True signs that I am becoming domesticated

My friend Jenay keeps telling me that I am getting too domesticated now that I am living in my own place. As I sat on my floor tonight with my tool kit and electric screwdriver putting together my new computer chair, I realized she just may be right. I don't know if using tools makes you "domesticated" but it certainly gives you a feeling of power. So as I was cleaning up my mess, I was thinking about all the other things that make me "domesticated."

1. Paying the bills (ie mortgage payment, personal loan payment, gas/electric bill, cable bill, etc). Not that this is the fun part of living alone, it's the part that makes you cringe.

2. Buying groceries - before it was some snack I wanted now it is the milk, meat, cheese, bagels, eggs, salt, flour, and so on and forever. I can't believe how fast a cart full of groceries can add up.

3. Hosting company - yup, kept my first overnight guests. My AZ sister and my two cousins (who read my blog but don't comment - Hi). It was fun!

4. Doing laundry - with 4 girls in the house on Sunday morning, this accounted for every bathroom towel that I own.

5. Doing household chores - (ie. Dishes, vacuuming, dusting, etc.. All the things I have avoided most of my life because I hate them).

6. Parking in a garage - okay, so this doesn't make me domesticated, but hey it's nice to finally get first dibs on the garage. It took me 25 years to get to park in the driveway instead of the court.

7. Having most of the mail in the mailbox belong to me - well, actually I think I still get more that belongs to the guy who lived here before me.

Okay, that is all that comes to mind right now. Now I get to do one of my new grown up chores of bill paying (yippee). If I have blogged about this before, please forgive me but seriously.....If I can't remember what clothes I wear from one day to the next, how and I suppose to remember what I've already blogged about. Pathetic I know...