I will admit that although I grew up with two sports loving brothers and a grandpa who will watch any sporting event that is on tv, I never really got into sports until I was about 17 or 18. Now I love to watch ESPN, ComCast, and games. I have also done some "research" and have taught myself alot about sports (mostly baseball and my favorite team- the Cubs!). I joke around that I had to become a self-educated sports fan because my grandpa favored my brothers (he really didn't) because they are always talking about and bonding over sports, and I was a little sick of being leftout. So I set out to impress them and it's worked. Now they will actually call/text me during games to talk about it with me!
Anyways, when I was 18 we got my grandpa Cubs tickets for Father's Day. That was my first trip to Wrigley. I have been twice since then. I love that place. The atmoshpere there is amazing. And I love the old historic look and feel of the stadium. Wrigley really is someplace special. If you've never been there I suggest you go. Even if you aren't a Cubs fan, but you just like the sport (or even if you don't!) that place has a lot of history and you can feel how much the fans (and the city of Chicago) love and respect their team and the game.
I get to go back to Wrigley 3 times this summer. And I will get to see 3 great games. My brother's girlfriend got us *free* Cubs/White Sox tickets (which are near impossible to get anyways, much less for free) for next month! And my wonderful little brother got me tickets to two of the Cubs/Cardinals games in August. I am so excited! I don't think I've ever wanted summer to go by this quickly! :)
Someday I think it would be awesome to go to all of the major league ballparks in the US and take in a game. I also want to go the Hall of Fame in Cooperstown. My grandparents went there last fall and I was so jealous. It sounded amazing.
But, until I get to do that stuff, I will settle for trips to Wrigley and watching my Cubbies on tv. GO CUBS GO!! :)
Monday, May 12, 2008
Sunday, May 11, 2008
Happy Mother's Day!!
Happy Mother's Day to all the moms out there!! You are apprecitated and loved, even if it's not always expressed. Thank you for all that you do. :)
Friday, May 9, 2008
Vacation, what?
My summer classes start on Monday, and I already have to read 2 chapters for one of them, and 9 readings (which is about 100 pages) for the other. I knew I wasn't going to have any big break from school work, but come on!! I was hoping for at least 2 days that I wouldn't have to do anything! I am already being a bad student and putting off the readings until later this weekend. So with that, I am going to bed! Good night!
Thursday, May 8, 2008
Thinking about a serious return...
So, I just revisited some of my old posts and realized how horrible I am at this blogging thing. It has been over two years since I last posted. Geez... I couldn't even remember my password or long-on name! I am making it my summer committment to blog at least once a week. I spend about 20% (or something like that... math isn't my strong subject) of my day mindlessly surfing the internet so I figure why not blog during that time. So hopefully I can stick with it. It is going to be a crazy busy summer...
I am taking 4 classes this summer plus working 23 hours a week. Three of my classes are 3 hours a day, 5 days a week, for 3 weeks. Well, technically 9 weeks. My classes run one after another, so once the first 3 weeks are over, I will start my second class. Then when those 3 weeks are up I start my third class. My fourth class is an on-line class that will last 4 weeks. It is during the first part of summer. I am excited to take these classes because taking them now means I get to graduate on time (May 2009!!) but I was thinking I would get a break between spring and summer terms. I was wrong. I had my last spring final this morning and my summer classes start Monday. So I only get a three-day weekend.
As for my job, I'm hoping it won't be too much on top of school. I am working at a gym teaching gymnastics and tumbling and I love it!! The kids are so great and I laugh everyday at work. And I love my co-workers. I just transferred to a new school/town last fall and I feel so at home here partially because of my job. I'm going to miss it so much when I graduate. But I still have a year until that happens.
Alright, now that I've probably bored any one who reads this to tears, I am going to sign off. I will blog later this week about more exciting and entertaining things... or not. You will just have to come back and find out! :)
I am taking 4 classes this summer plus working 23 hours a week. Three of my classes are 3 hours a day, 5 days a week, for 3 weeks. Well, technically 9 weeks. My classes run one after another, so once the first 3 weeks are over, I will start my second class. Then when those 3 weeks are up I start my third class. My fourth class is an on-line class that will last 4 weeks. It is during the first part of summer. I am excited to take these classes because taking them now means I get to graduate on time (May 2009!!) but I was thinking I would get a break between spring and summer terms. I was wrong. I had my last spring final this morning and my summer classes start Monday. So I only get a three-day weekend.
