You Know You're an Adult When...

1. You can't go a day without drinking some kind of hot beverage
2. You are fighting with insurance companies over the phone
3. Strangers call you Miss or M'am.
4. You watch the news more
5. You set your alarm to 6 and try to hit the bed before 11
6. You call co-workers twice your age by their first name
7. You (on occasion) take a peek at the anti-aging creams at the drugstore (out of curiosity of course)
8. Making appointments for anything always feels adult-y
9. Wine and Cheese parties
10. The ugliest and smelliest cheeses suddenly appeal to you
11. Several of your high-school classmates are engaged, married, pregnant or have kids

I can go on and on. Even though I'm experiencing adulthood, I still feel like a "kid" in so many ways. It's ironic though. When I was an actual kid, people always told me that I was mature for my age. These days, my school and work colleagues probably think I'm inexperienced and naive.

I wish I could maintain my youth without having to struggle to learn how to be a grown-up.