Oh My Gosh, We're Huge.
I realized yesterday that my immediate family is ludicrously large. People tell me that all the time, of course, when I tell them I'm the oldest of going-on 12 children. "Oh my God!" the exclaim. "But aren't your parents crazy? That is a LOT of kids!"
"Yes, it's a lot," I reply, even though I'm thinking, Oh, it's only twelve kids, come off it.
We all went to church yesterday though, for Christmas, at my old grade school church, and when I noticed that my family took up about the same space as my entire 6th grade class did, I was forced to say to myself, "My goodness, we are ludicrously huge."
I could empathize with fellow churchgoer's amazed stares and stunned exclamations of "Are they all yours??"
It was pretty funny, actually.
*****
This is how I have been spending my free time over Christmas break:
This book is simply awesome. Awesomeawesomeawesomeawesomeawesome. I finished it this morning and I am very very excited to continue reading this "trilogy in five parts." It's full of excellent British humor, and with characters called Zaphod Beeblebrox and Slartibartfast, how could it not be interesting? Hilarious and borderline philosophical read.
This is a book I started reading this morning. It's a mildly depressing but very fast read. I've plowed through about 200 pages in about 3-4 hours. I'm expecting to finish it tonight, seeing as to how I can't put it down. It's about a girl in her first year of art school who's found herself trapped in a bad relationship with a true asshole (She has yet to realize that. Girls are so stupid sometimes.). Simply but very well written. I like this author (Hilary Frank) a lot.
I watched this late Christmas Eve Night. It was awesome. It's a pretty trippy movie to watch by yourself in the dark at 1 in the morning, with your new dog making all these noises in the corner of the room, but it was really enjoyable. Shia LeBeouf is really great in this. Funny, scary, breath-taking.
This is what I'm planning to do with the remainder of my time off:
LOOOOOOSSSSTTTTT!!!!!! Best show on television!!! On my school breaks, I watch this show obsessively, and I'm hoping Christmas Break 07-08 is no exception. I'm kind of a pathetic fan, in that I haven't finished watching season 3, even though it ended months ago. The thing is, I'm a poor LOST fan, and buying it on itunes is out of the question, and the DVD set costs about $50. I'm needing to spend my Christmas money on school clothes and new jeans (My one pair now has a gaping hole in the knee.) And the website I used to watch season 3 on has been shut down (I am assuming this was because it was wildly illegal.) . Damn it.
But I have until Jan. 31, 2008 to catch up on season 3, because this is soon coming out:
LOST SEASON 4!!!! I am so excited!!!
*****
This is a new part of my Christmas Break:
If you read my post from 3 days ago, you'll remember me mentioning a dog showing up on my doorstep. You'll also remember me mentioning the prospect of a dog spending the night with me on my bed, and also my worries on said dog peeing on my comforters.
Well I did put that dog on my bed, which was a truly stupid thing to do because within about ten minutes she had left not one but two pee stains on not one but TWO of my comforters (Yes, I have multiple comforters on my bed. Comfort is important, you see.). So I very angrily had to throw them in the wash and search the house for more comforters. I had to settle for a thin Scooby Doo blanket.
I am giving you incredibly pointless details. The point is that my bed is, in my opinion, the best place in my entire house and under no circumstances will I let anyone defile it, so I will probably never ever let that dog set foot on it again.
That dog is probably mine now. We tacked up FOUND signs around my neighborhood and asked a few neighbors if they'd ever seen it, but the dog seems to be a stray. We might just take it. My parents were threatening to call the pound about this dog, but today my Mom bought a dog collar and treats and has been inciting debates about dog names at dinner (My 3-year-old sister, Katie, the photogenic one, suggested Polly Pocket, Gabriella Montes, or Vanessa Hutchens.). I believe this dog might be here to stay. In which I'll have to start calling her something other than "puppy."
I might have myself a new companion for long walks.
Until the future, dear reader...
Emily
"Yes, it's a lot," I reply, even though I'm thinking, Oh, it's only twelve kids, come off it.
We all went to church yesterday though, for Christmas, at my old grade school church, and when I noticed that my family took up about the same space as my entire 6th grade class did, I was forced to say to myself, "My goodness, we are ludicrously huge."
I could empathize with fellow churchgoer's amazed stares and stunned exclamations of "Are they all yours??"
It was pretty funny, actually.
*****
This is how I have been spending my free time over Christmas break:
This book is simply awesome. Awesomeawesomeawesomeawesomeawesome. I finished it this morning and I am very very excited to continue reading this "trilogy in five parts." It's full of excellent British humor, and with characters called Zaphod Beeblebrox and Slartibartfast, how could it not be interesting? Hilarious and borderline philosophical read.
This is a book I started reading this morning. It's a mildly depressing but very fast read. I've plowed through about 200 pages in about 3-4 hours. I'm expecting to finish it tonight, seeing as to how I can't put it down. It's about a girl in her first year of art school who's found herself trapped in a bad relationship with a true asshole (She has yet to realize that. Girls are so stupid sometimes.). Simply but very well written. I like this author (Hilary Frank) a lot.
I watched this late Christmas Eve Night. It was awesome. It's a pretty trippy movie to watch by yourself in the dark at 1 in the morning, with your new dog making all these noises in the corner of the room, but it was really enjoyable. Shia LeBeouf is really great in this. Funny, scary, breath-taking.This is what I'm planning to do with the remainder of my time off:
LOOOOOOSSSSTTTTT!!!!!! Best show on television!!! On my school breaks, I watch this show obsessively, and I'm hoping Christmas Break 07-08 is no exception. I'm kind of a pathetic fan, in that I haven't finished watching season 3, even though it ended months ago. The thing is, I'm a poor LOST fan, and buying it on itunes is out of the question, and the DVD set costs about $50. I'm needing to spend my Christmas money on school clothes and new jeans (My one pair now has a gaping hole in the knee.) And the website I used to watch season 3 on has been shut down (I am assuming this was because it was wildly illegal.) . Damn it.But I have until Jan. 31, 2008 to catch up on season 3, because this is soon coming out:
LOST SEASON 4!!!! I am so excited!!!
This is a new part of my Christmas Break:
If you read my post from 3 days ago, you'll remember me mentioning a dog showing up on my doorstep. You'll also remember me mentioning the prospect of a dog spending the night with me on my bed, and also my worries on said dog peeing on my comforters.Well I did put that dog on my bed, which was a truly stupid thing to do because within about ten minutes she had left not one but two pee stains on not one but TWO of my comforters (Yes, I have multiple comforters on my bed. Comfort is important, you see.). So I very angrily had to throw them in the wash and search the house for more comforters. I had to settle for a thin Scooby Doo blanket.
I am giving you incredibly pointless details. The point is that my bed is, in my opinion, the best place in my entire house and under no circumstances will I let anyone defile it, so I will probably never ever let that dog set foot on it again.
That dog is probably mine now. We tacked up FOUND signs around my neighborhood and asked a few neighbors if they'd ever seen it, but the dog seems to be a stray. We might just take it. My parents were threatening to call the pound about this dog, but today my Mom bought a dog collar and treats and has been inciting debates about dog names at dinner (My 3-year-old sister, Katie, the photogenic one, suggested Polly Pocket, Gabriella Montes, or Vanessa Hutchens.). I believe this dog might be here to stay. In which I'll have to start calling her something other than "puppy."
I might have myself a new companion for long walks.
Until the future, dear reader...
Emily
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