Saturday, August 02, 2008

Growing up

Although I'm only 17 months and two days away from turning 30 (ZOMGWTF!), I occasionally still have difficulty remembering, and accepting, that I am an adult. Perhaps it is my baby face. Perhaps it's a lingering effect of having been at least a year younger than my classmates in school. Or perhaps it's a function of just how long adolescence lasts in US culture--some theories of development hold that adolescence lasts until age 26!

But there are some things in my daily life that remind me that yes, indeed, I have achieved adult status. I'm not talking about things like approaching my third wedding anniversary, having a baby, having bought a car, or even having moved out of my parents' house seven years ago.

No, I'm talking about much more quotidian things. Things like...


boiling water for tea...


having a fully stocked medicine cabinet...


and knowing how to make (and ice) cupcakes completely from scratch.

Tea, baked goods, and healthcare--these, I think, are the really important things in adult life.

3 comments:

Heather W. Reichgott said...

i love you, you grownup woman, you.

Heather said...

I was just talking today about the grown-up-ness of "30" and how far away I am from feeling "grown up" or "settled."

Thanks for that countdown. I'm not quite sure I appreciated it, but you're still older than I anyway!

Butterfly said...

I wouldn't know anything about having a baby-face!