How Things Change

Kevin had this link up today about chicks discussing how their lives have changed in the past 10 years. Here's mine, from what I can recall:

Age 24: Work Trips to San Diego & Grad School Study Groups
Age 34: Webcasts & Playdates

Age 24: A closet full of Size 2 clothes and some 4s for "fat days"
Age 34: Really need to toss out those 2s and get the 4s in some basement bins so I can find a selection from the other 5 sizes that might fit.

Age 24: Convertible
Age 34: Mini-van

Age 24: Friends and Ally McBeal watched religiously, sometimes driving to Baltimore to watch over a beer with actual friends.
Age 34: Jon & Kate Plus 8 watched whenever via Tivo while feeding botttle to baby

Age 24: Making sure I had as many things to cram in over the weekend as possible
Age 34: Making sure I have as few things to cram in over the weekend as possible

Age 24: Have actual guy friends to go to Bar Crawls and Rock Climb with
Age 34: Sometimes email guy friends but more often call their wives to plan playdates

Age 24: Drinking beers & passing out at Dave Matthews concerts
Age 34: Loading Harry up with juice boxes so he doesn't pass out at Justin Roberts concerts

Age 24: Dixie Chicks, Grateful Dead on CDs in house, old cassette tapes in the car
Age 34: Backyardigans and Lazy Town soundtrack on iPod...with some Jimmy Buffet thrown in for good measure.

Age 24: Catching BareNakedLadies concerts in the front row.
Age 34: BareNakedLadies too buys raising kids to tour.

Age 24: Friends "holding each other's hair" in bathroom stalls
Age 34: Holding dogs and children over nearest porcelain basin to puke in.

Age 24: Drinking at loud sports bars to celebrate a great climb or a finished exam
Age 34: Drinking at loud brightly colored pizza restaurant to celebrate making it out of the house with two small children

Age 24: Vacation getaway - beach & drinkfest...usually free, with accommodations on sofa
Age 34: Vacation getaway - beach & drinkfest...very expensive to provide space for extra twin bed and pack & play, and then complaining bed is not as good as Sleep # at home

Age 24: Climbing shoes
Age 34: Crocks

Age 24: Bikinis
Age 34: Sad suit from Land's End that covers as much as possible

Age 24: Zone Diet to remain a size 2 and multiple private Pilates sessions each week
Age 34: Considering Zone Diet, since I was a size 2 last time I tried it, and 15 minutes on the treadmill after dropping kids off in the morning

Age 24: Parties with kegs
Age 34: Parties with moonbounces

Age 24: Trying to get in with the cool kids in social circle
Age 34: Trying to get in with the cool moms at preschool

Age 24: Read science texts
Age 34: Read board books

Age 24: Bridget Jones's Diary
Age 34: Mommy Blogs

Age 24: Guilty Pleasure - Watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Age 34: Guilty Pleasure - Scott Baio is in his 40s with babies and wives

Age 24: I use cell phone to call people
Age 34: I only text

Age 24: I use e-mail to send jokes to my roommates.
Age 34: I use e-mail more often than I communicate verbally.

Age 24: I make scrapbooks for people
Age 34: I publish my own hardcover photo albums on Shutterfly

Age 24: A Great Day = On the rocks before the crowds get there, Beers and cookout with friends, awake & alert until 3AM
Age 34: A Great Day = At park or zoo before crowds get there, no crying at dinner with family, awake & alert until 9PM