Do we really become our parents?

I'm frightened. Someone asked me today if I had any aspirin with me, so I unload my purse and dump out a bottle of Excedrin, a bottle of Motrin, a baggy of Tums, Visine eye drops, a bandaid, and a little purse sized tissue pack.

When did I start packing a first aid kit in my purse? My mother did that all the time, for which I was grateful, but up until the time I got my current job, I was lucky if I even carried a purse with me. I've always been the type to shove my money or credit card in my pocket and rush out the door. Now this purse/medical-kit stuff. . . And I was thinking I might have to get a bigger purse soon. What has my life come to? Where's the living by the seat of my pants carefree lifestyle? Does responsibility come with being thirty? What is this?

Might as well. . .

Versailes Rose, DaMoyre, Silverthoughts and witchwillow have all done this, why not me? So here's yet another survey:

When is the last time you

1. ...sent a handwritten letter?
Two months ago I sent a long hand written letter to my aunt/Godmother and another to my cousin after my uncle died. It's been years since I did that beyond sending a long winded card

2. ...baked something from scratch or made something by hand?
I don't bake much, I think last time was at Easter when I was at my folks' home. But I cook all the time, make dinners from scratch. I'm to the point were I hate easy kit type dinners or frozen ones and I abhor fast food - makes me ill.


3. ...camped in a tent?
Once with some friends back when I was an undergrad. We had a blast =)

4. ...volunteered your time to church, school, or community?
I volunteered at Easter Seals to help out the teachers for autistic children about 10 years ago - been going to school and working at the same time since. But I"m considering volunteering for Project Nepal next year - provided there're no uprisings or Indian/Pakistan war in the near future.


5. ...helped a stranger?
I seem to be the magnet on campus for university directions. So, I try to help people out around here if they have questions or need help. I bought bottled water the other day for a woman waiting for the bus with me because it was 95 degrees out and there was a Walgreens right there.