lifetime of sports has aged me :)
  • My hobby is working in the garden
  • Being ready for bed by 9pm, trying to be brave and make it to 10 since it is the weekend
  • Everyone constantly asking me when I am going to have a baby...umm hello, since when did I stop being 16?! 
  • Going to YM/YW activities, not as a youth but as a leader (well Jon is a leader but I have to help sometimes. 
 I'm sure I have more to come...these are just on my mind right now. Please somebody make me five years old again.

2 comments:

  1. I haven't had a lifetime of sports and my body hurts and my knees creak. Growing up isn't a bad thing, but it's not necessarily fun either.

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  2. haha you crack me up and just made me feel old....esp since im older than you!!!! my mom was tellin me on sunday too that im gettin old cuz the time is goin fast. she said when your a kid two and a half months seems forever.

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