As for my job, I'm hoping it won't be too much on top of school. I am working at a gym teaching gymnastics and tumbling and I love it!! The kids are so great and I laugh everyday at work. And I love my co-workers. I just transferred to a new school/town last fall and I feel so at home here partially because of my job. I'm going to miss it so much when I graduate. But I still have a year until that happens.
Alright, now that I've probably bored any one who reads this to tears, I am going to sign off. I will blog later this week about more exciting and entertaining things... or not. You will just have to come back and find out! :)
Wednesday, February 22, 2006
A little about me...
Well, it has been like a month since I have posted anything and today I just don't quite have the creative juices flowing through me so I'm reposting something I took off of one of my friends MySpace. I honestly would put something intrueging and profound, but I have a headache, tons of homework, midterm tests, and might possibly have bronchitis. (I don't know how to spell it and I don't feel like looking it up). So enjoy my list (extremely long list) about me! :)
[ ] I have eaten more than 5 meals a day.
[x] I have read a lot of books.
[x] I have been on some sort of varsity team.
[ ] I have run more than 2 miles without stopping.
[ ] I have been to Canada.
[ ] I have been to Europe.
[x] I have watched cartoons for hours.
[x] I have tripped UP the stairs.
[x] I have fallen down an entire flight of stairs.
[x] I have been snowboarding/skiing.
[x] I have played ping pong.
[x] I swam in the ocean.
[x] I have been on a whale watch.
[x] I have seen fireworks.
[x] I have seen a shooting star.
[x] I have seen a meteor shower.
[x] I have almost drowned.
[x] I have been so embarrassed I wanted to disappear.
[x] I have listened to one cd over & over & over again.
[ ] I have had stitches.
[x] I have been on the honor roll.
[ ] I have had frostbite.
[ ] I have licked a frozen pole and got stuck there
[x] I have stayed up til 2 doing homework/projects.
[ ] I currently have a job.
[x] I have been ice skating.
[x] I have been rollerblading.
[x] I have fallen flat on my face.
[x] I have tripped over my own feet.
[ ] I have been in a fist fight.
[ ] I have played videogames for more than 3 hours straight.
[x] I have watched the power rangers.
[x] I do attend Church regularly.
[x] I have played truth or dare.
[x]I have already had my 16th birthday.
[x] I have already had my 17th birthday.
[x] I've called someone stupid. And meant it.
[x] I've been in a verbal argument.
[ ] I've cried in school.
[x] I've played basketball on a team
[ ] I've played baseball on a team
[ ] I've played football on a team
[ ] i've played soccer on a team
[x] I've done cheerleading on a team
[x] I've played softball on a team
[x] I've played volleyball on a team
[ ] I've played tennis on a team
[x] I've been on a track team.
[x] I've been swimming more than 20 times in my life.
[ ] I've bungee jumped.
[x] I've climbed a rock wall.
[x] I've lost more than $20.
[x] I've called myself an idiot.
[x] I've called someone else an idiot.
[x] I've cried myself to sleep.
[x] I've had (or have) pets.
[ ] I've owned a spice girls cd.
[x] I've owned a britney spears cd.
[x] I've owned an N*Sync cd.
[x] I've owned a backstreet boys cd.
[x] I've mooned someone.
[ ] I’ve sworn at someone in authority.
[x]I've been in the newspaper.
[x] I've been on TV.
[ ] I've been to Hawaii.
[ ] I've eaten sushi.
[ ] I've been on the other side of a waterfall.
[ ] I've watched all of the Lord of the Rings movies.
[ ] I've watched all of the Harry Potter movies.
[ ] I've watched all of the Rocky movies.
[x] I've watched the 3 stooges.
[x] I've watched "Newly weds" Nick & Jessica.
[x] I've watched Looney Tunes.
[ ] I've been stuffed into a locker.
[ ] I've been called a geek.
[x] I've studied hard for a test and got a bad grade.
[x] I've not studied at all for a test and aced it.
[ ] I've hugged my mom within the past 24 hours.
[ ] I've hugged my dad within the past 24 hours.
[ ] I've met a celebrity/music artist.
[ ] I've written poetry.
[ ] I've been arrested.
[x] I've been attracted to someone much older than me.
[x] I've been tickled till I've cried.
[x] I've tickled someone else until they cried.
[x] I've had/have siblings.
[x] I've been to a rock concert.
[x] I've listened to classical music and enjoyed it.
[x] I've been in a play.
[ ] I've been picked last in gym class.
[x] I've been picked first in gym class.
[x] I've been picked in that middle-range in gym class.
[x] I've cried in front of my friends.
[ ] I've read a book longer than 1,000 pages.
[ ] I've played Halo 2.
[x] I've freaked out over a sports game.
