::alio!::

Thirty things I do these days that make me seem sadly like a grown-up:

1. I usually go to bed before eleven.
2. I usually wake up at 8:30 automatically, even on weekends.
3. I end up at least mildly hungover most of the times I drink these days.
4. I can't eat green peppers because they horribly horribly horribly disagree with my digestive tract.
5. I can no longer eat junk food as a meal and feel good (although chocolate for breakfast is still a viable option).
6. I'm starting to enjoy gardening.
7. I'm starting to have conversations with other people MY AGE about gardening.
8. A good day of gardening will make my muscles stiff the next day.
9. There are a lot of seemingly innocuous things that make my muscles stiff the next day.
10. I enjoy walking around looking at architecture (to be fair, I always enjoyed this, because my mother and her father used to do it - he was an architect - and it's kind of been passed down).
11. I have to wear glasses when I watch movies or television or look at the computer for a long time because I get headaches otherwise.
12. I find that teenage fashion is a little on the slutty side these days.
13. I am no longer comfortable bending over in low-rise jeans.
14. I actually wish my boobs would get smaller. Don't tell Andy.
15. My truly exciting underwear has been relegated to special nights with my fiance.
16. Most of my friends in this city are married, and when they come over, it is standard for them to bring their children.
17. The coolest toy I own these days is a Dyson Animal vacuum.
18. I'm reading a book that contains pictures, but it was written in 1778.
19. I now possess more gray hairs than I can count. Andy likes to enumerate them for me.
20. I have permanent wrinkles under my left eye from sleeping on my left side for 27 years.
21. I use an orthopedic pillow, as well as custom shoe inserts.
22. I still own a miniskirt, but I haven't worn it in over a year.
23. If I'm buying clothes and I find something I like I tend to buy the same thing in one or two other colours, to save me the trouble of shopping until my feet hurt.
24. I am the primary earner in this household (for now).
25. The majority of my purchases in the last year have been practical household items.
26. We are buying a very expensive dog next Christmas, a 17-year commitment.
27. The periods of time where I feel the urge to have children are more frequent now and longer in duration than the periods of time where I run from children in fear.
28. I take vitamins, and make Andy take his.
29. I worry about Andy's family medical history.
30. Sometimes someone will say something or do something that I won't get, and I'll feel old.