Welcome to Winchester

on May 27, 2010
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Since I last saw my BFF Sarah a year ago, she bought a real house with a real backyard and got engaged to a really nice man.  Now, I’m staying in her guest room (which is JUST a guest room, not an office/junk/guest room) and loving life.

 

What can I say?  I think we’ve officially grown up.

 

But we still can’t open wine bottles without assistance…

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Some things never change.

 

So, yes – I’m spending the night in Winchester, Virginia at Sarah’s house, and tomorrow, we’re driving to Pittsburgh for her bachelorette.

 

Sarah picked me up at the airport, and then we grabbed a fast dinner.  I opted for a veggie and cheese sub + BBQ chips:

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Pennsylvanians might recognize this brand – Utz!  I saw it and nearly died of joy.  They make the best potato chips.

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We ate our food while watching her fiancé play baseball for their company’s team.  Unfortunately, lightening began to strike and the game got called off.

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We ended up going to a pizza place near their house.  I had 1 and 1/2 beers (Shock Top, a really great wheat beer!):

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And after getting home, we cracked up a bottle of Riesling, sat on the front patio, and watched the thunderstorms roll in.   It never actually rained, but the heat lightening was GORGEOUS.  I think it’s finally summer up north!

 

When did you ‘grow up?’ I feel like I grew up when the then-boyfriend, now-Husband and I moved in with each other the week I graduated from college (yes, we “lived in sin” for 2.5 years!).

{ 106 comments }

 

  • Danielle May 28, 2010, 12:04 am

    I haven’t felt like a real “grown-up” yet… and I’m not really looking forward to it 😉 being a big person is scary!

  • Grace May 28, 2010, 12:04 am

    Caitlin Oh UTZ envy. I am from Maryland, so I know the utz all to well.. Please try the CRAB chips.. Those are EPIC!!!

  • Beth @ Beth's Journey to Thin May 28, 2010, 12:09 am

    Do you not have UTZ in Florida!?

    I’m still working on fully growing up but I guess once I got a real job after graduating from college. I was a waitress for the summer after graduating and was crazy and still acting like I was in college, but then settled down little by little as I started working.

  • Laura (On the Threshold of Greatness) May 28, 2010, 12:10 am

    I’m in VA too and it is storming something fierce here! 🙂 I love it! Winchester is so pretty. My best friend lives about 15 minutes from there on the side of a mountain, so i’m pretty familiar with that whole area.

    And, I love Shock Top too! Great summer beer. 🙂

  • Jenn (Jenn's Menu and Lifestyle Blog) May 28, 2010, 12:13 am

    We have Utz chips in NY, too! 🙂

    I feel like I’ve always been a grown up, yet I always feel like I”m a kid. I’m responsible when I have to be and a kid whenever I choose to be. hehe

    Jenn

  • Bethany @ More Fruit Please May 28, 2010, 12:16 am

    It can be a little surreal seeing friends mature in their lives with houses, marriages, and children. I feel very independent since I live on my own far away from family, but I won’t say that I’m all the way grown up. I think I’m waiting for the magic moment of buying a house with my husband… I think then I’ll feel like a real adult! 🙂

  • Natalie @ Keep It Sassy May 28, 2010, 12:22 am

    I grew up in Pennsylvania, actually! My dad and I REALLY miss Utz and Snyder’s of Hanover! We get so excited when we find their chips out here on the west coast. But I think I ‘grew up’ grew up in Los Angeles…living there for five years changed me SO much as a person, definitely for the better in the end!

  • Miranda @ www.mirandasjeans.blogspot.com May 28, 2010, 12:36 am

    HAHA I love that you say that you lived in sin too… When I got married people asked how married life was, I told them just the same as living in sin (we did so for 4 years).

    I feel like I became an adult once we started to make our first home our own (renovations). We redid our kitchen (rearranged and everything) ripped up carpet and installed hardwood, and finished our basement from scratch.

  • Jolene (www.everydayfoodie.ca) May 28, 2010, 1:07 am

    I still don’t know if I have officially “grown up” … I do all the grown up things … have a good career, a husband of nearly 6 years, and a house. In reality I am 27, but I still feel 17.

  • Ange May 28, 2010, 1:13 am

    What Jenn said in comment #5 is exactly how I feel.