[ ] I've been to Alaska.
[ ] I've been to China.
[ ] I've been to Spain.
[ ] I've been to Japan.
[ ] I've had a fight with someone on AIM.
[x] I've had a fight with someone face-to-face.
[x] I've had serious converstations on any IM.
[x] I've forgiven someone who has done something wrong to me.
[x] I've been forgiven.
[x] I've screamed at a scary movie.
[x] I've cried at a chick flick.
[x] I've watched a lot of action movies.
[x] I've screamed at the top of my lungs.
[ ] I've been to a rap concert.
[ ] I've been to a hip hop concert.
[ ] I've lived in more than 2 houses.
[x] I've driven on the highway
[x] I've driven more than 40 miles in a day
[x] Ive been in a car accident
[ ] I've done drugs.
[x] I've been homesick.
[x] I've thrown up
[x] I've puked all over someone.
[x] I've been horseback riding.
[ ] I've filled out more than 10 myspace surveys.
[x] I've spoken my mind in public.
[x] I've proved someone wrong
[x] I've been proved wrong by someone.
[ ] I've broken a leg.
[ ] I've broken an arm.
[x] I've fallen off a swing.
[ ] I've swung on a swing for more than 30 mins straight.
[x] I've watched Winnie the Pooh movies.
[ ] I've forgotten my backpack when I've gone to school.
[ ] I've lost my backpack.
[ ] I've come close to dying.
[x] I've seen someone die.
[x] I've known someone who has died.
[x] I've wanted to be an actor/actress at some point.
[ ] I've done modeling.
[x] I've forgotten to brush my teeth some mornings.
[x] I've taken something/someone for granted.
[x] I've realized how good my life is.
[x] I've counted my blessings.
[x] I've made fun of a classmate.
[x] I've been on a date.
[x] I've been asked out by someone and I said no.
[ ] I've asked someone on a date and been turned down.
[x] I've slapped someone in the face.
[x] I've been skateboarding.
[x] I've been backstabbed by someone I thought was a friend.
[x] I've lied to someone to their face.
[x] I've told a little white lie.
[x] I've taken a day off from school just so I don't go insane.
[ ] I've fainted....on purpose tho...
[x] I've had an argument with someone about whether cheerleading is a sport or not.
[x] I've pushed someone into a pool.
[x] I've been pushed into a pool
[ ] I've gotten kicked out of my house.
[ ] I've ran away from home.
[ ] I've snuck out of my house.
[ ] I have eaten more than 5 meals a day.
[x] I have read a lot of books.
[x] I have been on some sort of varsity team.
[ ] I have run more than 2 miles without stopping.
[ ] I have been to Canada.
[ ] I have been to Europe.
[x] I have watched cartoons for hours.
[x] I have tripped UP the stairs.
[x] I have fallen down an entire flight of stairs.
[x] I have been snowboarding/skiing.
[x] I have played ping pong.
[x] I swam in the ocean.
[x] I have been on a whale watch.
[x] I have seen fireworks.
[x] I have seen a shooting star.
[x] I have seen a meteor shower.
[x] I have almost drowned.
[x] I have been so embarrassed I wanted to disappear.
[x] I have listened to one cd over & over & over again.
[ ] I have had stitches.
[x] I have been on the honor roll.
[ ] I have had frostbite.
[ ] I have licked a frozen pole and got stuck there
[x] I have stayed up til 2 doing homework/projects.
[ ] I currently have a job.
[x] I have been ice skating.
[x] I have been rollerblading.
[x] I have fallen flat on my face.
[x] I have tripped over my own feet.
[ ] I have been in a fist fight.
[ ] I have played videogames for more than 3 hours straight.
[x] I have watched the power rangers.
[x] I do attend Church regularly.
[x] I have played truth or dare.
[x]I have already had my 16th birthday.
[x] I have already had my 17th birthday.
[x] I've called someone stupid. And meant it.
[x] I've been in a verbal argument.
[ ] I've cried in school.
[x] I've played basketball on a team
[ ] I've played baseball on a team
[ ] I've played football on a team
[ ] i've played soccer on a team
[x] I've done cheerleading on a team
[x] I've played softball on a team
[x] I've played volleyball on a team
[ ] I've played tennis on a team
[x] I've been on a track team.
[x] I've been swimming more than 20 times in my life.
[ ] I've bungee jumped.
[x] I've climbed a rock wall.
[x] I've lost more than $20.
[x] I've called myself an idiot.
[x] I've called someone else an idiot.
[x] I've cried myself to sleep.
[x] I've had (or have) pets.
