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Thursday, July 14, 2011

When you grow up...

Ladies...when you grow up, leave college, and enter the real world, a lot of things will change. 

You need to know what a 401k is, how an HMO differs from a PPO, why April 15th matters so much, and many other mundane life necessities. However, the most important thing to hit you in the real world is that there will not be a room full of 4 guys down the hall who you can run and get when you need to kill one of these:

Welcome to the real world, Biotch. So gross.
You're gonna need about half a can of Raid and a heavy shoe for that sucker.

In other news, I went for a hot sweaty run last night. Hill repeats = drenched in sweat.
For real, what age does acne stop?

When your shirt is two different colors you had a good work out. Sorry I'm ADD and forgot to look up.
I know many of you have been dreaming of the day you would see a picture of me struggling to do one push-up. You're welcome. And yes, those are 6 pairs of cowboy boots lined up behind me. Be jealous.
What is one thing you miss about college? I miss getting ready to go out with my girlfriends. Doing our hair and make-up together while taking shots of Burnetts and dancing to Pitbull songs was fun.

18 comments:

Stephanie F said...

six pairs of boots. crazy, girl.

but that nasty bug... NASTY. that thing is DISGUSTING and hairy and sick. i mean, you already knew that.

Jennʻs Adventureʻs said...

UM.. wtf is that?!?! It looks like a cross breed between a centipede and maybe a scorpion... either way, your fingers are WAY TOO CLOSE!!

Marisa @ The Pace of my Life said...

that bug is pretty gross. As far as the acne, I am almost 34 and wondering the same thing!

Becky said...

That is a seriously creepy bug! Gross!!

And I swear, acne will never go away. I've had it for years. Boo!!

Mon Amour said...

I HATE centipedes! Least favorite bug. I like to trap them under cups and wait for my boyfriend to come over to get rid of it

Education: Exploring Online Learning said...

That bug is CREEPY.

And I went to school in Santa Barbara. So I miss that. A lot. But it's been sort of a long time, because now I'm a real grown up with a husband and a kid and everything.

Weird.

But I miss going to the beach for a bonfire at 10 pm because we could.

Unknown said...

good for you! I can only do 2 pushups....3 on my good day.

And that hairy bug is yuck!

The Green Girl said...

I miss how carefree I was in college. ::wistful sigh::

Megan said...

I am so with you on wondering when acne goes away. Ugh. I don't even really miss college that much because I didn't do anything fun. I was just broke as a joke.

Julia said...

those bugs used to totally infest my room back in KY. not okay because they are disgusting. i miss having crazy ridiculous stamina and being able to stay up ALL night but still have energy the next day. yeah...what happened to that??

Britt @ Chicago Runner Girl said...

We get those nasty creatures all the time and they freak the hell out of me. When you squish them they squeal like a pig. Ick.

PS I am 27 and still get acne...I don't get it.

Rose @ Eat, Drink, and Be Meiri said...

You are ROCKING that sweat! Nice!

Richelle said...

I doubt acne ever goes away. I'm still dealing with it at age 27 and I expect to ask I get into my 30s and 40s.

I miss how close in proximity my friends were in college. It's so hard to hang out nowadays!

Anonymous said...

I miss the social aspect of school!! All my friends were just *there*; while, nowadays they are across the country!

Fruit Fly said...

If you figure out the acne age, please let us know!!

Okay - WHAT IS THAT BUG?? I've never seen anything like that before!


***the word verification for me right now is "fratorm" - a combo of frat & dorm? Did it know you referenced college in your post? Creepy!

Erik Ammon said...

I cry for my wife when I see one of those puppies. Boots? My wife had some photog friends over for a weekend last fall. One of them left a pair of them here. They were so drunk that entire time, no one remembered if they left boots. I threw them away last week. I guess that's a combo of cowboy boots and college life for a group of 30-50 y/o women for weekend!

Margot (fasterbunnyblog) said...

omg that is gross!! no idea what the diff between HMO and PPO is still haha.

I miss having all my friends around all the time. And being able to be blackout drunk and not be hungover the next day. (hahaha not that I do that anymore, but it's amazing what you can do in your early 20s)

Erin @ UntilYouTri said...

AHHHHH. I totally made my husband go catch a silverfish that was in my bathroom the other day. I was freaking out and finished getting ready in his bathroom. Congrats on the awesome sweatastic run! And yeah, I really thought I would be over this acne thing by now, too. Bleh!

Hmm, thing I miss most about college...only having a class or two a day, and the rest being FREE TIME!:)