  • Laura May 28, 2010, 1:14 am

    I don’t think if I have officially “grown up” yet. at 22 i feel so young

  • Wei-Wei May 28, 2010, 2:06 am

    I don’t think I’ve grown up yet. I’m only 15! (If anything, these past two weeks that my parents have been overseas and I tried to cook for myself for the first time… now that was an experience. :D)

    Have fun in Winchester! It certainly seems like an awesome place. 🙂

    Wei-Wei

  • Helen May 28, 2010, 2:08 am

    I think I feel more independent than grown up. I moved in with my bf in Nov 2009 (we are now living in sin!) And having to do all the ‘grown up’ things like food shopping, pay bills and clean has really made me feel more independent.
    I still feel quite young to be all grown up especially as I haven’t done grown up things like buy a house, get married, have kids. Those exciting ventures are still to come. For the moment I feel a little grown up but not all the way, not by a long shot!

  • Katie @ Ordinary Girl, Extraordinary Journey May 28, 2010, 2:44 am

    Even though I’ve been married almost 2 years I still don’t feel totally grown up. I’m turning 25 next month, maybe that will do it! 🙂

    Have fun this weekend!!

  • Hillary [Nutrition Nut on the Run] May 28, 2010, 2:50 am

    I think I’m growing up each day. There’s a few things I have in mind that haven’t happened yet that will make me feel like a ‘real grown-up’. I’m not so sure I want to grow up ; )

  • Freya @ Brit Chick Runs May 28, 2010, 3:02 am

    I don’t think I’ve grown up yet! I reckon I will have when I buy a house, or move in with a boyfriend, neither of which are likely to happen for a while – so I can pretend to be young and free for a while longer 😛

  • Julia @ www.britbride.com May 28, 2010, 4:18 am

    Ahh have a fab batchelorette party!

    I actually think I grew up when I took stock and realised that I can be who I want to be. I can do what I like, say NO to things if I want to, love who I want to love, nurture my body and mind in the way that I want to do so, and be ME.

    Also, saying YES to my future hubby’s proposal shook things up a little!

    Thanks and have fun with your girl!

    Julia
    http://www.britbride.com

  • Naomi (onefitfoodie) May 28, 2010, 5:23 am

    heat lightening is so pretty and a HUGE sign that its summer time here in boston yay! UTZ does make good chips!! the only thing I remember about te company is that my friends would bring these HUGE tubs of UTZ cheese balls to my overnight camp (we could bring our own snacks) and this ws the ‘in’ thing to bring! they were so addicting!!

  • Rachel (Suburban Yogini) May 28, 2010, 5:25 am

    Honestly, thirty-six years old and still not grown up. And I love it 😉

  • Jessica @ How Sweet It Is May 28, 2010, 6:25 am

    I feel like I am in the process of growing up right now. And I hate it.

  • Nicki May 28, 2010, 6:25 am

    I’m not sure I have grown up yet. 🙂

  • Genevieve May 28, 2010, 6:26 am

    How funny, I live in Winchester! It was quite “thundery” last night wasn’t it! Hope you enjoy our little town 🙂

  • Lauren May 28, 2010, 6:51 am

    Haha I had no idea that Utz was only a PA thing! They are some good chips though! Hope you have a wonderful time girl.

  • Cassie @ A Very Busy Mind May 28, 2010, 7:07 am

    Ehhhh not sure that I’m OFFICIALLY grown up now (actually, I’m positive I’m not), but I’d say when I moved to the city and got my own apartment a month after graduation was my first big kid step.

  • Kristen May 28, 2010, 7:07 am

    Lol I’ve lived in PA my whole life and had no idea UTZ wasn’t all over the U.S…they are delicious for sure 🙂

  • Tina May 28, 2010, 7:08 am

    I honestly started feeling the most grown up after having my daughter. Even when married and working full time I still had the freedom to do whatever without really a care in the world, but having to put someone else 100% before your needs changes your perspective on a lot of things.

    That sounds like a great night with friends! I love watching heat lightning too. Something about it is magical. I can’t wait to go to Daytona Beach in a few more weeks and see my share of it.

  • Alison May 28, 2010, 7:27 am

    I’m in Northern Virginia, outside of DC, and the storms were CRAZY last night. I always assumed I would cross some imaginary line and suddenly feel grown up. I KNOW I am a grown up; I’ve been married for nearly 14 years, have an 8 year old, 2 cars, pay the bills, etc, but I don’t feel like I’ve ever been crowned an official adult. I figured I’d feel it. But, if I had to choose, I say that conceiving, carrying, birthing and then bringing home my baby probably made me feel most adult-like.