[ ] I've owned a spice girls cd.
[x] I've owned a britney spears cd.
[x] I've owned an N*Sync cd.
[x] I've owned a backstreet boys cd.
[x] I've mooned someone.
[ ] I’ve sworn at someone in authority.
[x]I've been in the newspaper.
[x] I've been on TV.
[ ] I've been to Hawaii.
[ ] I've eaten sushi.
[ ] I've been on the other side of a waterfall.
[ ] I've watched all of the Lord of the Rings movies.
[ ] I've watched all of the Harry Potter movies.
[ ] I've watched all of the Rocky movies.
[x] I've watched the 3 stooges.
[x] I've watched "Newly weds" Nick & Jessica.
[x] I've watched Looney Tunes.
[ ] I've been stuffed into a locker.
[ ] I've been called a geek.
[x] I've studied hard for a test and got a bad grade.
[x] I've not studied at all for a test and aced it.
[ ] I've hugged my mom within the past 24 hours.
[ ] I've hugged my dad within the past 24 hours.
[ ] I've met a celebrity/music artist.
[ ] I've written poetry.
[ ] I've been arrested.
[x] I've been attracted to someone much older than me.
[x] I've been tickled till I've cried.
[x] I've tickled someone else until they cried.
[x] I've had/have siblings.
[x] I've been to a rock concert.
[x] I've listened to classical music and enjoyed it.
[x] I've been in a play.
[ ] I've been picked last in gym class.
[x] I've been picked first in gym class.
[x] I've been picked in that middle-range in gym class.
[x] I've cried in front of my friends.
[ ] I've read a book longer than 1,000 pages.
[ ] I've played Halo 2.
[x] I've freaked out over a sports game.
[ ] I've been to Alaska.
[ ] I've been to China.
[ ] I've been to Spain.
[ ] I've been to Japan.
[ ] I've had a fight with someone on AIM.
[x] I've had a fight with someone face-to-face.
[x] I've had serious converstations on any IM.
[x] I've forgiven someone who has done something wrong to me.
[x] I've been forgiven.
[x] I've screamed at a scary movie.
[x] I've cried at a chick flick.
[x] I've watched a lot of action movies.
[x] I've screamed at the top of my lungs.
[ ] I've been to a rap concert.
[ ] I've been to a hip hop concert.
[ ] I've lived in more than 2 houses.
[x] I've driven on the highway
[x] I've driven more than 40 miles in a day
[x] Ive been in a car accident
[ ] I've done drugs.
[x] I've been homesick.
[x] I've thrown up
[x] I've puked all over someone.
[x] I've been horseback riding.
[ ] I've filled out more than 10 myspace surveys.
[x] I've spoken my mind in public.
[x] I've proved someone wrong
[x] I've been proved wrong by someone.
[ ] I've broken a leg.
[ ] I've broken an arm.
[x] I've fallen off a swing.
[ ] I've swung on a swing for more than 30 mins straight.
[x] I've watched Winnie the Pooh movies.
[ ] I've forgotten my backpack when I've gone to school.
[ ] I've lost my backpack.
[ ] I've come close to dying.
[x] I've seen someone die.
[x] I've known someone who has died.
[x] I've wanted to be an actor/actress at some point.
[ ] I've done modeling.
[x] I've forgotten to brush my teeth some mornings.
[x] I've taken something/someone for granted.
[x] I've realized how good my life is.
[x] I've counted my blessings.
[x] I've made fun of a classmate.
[x] I've been on a date.
[x] I've been asked out by someone and I said no.
[ ] I've asked someone on a date and been turned down.
[x] I've slapped someone in the face.
[x] I've been skateboarding.
[x] I've been backstabbed by someone I thought was a friend.
[x] I've lied to someone to their face.
[x] I've told a little white lie.
[x] I've taken a day off from school just so I don't go insane.
[ ] I've fainted....on purpose tho...
[x] I've had an argument with someone about whether cheerleading is a sport or not.
[x] I've pushed someone into a pool.
[x] I've been pushed into a pool
[ ] I've gotten kicked out of my house.
[ ] I've ran away from home.
[ ] I've snuck out of my house.
Sunday, January 22, 2006
Happy 2006!!
Wow!!! I can't believe it's been almost TWO months since I posted. I think it's because I got so busy with finals and everything, then went home for a month and rarely got online at home.
Yeah, so... I can't belive January is almost over! I seems like it just started! Ok... I don't really have the brain power to think of anything good to blog about tonight, and it's late and I'm tired so I will get on here tomorrow, or some time soon, and spill about the events that have been going on in my life over the past month-ish.
