grown up...

last night i got to hang out with some friends... we went to a restaurant in portland and sat outside and drank coffee and ate dessert. it was totally fun, and it made me feel like a grown up. i remember being a teenager and thinking how cool it would be to be a young adult and go hang out with girl friends and laugh. well, it is totally fun. however, i don't feel as cool as i made all those other young adults out to be... i guess i'm just seeing things from the other side. i'm just hitting that point in my life where i am starting to actually feel like a grown-up. i don't necessarily love all the responsibility that goes with it, but in other ways, it's wonderful. and i don't think i'll ever really grow up all the way. it's too much fun being a kid!

here's my top 5 list of the things that make me feel like a grown-up...
1. the example from above - going out with friends and laughing about really random things and reminiscing about stuff. (we'll just leave it at that)
2. going through the drive-thru at the bank.
3. drinking coffee
4. having adult conversations about postmodernism and culture and advertising and literature
5. the realization that in 20 days i'll be 24 and a half.

here's my top 5 list of the things that make me feel like a non-grown-up
1. snorting when i laugh
2. sleeping in
3. lack of permanent things in my life and huge life commitments (friends buying houses and getting married and having kids)
4. the big piles of clothes in my room
5. the realization that in 20 days i'll be 24 and a half.