  • Becky May 28, 2010, 7:31 am

    UTZ! I love the Red Hot chips!

  • Diana (Mymarblerye) May 28, 2010, 7:33 am

    I’m living in sin too!! woo hoo see ya in Hell! jk. whoa..that was blunt. Anyways, even your bff is super pretty and toned! ahh!

  • Alyssa May 28, 2010, 7:50 am

    I am waiting for that moment! I’ve been married for 2 years and teaching for five but when I say to students “I am an adult” I feel like I am lying! I think maybe when one of my close (same age) friends has a baby it will hit home?? Maybe??

  • Hanna May 28, 2010, 7:50 am

    Hi! I read your blog everyday, and I was shocked to see that you are in Winchester! I actually live there and was at the game tonight (my fiance’s game also got called off). So neat:)

    • caitlin May 28, 2010, 9:28 am

      Ohmigod! Small world. Sarah wants to know if you need any friends 🙂

      • Hanna May 28, 2010, 8:28 pm

        haha. I always need friends…and I need a new running buddy since mine is moving and I’ve used that as a reason to stop my runs:) Facebook-Hanna Wojcik:)

  • Sarah May 28, 2010, 7:53 am

    Riesling is my absolute favorite wine!

  • Tracey @ I'm Not Superhuman May 28, 2010, 8:04 am

    Is your friend really short? Or is her fiance a giant? Because he looks like one!

    I grew up, I think, when I got married. I was the first to go, so it made me feel so much older.

    • caitlin May 28, 2010, 9:28 am

      Both. Sarah is 5 ft 1 and three quarters and TK is 6 foot 7.

  • Heather C May 28, 2010, 8:08 am

    Ah I always enjoy the blog even more when you’re “in my neck of the woods” ha …enjoy your weekend!

  • Samantha Angela @ Bikini Birthday May 28, 2010, 8:14 am

    Those easy-open corkscrews are amazing.

  • molly May 28, 2010, 8:15 am

    what do you think about this issue dealing with michael pollan?

    http://blogs.babble.com/strollerderby/2010/05/27/did-working-moms-kill-the-family-meal-no-they-did-not/

  • Carolyn May 28, 2010, 8:16 am

    I guess I became “grown up” when I graudated from graduate school and moved to Virginia for my first full-time job.

  • Kelly @ Healthy Living With Kelly May 28, 2010, 8:18 am

    Buying my first houw is when I had the “aha moment” that I was actually an adult!

  • Chelsea @ One Healthy Munchkin May 28, 2010, 8:21 am

    I’m 21 and I still don’t feel like I’ve grown up! I’m sure the feeling will come once I’ve finished my undergrad degree and move into my own place.

    Have fun this weekend! 🙂

  • Red Head, Yellow Dog May 28, 2010, 8:31 am

    Don’t worry.. I’m living in sin as we speak and loving every minute of it 😉

  • Brittany May 28, 2010, 8:35 am

    You’re in my neck of the woods! Pop down to Richmond and say hi. 🙂
    I don’t think I’ve “grown-up” just yet – although Isaac and I are moving into a house next month with chandeliers – haha I have a feeling those will make me feel more grown up. PS – We are living in sin too.

  • Maura May 28, 2010, 8:37 am

    Im sure I’m at “grown-up” status yet..although I do have my first real job post college & my very own apartment so I suppose that qualifies. Anyway, I’m in LOVE with Shock Top!! SO glad it was featured 😉 Have fun at the Bachelorette!!

    • Maura May 28, 2010, 8:37 am

      *NOT sure…

  • Beth May 28, 2010, 8:45 am

    I have good news for you – They seel Utz chips in NC

  • jen May 28, 2010, 8:46 am

    every time i think i’ve grown up-i hit a new stage and realize i have more growing up to do! i thought graduating college and getting a “real” job made me grown-up, then i got engaged and married and thought it was official and then i had a baby and really felt grown up! i think we just keep growing up with each new stage. regardless-i still feel like i shouldn’t be any older than 22!

    also, UTZ definitely are the best. visited the UTZ factory once when visiting family in PA 🙂

  • Jess May 28, 2010, 8:47 am

    Though most of the time I still feel like I’m 18, my first real holy crap I’m a grown up moment was when my then-boyfriend, now husband (we lived in sin too) bought our house. Signing all of those papers eek.

