When did I grow up?

Last night I had some of my college friends over for a game of Poker. Where we normally would go to a bar and hang out till we heard the two words every beer drinker dreads (Last Call) - I realized - we're grown up now. We're hanging out at my house playing cards because my husband and I didn't have a babysitter. Sure we could have suckered grandma or grandpa into coming over, but we would have had to drag our half-drunk tails home at a decent hour. What fun is that? So instead now we have people over for a card night - hang out until all hours of the morning and wake up at the crack of dawn, not to the shrill of an alarm clock .. but to our daughter's sweet voice...calling MOMMY....DADDY...

Still wondering if you're grown up yet? Here are the 25 SIGNS YOU HAVE GROWN UP...

Okay college buddies... and you know who you are... I know you can relate too!

*Yawn*
> 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.

> 17 Dinner and a movie is the whole date instead of the beginning of
> one.
> 18. Eating a basket of chicken wings at 3 AM would severely upset,
> rather than settle, your stomach.

> 19. 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. When you find out your friend is pregnant you congratulate them
> instead of asking "Oh S*$# what the hell happened?"

Cheers, S.
(who is going to bed at 8:30 tonight)