Bye bye! :)
Yeah, so... I can't belive January is almost over! I seems like it just started! Ok... I don't really have the brain power to think of anything good to blog about tonight, and it's late and I'm tired so I will get on here tomorrow, or some time soon, and spill about the events that have been going on in my life over the past month-ish.
Bye bye! :)
Monday, December 5, 2005
Almost there...
Yay! This is my last week of classes for this semester! Next week I have finals on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. Then I get to go home for a month long break! Yay! I'm so ready to be done with school for a little bit. And I'm ready for Christmas! It's my favorite time of the year. And this year over break I am going to Nashville for a church retreat. That should be really fun, I can't wait! Well, I'm going to go study but I thought I would put a little something here since I haven't blogged anything in a long time! Bye!!!
Monday, October 31, 2005
Family Matters
Well, the past 2 weeks have been pretty... well exciting for my family. Maybe exciting isn't the best word but I'm tired and nothing else is popping in to my head right away. Stressful perhaps? Yeah that seems like a better word. Ok here's the story.
Two weekends ago my parents came to visit me for the weekend at school and left my 17 yr. old brother JP home alone for 1 night. My brother is usually a pretty good kid. We have had some very hard times in the past 5 years and he has had a little bit of trouble dealing with everything. In 2000 our dad had an affair and moved out for a while. Ever since then neither of us have had a very good relationship with him. That has been especially hard on JP because now he doesn't really have a good male role model/father figure to look up to. He did look up to my uncle, until he passed away in 2003. He has always looked up to our older brother JC, but last Nov. we found out JC was involved in drugs and the such. JC went to rehab and JP has still sort of looked up to him. My grandpa has also been someone JP has looked up to but in the last 2 years my grandpa had changed and is starting to fall apart emotionally and sometimes it seems mentally too.
Anywho, while my parents were gone, JP asked JC (who is still battling his addiction but lives with my grandparents) to buy him some beer. JC being the "wonderfully cool" (sarcasim) older brother that he is agreed to do so. JP then invited a few friends out to our house to drink. They didn't stay at our house long because they went to another party somewhere else. Well, while they were at our house my mom called to check in. JP told her they were at his friends house. It was a pretty convincing lie- until my mom heard our dog barking in the background. JP tried to pass it off by telling her it was his friends dog, but my mom knew better.
That was Saturday night.
Tuesday evening JP called me to ask me if I had talked to mom. I told him no then asked why. He told me he thought she might have found out that he was at the party at his friends house, but made no mention of the shindig he threw. Later Tuesday night my mom called me and told me what my brother did. She was highly disappointed because 1. she does not condone drinking (of course) and 2. alcholoism runs in our family (my older brother and my grandpa on my dads side, and maybe a few others) so it is something my brother and I both know not to mess with.
Another thing about JP. He does not like to share his emotions and he does NOT like to "talk". He will usually get an "attitude" when my mom tries to talk to him about anything, even simple things like school or football practice. This causes quite a few conflicts between him and my mom. JP gets "tired of mom grilling him all the time" (even when shes really not) and mom gets tired of him "having an attitude all the time" (even when he sometimes doesn't). And I get tired of feeling like I'm stuck in the middle of it sometimes (even when I'm not)!
Well last weekend JP and one of his friends, SE, came down to stay with me for the weekend. We didn't do a whole lot. There were definately no parties! I tried to use my good influence on JP to show him that he doesn't need to drink ot have fun. Hopefully it worked!
Oh, and what about my older brother who was the one responsible for getting JP the beer you ask? My grandparents talked to him and told him "never to do that again". Yeah, I'm sure THAT will work. If only... So now my mom and my grandparents (mostly my grandparents b/c that's where JC lives) have decided revise and inforce the rules we came up with for JC to follow in order to stay at my grandparents house. We came up with those rules when JC moved in with them in March, but nobody has inforced them. Some of those rules were of course NO drugs, no drinking, no girls in the house, random drug tests, and continued treatment. JC is at the bars every weekend, there have been zero drug tests, no continued treatment, and we are pretty sure he is still using.
Some evidence we have that he is still using we discovered very recently. My aunt and uncle were visiting my family this weekend and everyone except my uncle and JC were at my mom's house. My uncle was still at my grandparents because he was getting ready to go hunting and went to use the bathroom. When he walked into the bathroom the window was open and he could smell pot. Yes, pot. And seeing how everyone in my family was at my mom's house except my older brother, you can probably put two and two together.
