2 posts tagged “family”

we went to go pick up my nieces and cousin that live far off in a strange land called Atlanta, Georgia.  We only went halfway, of course.  We met at a quiet, country resturant.  That's when I noticed something:  Whenever I'm around my family I stop being the free, smiley straitforward person it took to become all summer and change into a frigid, stiff slightly awkward person. 

It is the third or fourth day and it seems like I have to deal with all of their little mistakes.  It is fine and not a problem, just super annoying.  For example, this morning when I took a shower I turned it on as usual and prepared to jump in, but someone had twisted the shower head and it sprayed (is that even spelled right?  Summer does make you dumb) me before I could even get in-all off guard and everything-I was pissed for about ten seconds until I realized may hair didn't get wet, just my neck. 

The toilet seat is always up.  Someone likes to use my sponges and washclothes.  Someone is ALWAYS at the computer desk and the television screen.

In fact this is exactly why I call my neices and cousins the MTV generation.  It's always Myspace this and "let me use your cell phone" that and "What are we doing next" there and "Why are you wearing that" here.  It is actually pretty funny. 

But again back to me dealing with the consequences of their actions...I have a cold.  New people, new germs.  I was bummed at first and started walking around the house wiping all the doorknobs and phones and fridge doors with Fabuloso.  But that is okay with me.  I am still enjoying them being here I just gotta organize a little bit.  I'll start with a computer schedule...

Everyone will have an hour and thirty minutes.  They just check off their name after wards or how much of their time they've done already on my wipe board with rainbow markers.

This will be as breezy as yesterday's zoo trip.  Actually that was kind of dull-my nieces just kept talking about how no one else there was matching or something.  The only different thing was when two guys shyly came over while we were sitting on a bench.  One asked if he could sing to us and I didn't know what else to say so i just said sure.  People looked.  He was so shy, in fact he just stared down at my shoes or the ground or something the whole time.  I wanted to be polite so I waited until he was done and told him that was very nice with a smile.  Afterwards they walked straight over to my mom.  huh.  Turns out they had been talking about how they wanted to be rappers and my mom said something like "you can't be shy-start off in public" and pointed to us sitting nearby. Huh.

I don't know exactly what is planned for today because I lost the notebook that I wrote down all of our activities on.  Oh well.   

Saturdays are our family days at my house.  Yesterday I wanted a baked patatoe for dinner, so we headed out to Walmart.  After we had all we needed, grabbed a bunch of stuff we didn't need and were about to pay for it all when we realized my mother's purse was gone. 

Someome stole it.

So we walked around searching, looking in other's baskets, talking to workers and departments until our legs hurt.  We just decided to leave because it was too late.  Outside it was storming really bad.  We searched for our red minivan until we realized it was gone.

the purse had keys to the van-with a remote.  Whoever it was has my mother's social security number, keys to our house, our address is somewhere in the van, money, everything but her cell phone.

I never thought it would happen to us.  My family was stuck at Walmart and we had to bum a rie off of a family friend from church, Decan Davis. 

Of course we contacted the cops, the credit card companies and insurance peoples.  Want to know something weird? I had a deja vu of being in the Millington police's office.  I had seen it all in a dream. 

Some family day.  And all that becuase I was out of my fancy facial cleanser and wanted baked patatoes.

Today is Mothers' Day!  That is something good.  And at my church we celebrate it as women's day-so all young women and moms got presents and "Bless you"s.  That was cool.  The weird thing here was that Antonio asked my mom to go to a Mothers' Day concert with him and he'd pay. 

Antonio is a kid that goes to my school and he is a church member.  And awfully friendly, might I add.

So currently, my mom is watching First Sunday (rolling eyes) with my niece in the living room.  I'm here and being grateful for the stuff that guy didn't take-he could have had my house, you know.  Thank God.

I've taken up a lot of crafts, like making purses.  Some friends saw mine and want me to make them one.  I'd show you, but Vox isn't accepting these pictures.

I've also taken up knitting just a few hours ago.  I'd better continue-it's a fun hobby.  Confusing, though when all you have are youtube videos to instruct you, but I got the hang of it and I never thought I'd be a fast learner.

Oh and I found an article that would describe what I'm feeling about religion right now:  Cosmo May 2008 it's called "religion by design" Here's the closest thing I found- http://jezebel.com/384817/cosmo-girl-choosing-a-religion-is-just-like-choosing-a-myspace-wallpaper