I am two weeks deep into my first summer away from home and it already reeks of adulthood. Here are five adulty things that I've done for the first time this summer:

• checked in, and stayed, at a hotel room by myself
• cleaned my apartment's kitchen, from counter surfaces to expired refrigerator products
• intentionally purchased/sought out toilet paper and garbage bags
• experimented with meals for dinner, and then kept the leftovers to take for lunch
• put away someone else's dishes