Skins in Snow
So thanksgiving is when I get the huge update on the only bit of my family that matters, my mom's cousins. My grandma had a lot of siblings so there are a good number of them, with a good number of their own kids. Now my actual cousins are big sluts and live on the west coast. One just got married in Italy and the other changed her name to Ruby. So I consider these guys my cousins and aunts and whatever. Point being my generation consists of 6 of us, Amy, Ryan, Jill, Melissa, Evan and me. There's Liz, Kristina and Vince but their never around, so we're gonna ignore them. Amy's the oldest, 32, she just had a baby in June, Samantha. To put it mildly, that baby took the attention of the night. She married Mike, I think he's my favorite marital addition to the family. I mean as usual I hate seeing the name go, but I guess we're depending on Ryan for that. Next, Jill, 27 just got married about a year ago to Rich (aka Felix). They are working on their first real house, they had been renting my GodGrandma's house. Felix and Joe (Jill's dad) are working on redoing the whole interior, stripping and everything. So one more independence story. Then Ryan (Amy's brother), 28, also just bought a house, up on the north fork, beautiful, just like you would expect from up there. He's getting married in May, to some girl I've never talked to. Melissa (Jill's sister), 18, is in her 2nd year at Nassau and is trying to become an elementary school teacher. She somehow made it to the in-crowd and that's where we stopped getting along, but once she realized I was surviving college I got some points back. Then Evan (my brother), 17, no clue where he's goin to school but he's gonna be a math or business major. He's smarter than all of us except for maybe my dad. He just got a girlfriend a few weeks ago, his first real one like evar. She's got the dumbest name in the world so I won't even go there.
Now the point of all that exposition is to show where I fall in line with my family. I'm next in line for some serious family building. Amy and Ryan have been bringing people to thanksgiving for at least 5 years. My mom fell behind in the age line as well though, as you can tell by the huge gap between Jeanie and Celeste's first and me. The future is knocking on my door, but I refuse to acknowledge it. Not only am I younger than all of them, but my life is in another place and I'll be in school till I'm older than they are.
They've all been in the same fuckin place all their life. Amy and Ryan stayed home when they went to school. I did a lot more than just leave the house. We moved to begin with anyway. That whole side of the family is clumped in Nassau. Ryan seems the most daring, pushing it to the north fork ::shock:: shun the devil. Nothing could have kept me there, I'm not like them, for better or worse. I've told myself to keep moving whenever I can, but to be quite honest that's come into question since sffg. Who knew a club would have such a profound impact on my plans. But not only wouldn't I be able to go to NY from CO, I wouldn't be able to really get at VA either. I don't want to lose those who I've found by going out there. I don't think I have enough time to establish myself very well with them. I'd be leaving in 2 years. But I think realizing that Boulder is one of the top schools of the field decided what I need to do for me. It's just weird to be questioning something I was so sure on for so long.
Now the point of all that exposition is to show where I fall in line with my family. I'm next in line for some serious family building. Amy and Ryan have been bringing people to thanksgiving for at least 5 years. My mom fell behind in the age line as well though, as you can tell by the huge gap between Jeanie and Celeste's first and me. The future is knocking on my door, but I refuse to acknowledge it. Not only am I younger than all of them, but my life is in another place and I'll be in school till I'm older than they are.
They've all been in the same fuckin place all their life. Amy and Ryan stayed home when they went to school. I did a lot more than just leave the house. We moved to begin with anyway. That whole side of the family is clumped in Nassau. Ryan seems the most daring, pushing it to the north fork ::shock:: shun the devil. Nothing could have kept me there, I'm not like them, for better or worse. I've told myself to keep moving whenever I can, but to be quite honest that's come into question since sffg. Who knew a club would have such a profound impact on my plans. But not only wouldn't I be able to go to NY from CO, I wouldn't be able to really get at VA either. I don't want to lose those who I've found by going out there. I don't think I have enough time to establish myself very well with them. I'd be leaving in 2 years. But I think realizing that Boulder is one of the top schools of the field decided what I need to do for me. It's just weird to be questioning something I was so sure on for so long.