After my uncle told my aunt about what happened she called my grandma and told her. My grandma's response? "Well we asked him the other night if he was using and he said no." Hmm, let's think about this, shall we? We have a drug addict who we also know to be a compulsive liar, but he says he's not using, so you believe him? Something about that just doesn't sound right.
My mom thinks that my grandparents should have kicked JC out when they found out he bought beer for my little brother. I agree with her. Actually, I think that JC should have been out months ago. In my opinion, JC had disrespected and underappreciated my mom, my grandparents and my whole family. He has not changed his life style at all since he entered rehab. He has continued to lie, manipulate, drink and use drugs. He knows, even without us reminding him or telling him, that those things are completely unacceptable. He was told that in rehab.
I love my brother very much and don't want to see him hurting or in trouble. But, I also want to see him clean and living life right. If him being out on the street, or whatever, is what it takes for that to happen, then I am fine with that. I think that him living with my grandparents is hurting everyone and making everyone's life much more stressful. He is an unhealthy influence on my younger brother and causes my mom and grandparents alot of stress. Unfortunately, my grandparents will not "kick him out", as bad as it sounds, and because they won't do that they are enabling him. I know they are just trying to help him and don't want to see him hit rock bottom, but at this point they need to just let him go because hitting rock bottom might just be what my brother needs. My mom has tried to tell them this, but they don't seem to listen. I wonder if they would think any differently if I talked to them and told them how I feel?
Ohmygosh! This is one long post! And I'm not so sure all of it makes sense but I feel alot better getting it out! Until next time... :)
Two weekends ago my parents came to visit me for the weekend at school and left my 17 yr. old brother JP home alone for 1 night. My brother is usually a pretty good kid. We have had some very hard times in the past 5 years and he has had a little bit of trouble dealing with everything. In 2000 our dad had an affair and moved out for a while. Ever since then neither of us have had a very good relationship with him. That has been especially hard on JP because now he doesn't really have a good male role model/father figure to look up to. He did look up to my uncle, until he passed away in 2003. He has always looked up to our older brother JC, but last Nov. we found out JC was involved in drugs and the such. JC went to rehab and JP has still sort of looked up to him. My grandpa has also been someone JP has looked up to but in the last 2 years my grandpa had changed and is starting to fall apart emotionally and sometimes it seems mentally too.
Anywho, while my parents were gone, JP asked JC (who is still battling his addiction but lives with my grandparents) to buy him some beer. JC being the "wonderfully cool" (sarcasim) older brother that he is agreed to do so. JP then invited a few friends out to our house to drink. They didn't stay at our house long because they went to another party somewhere else. Well, while they were at our house my mom called to check in. JP told her they were at his friends house. It was a pretty convincing lie- until my mom heard our dog barking in the background. JP tried to pass it off by telling her it was his friends dog, but my mom knew better.
That was Saturday night.
Tuesday evening JP called me to ask me if I had talked to mom. I told him no then asked why. He told me he thought she might have found out that he was at the party at his friends house, but made no mention of the shindig he threw. Later Tuesday night my mom called me and told me what my brother did. She was highly disappointed because 1. she does not condone drinking (of course) and 2. alcholoism runs in our family (my older brother and my grandpa on my dads side, and maybe a few others) so it is something my brother and I both know not to mess with.
Another thing about JP. He does not like to share his emotions and he does NOT like to "talk". He will usually get an "attitude" when my mom tries to talk to him about anything, even simple things like school or football practice. This causes quite a few conflicts between him and my mom. JP gets "tired of mom grilling him all the time" (even when shes really not) and mom gets tired of him "having an attitude all the time" (even when he sometimes doesn't). And I get tired of feeling like I'm stuck in the middle of it sometimes (even when I'm not)!
Well last weekend JP and one of his friends, SE, came down to stay with me for the weekend. We didn't do a whole lot. There were definately no parties! I tried to use my good influence on JP to show him that he doesn't need to drink ot have fun. Hopefully it worked!
Oh, and what about my older brother who was the one responsible for getting JP the beer you ask? My grandparents talked to him and told him "never to do that again". Yeah, I'm sure THAT will work. If only... So now my mom and my grandparents (mostly my grandparents b/c that's where JC lives) have decided revise and inforce the rules we came up with for JC to follow in order to stay at my grandparents house. We came up with those rules when JC moved in with them in March, but nobody has inforced them. Some of those rules were of course NO drugs, no drinking, no girls in the house, random drug tests, and continued treatment. JC is at the bars every weekend, there have been zero drug tests, no continued treatment, and we are pretty sure he is still using.
