Oh how we've grown....

Braved the biggest snowstorm in years to make lunch with said friends. It was worth the drive through 2 ft of snow, it really was. How have we grown?? I've decided that if you can consult a member of your peer group about most or all of the following, you must be a grown up (hopefully, no one has experiences in all this at 30, let's spread the maturity around):

1.Death of a parent
2.Death of a sibling
3.Divorce/affairs
4.Childbirth/parenting
5.Infertility/options therein

The great thing is though, while we have all grown, there is still something to be said for hanging out at the old hangout, and laughing about our lives in the '90s. Thank God the internet can keep us all connected! Truly, what did we do before that?? While hanging at said hang out, we were looking at the small town in which we were raised. Yes, in college we would rag on Our Fair City, because let's face it, unless you are from some booming metropolis, you think your hometown sucks. Or atleast we did. Well, during our snow-filled weekend, we discovered that as adults, Our Fair City still has many short comings.

Several oddities occurred to us:
--cell phone reception SUCKS WIND
--there is no place to go for a coffee drink of any sort past the BUNN coffee maker
--there is no Target
--there are no wireless internet hotspots
And we asked ourselves, in all seriousness, "How do people LIVE here?" !!! We then each returned to our "new hometowns", which we discovered each of us has been for 6-7 years. Another sure sign that yes, in fact, we have all grown.