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1. 8:00 am is not early.

2. You haven't seen a soap opera in over a year.

3. Your potted plants stay alive.

4. You hear your favorite song on the elevator at work.

5. You have to pay your own credit card bill.

6. A Quarter-pounder and Cheese no longer counts as a well-balanced meal.

7. Sleeping with your significant other in a twin-sized bed seems absurd.

8. You learn that bachelor is a nice term for "jerk".

9. You carry an umbrella.

10. You have to file your own taxes.

11. Your salary is less than your tuition.

12. You're not carded anymore.

13. You keep more food than beer in the fridge.

14. "Extended childhood" only really pertains to your salary which is a little less than your allowance used to be.

15. You start watching the weather channel.

16. Adults feel comfortable telling jokes about sex in front of you...and they're no longer "adults" - they are your peers.

17. You can no longer take shots, and smoking gives you a sinus attack.

18. You go from 130 days of vacation time to 10.

19. "Twenty-something" means over-qualified, under-paid and not married.

20. You stop confusing 401k plan with 10K run.

21. Your friends marry instead of hook-up and divorce instead of break-up.

22. Half your conversations with current college students start with, "When I was in college..."

23. Jeans, flannels and baseball caps aren't staples in your wardrobe.

24. Your idea of a rocking Friday night is scoring one of the new releases at Blockbuster.

25. You refer to college students as kids.

26. You don't know what time Wendy's closes anymore.

27. Your parents start making casual remarks about grandchildren.

28. Your car insurance goes down.

29. You feed your dog science diet instead of taco bell.

30. You go to parties that police don't raid.

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Andrew Lopez, RN
http://www.nursinghumor.com