3 things in my mind/life right now

1.)  I am home!!!  I've missed my family so much, it's great to finally see them again. I even managed to get a hug from my little brother when I got home and my older brother picked me up by the ankles so I was up in the air-I was afraid he was going to drop me on my head! My fam even got me a welcome home banner, well, my fam and my neighbor Patrick who works at the party store.

2.) I went over to my little cousin's house last night. I missed her a lot too. We went over Spanish flashcards, sang Elmo's 12 Days of Christmas, and she even gave me a new look. Like it? It's pretty stylin. 

3.) I just read an FML that said: "Today, a customer tried to get my number at work. Unfortunately, I work at a waxing salon and had just spent 35 minutes waxing his back. FML" And there was a comment: "Give him your number cause you gave him sexy back!" Hilarious. Made my day. 

But no need to break out the tissues just yet

I've been very homesick recently. I've been trying to keep my cool when I talk to my family but really all I want to do is scream  "I MISS YOU!" But like I said, that would be uncool, not to mention release a whole bunch of emotions, which would probably lead to crying. It has been hard reading people's statuses and tweets about going home to P-Town for fall breaks because I don't have a fall break, but I would love to go home. I watched Chicago last night, the musical staring Renee Zellweger, and every time they said "Illinois" or "Cook County" I was like, "I MISS YOU."  Not those are great places to live, but it's home (and P-Town is a good place to live).

I was doing ok after the first couple weeks of school, in terms of not missing home that much. Because, let's face it I really wanted to get out of that place and I was two years overdue. Also, because I knew I wouldn't be able to come home until Thanksgiving break, which seemed forever away in August. Well, now it's October and past mid-terms and all I can think about is going home and seeing my family the week of Thanksgiving. Seriously, ALL I can think about. Those crazy people mean everything to me.

It's a good thing though, that I picked a school six hours away though. Because anything less than four hours and I would be home every weekend. And then I wouldn't get very much growing up in, now would I? Although, right now that doesn't sound so bad.

My fav five people and me. 

O Christmas tree

My family finally put up our Christmas tree. Good thing we didn't wait 'til last minute. I really like our Christmas tree- it's timeless. It's the same artificial tree that we've had always. A lot of the ornaments are ones that my siblings and I made from as far back as preschool. There are new ones- like my frogs or my brothers' drum ones that he likes to put all in the same place and call it his "drum line". But we still put up old favorites like our power rangers (the ones from when we were younger). We did, however, stop putting up the sesame street ornaments.

Encyclopedia mania

I wish I had something to write about, but I don't. It was an ok four-day weekend I guess.

Thursday, my family went to my grandparents house for Thanksgiving and our relatives joined us for dessert where we had what my mom calls the "annual fight" over Christmas. It wasn't actually as bad this year, but my uncle decided his family would not get gifts for anyone and neither would we buy their family any gifts. I think that's really stupid, especially considering their youngest is six. I guess we'll have to wait and see there are any more arguments later on.

Friday, I went shopping with my sister, my mom, and my mom's friend (I know how to have a good time). Actually, it kind of stunk because I was crabby and broke. Then, when I got home I got my election judge check- about three hours too late. I also got a letter saying I'm a state scholar which doesn't mean anything except I get a free subscription to Britannica Online Encyclopedia, which, by the way, is not very useful.

So, just as I was beginning to feel like I was getting well again- I get a cold. It really sucks. I have to blow my nose like every five minutes. I've been trying to do nothing ( cuz I don't feel good) but between the baby-sitting, church, homework, and youth group, it has been pretty hard (not that I've done any of my homework, it's just the strain from thinking about it).

Well, I have to go blow my nose again.

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