Some evidence we have that he is still using we discovered very recently. My aunt and uncle were visiting my family this weekend and everyone except my uncle and JC were at my mom's house. My uncle was still at my grandparents because he was getting ready to go hunting and went to use the bathroom. When he walked into the bathroom the window was open and he could smell pot. Yes, pot. And seeing how everyone in my family was at my mom's house except my older brother, you can probably put two and two together.
After my uncle told my aunt about what happened she called my grandma and told her. My grandma's response? "Well we asked him the other night if he was using and he said no." Hmm, let's think about this, shall we? We have a drug addict who we also know to be a compulsive liar, but he says he's not using, so you believe him? Something about that just doesn't sound right.
My mom thinks that my grandparents should have kicked JC out when they found out he bought beer for my little brother. I agree with her. Actually, I think that JC should have been out months ago. In my opinion, JC had disrespected and underappreciated my mom, my grandparents and my whole family. He has not changed his life style at all since he entered rehab. He has continued to lie, manipulate, drink and use drugs. He knows, even without us reminding him or telling him, that those things are completely unacceptable. He was told that in rehab.
I love my brother very much and don't want to see him hurting or in trouble. But, I also want to see him clean and living life right. If him being out on the street, or whatever, is what it takes for that to happen, then I am fine with that. I think that him living with my grandparents is hurting everyone and making everyone's life much more stressful. He is an unhealthy influence on my younger brother and causes my mom and grandparents alot of stress. Unfortunately, my grandparents will not "kick him out", as bad as it sounds, and because they won't do that they are enabling him. I know they are just trying to help him and don't want to see him hit rock bottom, but at this point they need to just let him go because hitting rock bottom might just be what my brother needs. My mom has tried to tell them this, but they don't seem to listen. I wonder if they would think any differently if I talked to them and told them how I feel?
Ohmygosh! This is one long post! And I'm not so sure all of it makes sense but I feel alot better getting it out! Until next time... :)
Monday, October 17, 2005
Umm... guys, I think we need a map...
***This one is going on my list of things to never tell my mom about. Or maybe the "things-I'm-not-telling-mom-about-until-I'm-30" list. I haven't decided yet...
This weekend Kay's boyfriend, CS, came to our school with some of his buddies from his school b/c they were playing in a flag football tourney. Saturday morning CS called Kay at like 8:00 to let us know that they were in town and getting ready to start the first game, so Kay and I, being the good friends and fans we are, dragged our butts out of bed and went to watch them play. We missed their first game but made it for their second one at 11:00. We were like the only 2 fans there... what fun!
Anyway, to the point... Saturday night we went out to eat with CS and a few of his friends. After dinner me, Kay, CS, and his friend DB decided we wanted to go out and do something while the rest of the guys went back to the hotel. Me and Kay were all for going to a local dance club, but the boys didn't like that idea to well. So we headed in the city to find something to do.
And when I say city I mean St. Louis. And when I say to "find" something to do I mean find, look, seek out, search. We had no idea of what to do, no idea of where to go, and no map.
We finally decided to go check out the City Museum (from now on refered to as TCM), which is like a giant play-ground. It has all the climbing things like Jungle of Fun does, only it's big enough for adults to do too. Fortunately, I had just looked it up on the internet on Thursday so I slightly remembered what street it was on.
****IMPORTANT NOTE: 1) I've never driven in big city traffic. I'm from a small country town. 2)I've only been in downtown St. Louis like, a few times, and most of them were when I was young. I did go to a concert there a few months ago so I had a vague- no very vague, idea of where about 3 streets were.****
So, here I am, driving us into downtown St. Louis at 9:45 PM, with no idea where to go. All I know to do was look for the street that TCM was on. We drove around for about 20 minutes before I called a friend who knew where TCM was for directions. But after I got off the phone with her, we got even more lost and had to call her back 30 minutes later. After that it took us another 25 minutes after that to find the freakin' place.
Once we found the place we decided not to go in b/c it wasn't worth the 8 bucks to get in plus the $5 parking fee for 2 hours and the boys were kind of tired from playing football all day and they still had games Sunday morning. That made me a little bit mad b/c I wasted all that gas to drive around for like 1 1/2 hours and do nothing. But we stil had fun.
The whole time we were driving DB was talking to people out the window. Not like yelling or being mean, b/c I would have killed him, but just saying random things to people. He told some couple walking their dogs that their dogs were beautiful. He was pretty funny and made being lost not as bad as it could have been. He had never been to STL before so he was amazed at the Arch and kept telling me to drive back by it... which I did about 6 times, but not on purpose. We saw just about every landmark/big important building/stadium/park in downtown STL at least 4 times.