    I had another one a little while ago talking to my parents about having kiddos. It’s super weird to me that it would not only be ok for me to have kids now, but they’re actually looking forward to it.

  • Courtney May 28, 2010, 8:48 am

    Ahahah. That’s funny. I went to Shenandoah University before I came to Tampa. You should check out Brew-bakers in old town.

  • Janelle May 28, 2010, 8:51 am

    I’m married, have 2 (!) kids, just turned 30 (!!), and still don’t feel grown up. I would say that I started to feel “domesticated” when I simultaneously took the first job I knew I would keep for more than 6 mo. (I was a ski instructor for a while – back and forth between U.S. and Australia winters) and bought a house. But grown up? Not so much.

  • brandi May 28, 2010, 8:52 am

    Have a great time!!! Winchester is just an hour from my-laws – I LOVE that area. It’s beautiful, isn’t it?

    I still feel like I’m not totally grown up, but being married, having a house, and having to pay bills makes me feel a bit grown up. I’m sure that will change once we have kids, too.

  • Nikky May 28, 2010, 8:53 am

    Hmmm… I don’t know that I’ll ever really grow up, but I think my big maturity step was when I was 13. My step dad walked out, so my mom had to start working a lot (she only made $8 an hour at the time, she had been going to school but had to drop out). I had four younger siblings, and with my mom working all night I was basically their mom. I did the cleaning, cooking, homework with them, etc. It was absolutely the most life-shaping, difficult and rewarding period in my life. I hated it then, but we’re super close now so it was totally worth all the toys they threw at me and millions of diapers I had to change. 🙂

    I’m still the biggest goof I can be though, I hope I never really “grow up”. I’ll settle for being independent. Also, I’ve been “living in sin” for four years, and unless my boss decides to double my pay and the state decides to ease up on tuition it’ll probably be for quite a few years more.

  • Tracy May 28, 2010, 8:55 am

    Utz = best pretzels too!

    Looking forward to you blogging the Burgh!

  • Kirsten May 28, 2010, 8:59 am

    UTZ salt and vinegar is awesome! I don’t know if I’ve ever had the BBQ.

    I think I grew up when I moved in with husband (then bf) 2 months after we graduated college. I lived in sin for exactly 2.5 years too 🙂

  • rebecca lustig May 28, 2010, 9:06 am

    Ahh i love watching thunderstorms roll in– theres something so remarkable about it. love love love it.

    enjoy your friday lovely lady

  • Kelly May 28, 2010, 9:18 am

    Ha, I still haven’t grown up. Maybe when I finally move out of my moms house.

  • Heather @ Side of Sneakers May 28, 2010, 9:22 am

    I love Shock Top!! They had it at the baseball game I was at last weekend and I almost passed out in excitement 🙂 I think I finally grew up (if you can call it that) once I was married and cooking dinner for a boy…haha

  • Gracie @ Girl Meets Health May 28, 2010, 9:23 am

    Wait…Utz is a PA brand? I had no idea! (probably because I’ve lived in PA my whole life, duh). Speaking of PA things…have you ever been to a Wawa?? I don’t even think they have them in Western PA – it’s more of a Northeast chain – but it is GLORIOUS. You’ll never want to step foot in a 7-Eleven again.

    • caitlin May 28, 2010, 9:29 am

      WAWA is great but Sheetz is better.

  • Bridget May 28, 2010, 9:23 am

    I *really* felt like a grown up the first day that I set up a Japanese bank remittance account, and transferred money back to my US account (to pay college loans). Being out of deferment is what really cemented adulthood…

    Have a great weekend in Pittsburgh! Can’t wait to see your recaps!

  • Shannon May 28, 2010, 9:32 am

    My husband is really into Shock Top right now, and I love it! I’m 26 and married, but I still don’t feel that I’ve really grown up. The idea of buying a house or having kids still freaks me out – I can hardly get my laundry folded, how am I supposed to deal with real responsibility?!

  • Evan Thomas May 28, 2010, 9:33 am

    I feel like I’ll be waiting to grow up for a looooong time, and not rushing

  • Lizz (leadingthegoodlife) May 28, 2010, 9:42 am

    Ah, Utz totally brings me back to college (in NYC)!! Can’t tell you how many times I had a bagel with cream cheese and BBQ Utz for dinner!

