YOU KNOW YOU'RE OUT OF COLLEGE WHEN: **Your salary is less than your tuition. **Your potted plants stay alive. **Having sex in a twin-sized bed seems absurd. **You keep more food than beer in the fridge. **You have to pay your own credit card bill. **You haven't seen a soap opera in over a year. **8:00 a.m. is not early. **You have to file for your own taxes. **You hear your favorite song on the elevator at work. **You're not carded anymore. **You carry an umbrella. **Your friends marry and divorce instead of hook-up and break-up. **You start watching the weather channel. **Jeans and baseball caps aren't staples in your wardrobe. **You can no longer take shots, and smoking gives you a sinus attack. **You go from 130 days of vacation time to 7. **You stop confusing 401K plan with 10K run. **You go to parties that the police don't raid. **Adults feel comfortable telling jokes about sex in front of you. **You don't know what time Wendy's closes anymore. **Your car insurance goes down. **You drink wine, scotch & martinis instead of beer, rum and tequilla. **Your parents start making casual remarks about grandchildren. **You feed your dog Science Diet instead of Taco Bell. **You're waking up at 6 am instead of going to bed. **College sweatshirts are 'casual' instead of dress up. **Sleeping on the couch is a no-no. **THEN: discussing with your friends: GPA's, spring break plans, and tonsil hockey; NOW: mutual funds, interest rates, and wedding plans. **Naps are no longer available between noon and 6 p.m. **Dinner and a movie - The whole date instead of the beginning of one. **You get your news from sources other than USA Today, ESPN, Sportscenter, and MTV News. **You find yourself reminiscing fondly of 2-hour Calculus exams. **METABOLISM SLOWDOWN **Wine appreciation expands beyond Boone's and Mad Dog. **You actually eat breakfast foods at breakfast time. **Grocery lists actually contain relatively healthy food. **When drinking, you say at least once per night, 'I just can't put it down the same as I used to'. **Over 90% of the time you spend in front of a computer is for real work, not video games. **You're actually willing to pay a bit more to drink in a bar that's not full of 21-year-old kids. **Golf is beginning to seem a lot less silly.