Smells of home......
My mom is making spaghetti sauce. The whole house smells like garlic. Mike is to my right in the family room watching a James Bond Marathon. My dad is to my left at the kitchen counter making the Christmas shopping list. Joe is behind him stirring the spaghetti sauce and talking about cars. My mom is standing next to him adding spices to the sauce. I'm sitting in the kitchen table in the area between the kitchen and family room (it's all one big room) typing away. It feels peaceful. All of us here together. Joe's voice is changing. And he started talking about girls. So he is in 7th grade and I guess he had to grow up sometime but it's still sad. Mike is only seven and he still lets me hug him and pick him up and twirl him around. But he's getting so tall.
So break has been good so far. Yesterday we went to my aunt's house for dinner. It was nice. Everyone was there. And David and Alex got grilled about every aspect of their lives, but me? Nothing. No questions asked. This is the first time that has ever happened. And it was AMAZING!!!! Even the dreaded, "So why don't you have a boyfriend?" question? Didn't hear it this year! Then we went to my step-dad's parents house for dessert and now I weight like twenty pounds more than I did before I left, but it's ok. I'm going to see Harry Potter at noon with my brothers while my parents go Christmas shopping. I'm soooooooooooooooo excited!!!! "The Goblet of Fire" is my favorite Harry Potter book so I can't wait to see the movie! Tomorrow we are going hiking and I might see Becky. And Sunday, Downtown Chicago!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It's my favorite place in the world, or at least my favorite place of all of the places that I have been to in my almost twenty-one years of existence. There is just so much to do and see and I always feel happy when I'm there.
So since I'm back in Illinois, how about those White Sox? On Wednesday they traded Aaron Rowand for Jim Thome. I love Jim Thome! But he's old and was injured last year, so it makes me nervous. If he can play next year the way he has played in the past, then I'm all for the trade. But right now, I don't know if I would have risked it if I was Kenny Williams. He can fill Carl Everett's DH spot if Paul Konerko comes back and he can play first base if Konerko doesn't come back, so I guess it's ok. I just hope that he's healthy! Because the Sox are building a dynasty, if you didn't know. We aren't stopping with one championship. That's not how it works in Chicago. We want more, so we'll get more!!!!!!!! While that other Chicago time chokes, as usual.
So break has been good so far. Yesterday we went to my aunt's house for dinner. It was nice. Everyone was there. And David and Alex got grilled about every aspect of their lives, but me? Nothing. No questions asked. This is the first time that has ever happened. And it was AMAZING!!!! Even the dreaded, "So why don't you have a boyfriend?" question? Didn't hear it this year! Then we went to my step-dad's parents house for dessert and now I weight like twenty pounds more than I did before I left, but it's ok. I'm going to see Harry Potter at noon with my brothers while my parents go Christmas shopping. I'm soooooooooooooooo excited!!!! "The Goblet of Fire" is my favorite Harry Potter book so I can't wait to see the movie! Tomorrow we are going hiking and I might see Becky. And Sunday, Downtown Chicago!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It's my favorite place in the world, or at least my favorite place of all of the places that I have been to in my almost twenty-one years of existence. There is just so much to do and see and I always feel happy when I'm there.
So since I'm back in Illinois, how about those White Sox? On Wednesday they traded Aaron Rowand for Jim Thome. I love Jim Thome! But he's old and was injured last year, so it makes me nervous. If he can play next year the way he has played in the past, then I'm all for the trade. But right now, I don't know if I would have risked it if I was Kenny Williams. He can fill Carl Everett's DH spot if Paul Konerko comes back and he can play first base if Konerko doesn't come back, so I guess it's ok. I just hope that he's healthy! Because the Sox are building a dynasty, if you didn't know. We aren't stopping with one championship. That's not how it works in Chicago. We want more, so we'll get more!!!!!!!! While that other Chicago time chokes, as usual.