    The grown-up think still surprises me. Sometimes I’ll be walking through my house and then think “Whoa, this is MY house! When did I learn how to buy a house?! It’s not like someone ‘teaches’ you these things…” Anyway, it’s weird. 🙂

  • Maya May 28, 2010, 9:45 am

    I never realized that Utz wasn’t a nationwide brand! Have a great time at the bachleorette!

  • Chrissy (The New Me) May 28, 2010, 9:45 am

    I don’t really feel like a grown up, even though I’ve been living in sin for SIX YEARS (!) and have a salary, condo, and a dog. Mostly I feel like I’m faking the grown up thing really well, but that eventually someone will figure me out! 🙂

  • dotsie May 28, 2010, 9:48 am

    I felt like a grown up when I had to worry about my taxes…the moving in and living in sin thing also made me feel old and grown up…I never had to do chores until we moved in! Ack!

  • Brynne May 28, 2010, 9:49 am

    I don’t feel like an adult yet! Maybe when those student loans kick in in 6 months .. eek!

  • Raya @ Raya Runs May 28, 2010, 9:56 am

    I love Shock Top, it’s one of my fave beers!!

  • Kelly May 28, 2010, 10:20 am

    I think I ‘grew up’ when we bought a house. It’s hard to not feel adult when you have a mortgage!

  • Michelle @ Give Me the Almond Butter May 28, 2010, 10:34 am

    I’m still not to that point in my life, but I think I finally grew up when I really started to cook my own meals. Not just hydrogenated PB&J’s, top raamen and pastaroni.

  • Beth @ DiningAndDishing May 28, 2010, 10:34 am

    I think I “grew up” when I moved out to DC a year and a half ago. I moved all by myself and didn’t know a soul when I got here. I’m so happy now but I had to grow up really fast and learn to totally take care of myself upon arrival!

  • Betsy May 28, 2010, 10:34 am

    I don’t feel like a grown up at all. Granted I’m only 22, but it doesn’t help that I’m still living at my parents house and have been all through college. I can’t wait to finish my degree and move out. Maybe then I’ll feel like an actual adult..maybe 😉

  • Anna @ Newlywed, Newly Veg May 28, 2010, 10:40 am

    Utz!! They did an ad campain on Mad Men, and my husband and I had no idea that it was a real brand until we moved to Altoona. We got super excited when we saw it in the g. store for the first time, lol.

  • Stephanie May 28, 2010, 10:40 am

    This past year after buying a house and moving in with my boyfriend I’ve really started to change and feel more grown up… it’s weird how that changes your sense of what is fun and what your goals are! I love being an adult though I must say 🙂

    Welcome to Virginia, hope you love it!

  • Rachel May 28, 2010, 11:08 am

    The summer I graduated college, got my first full-time job, and moved in with my boyfriend was when I officially felt like a “grown up”.

    That was last summer!

  • Katheryn May 28, 2010, 11:13 am

    I’m 29-years-old. Been married for 9 years, have two children, own a house, and I still don’t feel grown up. Not sure I ever will.

  • Kristin (Cook, Bake and Nibble) May 28, 2010, 11:32 am

    I felt “grown up” when I moved out of my parents house, to ANOTHER COUNTRY to live with my boyfriend. I’m completely on my own here!

    xo
    K

  • Mary @ What's Cookin' with Mary May 28, 2010, 11:38 am

    I feel like I grew up when I moved in with my boyfriend after college at 23 (now husband)… we also ‘lived in sin’ for 2 years HEHE

  • Lauren @ Running Examiner May 28, 2010, 12:28 pm

    I grew up when I graduated college and moved to NYC for grad school. Living in a huge city felt like a monumental milestone.

    Have fun while you’re away!

  • Heather (runningwithsass.com) May 28, 2010, 12:28 pm

    aw how fun!
    I felt grown up when I stayed at school summer after my sophomore year in my very own apartment (my parents were 3 hours away) I can still remember eating breakfast that first morning in my own place. I was SO excited!

  • Mackenzie @ Whatever, Gatsby May 28, 2010, 12:29 pm

    Utz = the bomb diggity!

    Oh man, I’m going to have to grow up soon! I’m 19 but I’m moving to Boston soon to live with my best friend for a year! I’m seriously about to get my big girl pants soon!

  • Retta @ RunRettaRun May 28, 2010, 12:48 pm

    Haha. I lived in sin w/ The Lover for about a year before we got married. We bought a house together before getting engaged. That was SCURRY. 😉

  • Meredith @ An Epic Change May 28, 2010, 1:10 pm

    aw winchester! that’s like an hour and a half from my mom’s house (where I am now) and her husband has tons of family there! love it!

