You know you're aren't 20 anymore when you...

1)Get really, really, really, excited about a new vacuum cleaner. I mean, like, REALLY excited. And you leave it in your living room and do nothing but vacuum for 2 days straight. And you kind of want to call your friends and be like, "Hey! Guess what! We got this new vacuum and it never loses suction!", but then you realize that your friends are more interested in things like spring break & dancing on tables, and that they probably couldn't care less about your new vacuum cleaner, so you decide to blog about it instead. This is what my new vacuum cleaner looks like...And he NEVER looses suction. And I really wanted to name him Sammy Sosa, but then G said that normal 21 yr. old's don't name their vacuums. The home-run-hitter came in handy on Thursday when my sweet little fur-children decided to drag an ENTIRE TREE into my living room through their doggy door and rip it to shreds as a welcome home present for me. They placed the dirt and stick and rocks (Yes, i said ROCKS) all over the place just to show their love. And when I walked through the door, there they were covered in mud and proud as could be of their accomplishment. I wanted to laugh. And then cry. And then kill myself. But, I ended up sweeping, vacuuming and mopping instead. And then wishing I had taken a picture of the whole mess. It was pretty horrible. But, kind of funny, too. But, mostly really horrible.

2) You get really excited about all these new plants you bought for your yard. And you decide to ditch all of your really cool plans to stay home and look at your new plants. And you go out and buy yourself little gardening gloves and a tiny shovel to help your husband with the new plants. And you think about suggesting that we name all of the plants before we plant them, because wouldn't that be so awesome, but then you realize that was probably the stupidest thing you have ever said.

3) A kind friend gives you 100 dollars as a Thank-you gift and you decide to use it to buy a tree, instead of a new pair of jeans. A miniature Japanese maple something or other, to be exact. And you are so excited to see it planted that you make husband do it as soon as you get home, even though it's already dark. And you take a picture of your husband putting it in the ground. And then you realize that you are taking a picture of your husband planting a tree in the dark and you hope none of the neighbors see.4) And you suggest that we name the tree, and husband actually complies, because he, too, has lost his mind, And so the tree gets a name.

4) Speaking of pictures, you know you aren't 20 anymore when you take a picture of your husband installing a dog door.5) And then, you find yourself actually speaking the words, "That dog door changed my life". Out-loud. To actual people. Who aren't related to you by blood.

6) You know you aren't 20 anymore when your Mom asks you to babysit her dog while she goes away for a wild, adventurous weekend. And you sit at home all weekend and feed her dog her eye and thyroid pills.7) And then you fall asleep with her dog before 9 pm.That, my friends, is how you know you aren't 20 anymore. And you have, in fact, graduated to the ripe old age of 21.