Family Fun!

Sometimes my family drives me crazy, but other times I realize that they're the best family for me. Yesterday, we had a birthday party for my brother and sister, and other than the fact that my mom was even more neurotic that usual, it was really a fun experience (even though I am dead tired this morning and wished I didn't have to be at work at 7 am).

I love my mom to death, she is the most caring and supportive mother anyone could ever ask for, but she has her...tendancies...that drive everyone up the wall. Hmm, maybe I got some of my control issues from her...Anyways, here are a couple of things that left me ready to pull my hair out...

-So I was vaccuming the house, and then later my mom goes back and does it all over again, because...I kid you not...The stripes were not vertical. So I did it completely wrong apparently. You know, I had NO idea that the dirt/hair wasn't sucked up unless the lines are totally perpendicular. I guess you learn something every day!

-Also, we were having cold cuts as the main entree at dinner, so I rolled all the meat and cheese we went out and bought. My mom went out and redid most of it because I was apparently squishing all the food because the corners of the cheeses were hanging off the edges. Oh well.

Anyways, this whole weekend was rather entertaining for me. I had Friday off [long story short, I work an extra hour every day so I can get every other Friday off]. My 10 year old sister was thrilled. She was really excited that I was able to make pancakes for her, and that she was able to explain in detail all about her new favorite video game. I also got to beat my brother in a racing game, it was great.

Anyways, yesterday I got to see all my little cousins. I'm starting to feel old now, haha. Two of my cousins just turned 7, and the other two are a little over 2 and talking up a storm! I was walking my dog with my cousin Emily, and she was going on about who she is going to have for a second grade teacher (coincidentally, the same one I had when I was her age!). It brought back a lot of good memories, you see, Emily is my second cousin, my first cousins were probably around my age when I was her age, so I remember looking up to them and thinking that they were the coolest cousins ever. I can only hope that their children might think a little bit of the same about me.

Anyways, a couple other memorable moments:

-A conversation between my mom, Melissa (my 17 yr old sister) and Andrew:
Mom: Ok, so tomorrow is Andrew's birthday, that means you have to be nice to him all day!
Andrew: Yeah, Melissa, that means chasing me around with a butter knife is the worst thing you can do.
Mom: She chases you around with a KNIFE?!
Andrew: Not a butter knife!!

-Melissa randomly picking me up and gloating that she is stronger than both my ex-boyfriends

-The double takes I got from my new hairdo. (Everyone loved it...so the only people who don't like it are my mom and dad)

-Me having to 'save' my cousins from the 'evil alien Andrew'

-A discussion about how Abnormal Psychology will be so easy for me considering that I have a crazy family and how my Uncle George is a whole lecture on his own.

-My cousin Maura saying that the Pirates of the Carribean tattoo she had was in fact the normal kind, not the real kind. Haha. Idk, maybe I'm the only one who finds this kind of funny.

-Me eating a piece of my mom's AMAZING fudge ribbon cake (AKA "The Cake" to family members and anyone who's ever eaten it), and realizing today that I did not in fact gain 300 pounds. =]

It's funny how we (or at least I) don't really appreciate the most important things we have until you (I) haven't had it for a while. I have wasted so many days arguing with my parents and my brother and sisters for the silliest things. I'm just thankful that now I can stop and realize how blessed I am.

Oh and on a totally random note, I finally got my back brace, and I feel a GAZILLION times better!