  • Ana May 28, 2010, 1:52 pm

    LOL to ‘lived in sin’

  • Annie May 28, 2010, 2:19 pm

    Utz brand is pretty good!
    Please tell me you’ve tried a Tasty Cake once in your time there! 🙂

    I think living with one another before the big day is important! You learn so much more about the other person.

  • Annie May 28, 2010, 2:20 pm

    My b… Tasty Kake.

  • Erin May 28, 2010, 3:15 pm

    I think “living in sin” is expected these days. I’m doing it too!

  • Justin Gratz May 28, 2010, 5:13 pm

    Sarah!!! Havent seen the two of you in forever..

    • caitlin May 29, 2010, 10:39 am

      hey justin!!!

      • Justin Gratz May 29, 2010, 9:38 pm

        hey you!!

  • Ilana May 28, 2010, 5:20 pm

    I feel like I’m growing up right now, but I have a long way to go!!

  • Gracie (complicated day) May 28, 2010, 6:15 pm

    I miss UTZ! Almost as much fun to eat as to say 🙂

  • jenny May 28, 2010, 6:46 pm

    i don’t think i’ve “grown up” yet (I’m only 20), but I feel like i’m definitely on my way there. This year has been a huge transition for me. I’ve left behind the totally WILD college kid ways and toned it down a bit. I definitely feel like I’m come light years from the girl I was when I got to college 3 years ago.

    Now I just need to find a guy on my level 😉

  • Stacie @ Imperfectly Healthy May 28, 2010, 8:01 pm

    I love Utz’s Sweet Potato chips!!! They’re awesome!

  • Anne May 28, 2010, 8:29 pm

    I love all the Winchester representation, I live there too!! Have a great weekend!!

  • Cynthia (It All Changes) May 28, 2010, 10:06 pm

    I felt grown up when I showed up for new teacher orientation at my first teaching job. It meant I was no longer the student and summer vacation was over.

  • Gretchen May 28, 2010, 11:26 pm

    I’m 31 and there are days I feel grown up, and days I don’t. Think it depends alot on the situation. And hubby and I lived in sin too :)!

  • Baroque Diva May 28, 2010, 11:34 pm

    You are too cute with your “up north” comment about Virginia! 🙂 It IS rather nice in Boston already, though. So great!

    My Mom’s family is all from MD and growing up it was a special treat to get UTZ Crab Chips! Gotta love the Old Bay Seasoning!

    Have a great weekend with your BFF!!!

  • Sean May 29, 2010, 12:52 am

    Utz!? And you went to college in Pennsylvania!? Middleswarth all the way! I guess you did go to Pitt though. (haha sorry, I’m required to take shots – PSU!)

  • Veronica @ Navy Wife on a Diet May 29, 2010, 1:29 am

    I’m 25, married with 2 kids. I still feel about 18.

    But you know what? I think I grew up when I became more concerned with my OWN life than the lives of others. I’d say that revelation came at the age of 22. I stopped reading gossip magazines, stopped talking about “who’s doing what, and who’s kissing who” and became content in my own path. I think that is what truly being an adult is about.

    • caitlin May 29, 2010, 10:40 am

      i agree. i like this.

  • Olivia @ Blissful Runner May 29, 2010, 7:09 am

    I’ve always felt like big purchases mark adulthood for me. Buying a washer and dryer? Oh, yeah, that was a big step right there. Buying my house seemed almost too easy, but when I purchased a new, high quality mattress? I knew I had arrived. 🙂

  • Sandy May 29, 2010, 8:33 pm

    I don’t feel grown up and I am 55 with 2 college kids and one married son. I always felt like an imposter as a mom – when is the mom who knows everything going to show up? Then when my son got married last summer I knew that I couldn’t be a MIL – when did I become that old??

  • Tamika June 28, 2010, 12:36 pm

    Hey Caitlin,

    I love reading your blog but it’s taking me forever to catch up with your present. I also read MegaNerdRuns so I know your move to Charlotte is imminent. I want to mention that Utz is alive and well in North Carolina. You’ll find them EVERYWHERE! My honey loves them. I also want to mention that the Komen Race for the Cure will be held October 2 in Charlotte. I hope to see you there!

    • caitlin June 28, 2010, 2:15 pm

      Hahah Thank you for reading!!!

      We’ll have to get together for the RFTC!

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