Once we left STL we took the boys back the their hotel and came back to campus and went to bed. Yup. Another exciting night in life of a college student.
In other news:
I went to court today to get my court supervision. I'm not sure how long I have it for or when it starts or anything. But I have 4 motnth to pay $160, so hopefully I can get a job by then! Or make money some how! Christmas falls in that time frame so maybe I'll just ask for money this year... hmm...
Oh yeah, I did end up tell my mom about being lost in STL. She just shook her head and said she wasn't sure if she wanted to know that kind of stuff. Haha. I love her... :)
Well I'm off to study and go to bed! Have a good week everyone! :)
This weekend Kay's boyfriend, CS, came to our school with some of his buddies from his school b/c they were playing in a flag football tourney. Saturday morning CS called Kay at like 8:00 to let us know that they were in town and getting ready to start the first game, so Kay and I, being the good friends and fans we are, dragged our butts out of bed and went to watch them play. We missed their first game but made it for their second one at 11:00. We were like the only 2 fans there... what fun!
Anyway, to the point... Saturday night we went out to eat with CS and a few of his friends. After dinner me, Kay, CS, and his friend DB decided we wanted to go out and do something while the rest of the guys went back to the hotel. Me and Kay were all for going to a local dance club, but the boys didn't like that idea to well. So we headed in the city to find something to do.
And when I say city I mean St. Louis. And when I say to "find" something to do I mean find, look, seek out, search. We had no idea of what to do, no idea of where to go, and no map.
We finally decided to go check out the City Museum (from now on refered to as TCM), which is like a giant play-ground. It has all the climbing things like Jungle of Fun does, only it's big enough for adults to do too. Fortunately, I had just looked it up on the internet on Thursday so I slightly remembered what street it was on.
****IMPORTANT NOTE: 1) I've never driven in big city traffic. I'm from a small country town. 2)I've only been in downtown St. Louis like, a few times, and most of them were when I was young. I did go to a concert there a few months ago so I had a vague- no very vague, idea of where about 3 streets were.****
So, here I am, driving us into downtown St. Louis at 9:45 PM, with no idea where to go. All I know to do was look for the street that TCM was on. We drove around for about 20 minutes before I called a friend who knew where TCM was for directions. But after I got off the phone with her, we got even more lost and had to call her back 30 minutes later. After that it took us another 25 minutes after that to find the freakin' place.
Once we found the place we decided not to go in b/c it wasn't worth the 8 bucks to get in plus the $5 parking fee for 2 hours and the boys were kind of tired from playing football all day and they still had games Sunday morning. That made me a little bit mad b/c I wasted all that gas to drive around for like 1 1/2 hours and do nothing. But we stil had fun.
The whole time we were driving DB was talking to people out the window. Not like yelling or being mean, b/c I would have killed him, but just saying random things to people. He told some couple walking their dogs that their dogs were beautiful. He was pretty funny and made being lost not as bad as it could have been. He had never been to STL before so he was amazed at the Arch and kept telling me to drive back by it... which I did about 6 times, but not on purpose. We saw just about every landmark/big important building/stadium/park in downtown STL at least 4 times.
Once we left STL we took the boys back the their hotel and came back to campus and went to bed. Yup. Another exciting night in life of a college student.
In other news:
I went to court today to get my court supervision. I'm not sure how long I have it for or when it starts or anything. But I have 4 motnth to pay $160, so hopefully I can get a job by then! Or make money some how! Christmas falls in that time frame so maybe I'll just ask for money this year... hmm...
Oh yeah, I did end up tell my mom about being lost in STL. She just shook her head and said she wasn't sure if she wanted to know that kind of stuff. Haha. I love her... :)
Well I'm off to study and go to bed! Have a good week everyone! :)
Friday, October 14, 2005
You call that a movie???
Ok, so I just got back from the movie "A History of Violence". It has Viggo Mortensen, Maria Bello, William Hurt and Ed Harris. It was horrible. It started out with a little bit of potential, then it all just went downhill, fast. It had no plot and it threw in some totally random scenes. Towards the beginning it showed a totally random scene of the main character and his wife getting it on... it was pretty graphic. For a minute I thought it was going to be a porn. And I couldn't figure out how it was revelant to the plot (or the lack-there-of). There were a few other spots in the movie like that too. Oh, yeah, there were also some way-to-gorey... umm... I guess you would call them "fight" scenes, although there wasn't really much fighting or action, just alot of killing. Bloody, brutal, seemingly pointless killing.
It was just bad... a waste of $6.75...
It was just bad... a waste of $6.75...
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