I Hear Voices All The Time. in Usual Shenanigans

& I also see dead people. & if you don't get those references, you aren't a Chris Young fan(title) or a Haley Joel Osment fan(first sentence). Sometimes I like to mess with people, okay, I lied, most of the time I like to pull people's legs. One of the things I get from my dad.

For new readers, I live with my dad and stepmom, but go visit my mom regularly, she lives about an hour away. I'll be 22 in April. The 2nd if you want to send me gifts, I love Starbucks and reading, just to let you know :)

Anyway, I tell you all that as background. Yesterday, my mom called me asking when I was coming out to spend time with her, I told her probably a few weekends from now. She started getting her pity tone the one that used to make me feel bad, but now just annoys me. It's not like I'm not going out there because I don't want to, I work & I like my routine. She sees it as me picking my dad and Lynn over her & that may have been true at eighteen, because I couldn't handle being around the negativity that her and my stepdad continue to exude most of the time anymore. I wanted out at 16, but was told I had to stay until I graduated. Anyways, I've always been closer with my Dad and Lynn and that drives my mom nuts. & it's not even like I WANT to live with my parents at almost 22, it's just the most financially smart thing to do. So I vented to Lynn yesterday about it & she tried to make me feel better and she really did. Lynn is my stepmom if you haven't connected the dots yet ha. She's one of my closest confidantes. Has been since I was just a sophomore in high school.

Mady & I seem to be doing pretty well, Mady is my 18 year old stepsister without the step. Yes, she's technically not biologically my sister, but damn, we can fight like we are. She moved out five days after her birthday and 9 months before her high school graduation. I see her once or twice a week and we're usually in the middle of a texting conversation. I have to call her out every now and again, and we won't talk for a day or two. It's like my Dad tells her when he's giving her tough love, I love you Mady, but I sure don't like you right now

Ryan and I seem to be in the fight like cats and dogs phase of our brotherly/sisterly cycle. Ryan is my dad and lynn's together, He's 9 years younger and maybe 9 centimeters shorter. We're the only two at home full-time. Matt still lives at my mom's(he's the only "real" one in the bunch, as in he's my mom's and my dad's just like me!) and like I said before, Mady's living with her best friend, I digress, we can be best buds or we can fight like cats and dogs. We're in the fighting/he questions everything stage and I'm kind of glad that he'll be out of town at camp this weekend, give me some time to just be without him questioning every little thing I'm doing.

That's right, I am home by myself this weekend, but don't try and come kidnap me, I have two baseball bats and two ferocious dogs who will attack you with kisses. But seriously.

Another thing you should know about me? My grandparents especially Lynn's parents are my favorite people. & I like telling funny stories about them. They're in Arizona for the winter, so nothing new and exciting on that front, but I was talking with my friend Cass & we have decided that it's in the grandpa job description that if God gives you granddaughters it's required that you be strong and stubborn, because they become wrapped around your finger and they don't let go. We also agreed that there is a special bond between grandpa and granddaughter. Don't get me wrong, I love my grandmas something fierce, but my grandpas? You mess with me, you're gonna have to go through two very upset grandpas. Hell hath no fury then a grandpa who's granddaughter you just hurt.

So I ordered a Lane Frost shirt online last week & I got it a couple days ago & my mom was making fun of me, because it says waiting on Lane, When she saw it she was like why are you waiting on him, he's dead. I'm like, Mom, in the movie, there is a scene where Cody is reading a poem called Waiting on Lane & she's like ohhh.

I went into AT&T and on a whim, upgraded to the iPhone 5s. I had an upgrade available so I thought why not.

The above was written yesterday, today I slept til about 8:30 and Mady was here around 10, we decided to go see Labor Day, which I definitely recommend, a very good movie indeed.

Now we're just home watching Mulan 2 on Netflix, I am catching up on blogs and PB, Also trying to get some writing time in.

Love to you all!