Grown ups

I remember when my greatest desire in life was to have a "Treasure Troll" in every color that was ever made. I sadly do not remember when this time in my life ended, but somewhere between 8-12 I decided that my new goal was to get "cool clothes" that my mom usually didn't want me to wear. Well that too has passed and I am now married and in my mid 20's. Somewhere between high school and the working world I have become a grown up. I have the grown up house and all of the grown up bills and a grown up job. However, I never really felt like a grown up until today.
I was talking to a lady I work with about how excited I am about the new flooring my husband and I purchased this weekend, when a child in my class who had been listening in looked at me with a funny face and said, " Why do grownups like such boring stuff?" I told him that once upon a time my favorite place to shop was Toys-R-us and that he would feel differently when he grew up. " Believe it or not," I said one day you will be excited about grow up stuff too."
"No I won't," he replied quickly. "I won't be a grown up because I'm not gonna get married. Girls are gross!"

Life in the mind of an 8 yer old... oh how things change.