Gonna party like it's my birthday
So yesterday was the birthday. I'm a whopping 22 years old now. Yay.
Wasn't very fabulous though I felt very loved. I recieved a crap load of phone calls from everyone, which was really nice since the past couple years many people have forgotten. Two phone calls which were awesome were that of my uncle who just got out of prison and Lisa Brown. I haven't actually heard my uncles voice in about 4 years- just talked through letters while he was locked up. And then there's Lisa, who I haven't talked to in 5 years. It was so crazy and totally unexpected. It was nice to hear from her. We just kept saying how weird we sounded. She told me I sounded so grown up lol. Makes sense though since the last time we talked, we were 17. So much has happened and changed in our lives. It was cool. I'm glad we've gotten back in touch, and I'm happy that I started it by sending her a birthday card when she had hers back in July. I have been talking to her mom for the past year now but this was the first time we'd actually gotten back in touch. Hopefully we can keep this up again. It's funny because we always said we'd stay in touch when she moved to Southfield. We did well for a while. Then college started and that's when it ended.
Michelle spent the day with me. It was probably the first time since the guys have gone that she didn't totally make me want to kill her. Part of that is probably because I was on the phone most of the day with my friends and family. That helped. Though what did piss me off was her constant talking while I was on the phone. And I don't mean like someone saying a couple things or adding their two cents while you're on the phone, I mean her trying to have her own conversations which do not have anything to do with the subject matter she's hearing me address with the person on the phone. I think the time it most pissed me off was when I was on the phone with my Grandma. I mean come on, she knew it was my grandma because I told her before I talked. Where is the respect? Poor Grandma was trying to say things and kept stopping because Michelle kept interrupting. Finally I yelled at her and literally told her to shut up and that she could talk to me when I was through.
My little cousin Vincent talked to me. He wants to visit me in Texas. He said it would be like a slumber party. I told him that would be fun and we could watch movies and eat popcorn. His main concern? "Do you guys have ice cream down there?" I found that adorable and hillarious. Kids are so great. He made me sad though because he said "I don't understand why you can't be at my birthday party with me?" His birthday is tomorrow. He's going to be 5. I'm sad I am missing it. I love him so much, and I was such a big part of his life when he was born and younger. I babysat him for 8-10 hours every day for several months after I moved home from CMU. I practically raised that kid for a while while my aunt and uncle were both working. It was so hard moving away because I worried that he would forget me. But he hasn't. Even though he only sees me twice a year he always knows who I am and runs up to hug me. So that was a sweet conversation. He's just getting so big.
So yeah. Michelle bought me dinner and a dessert from Applebees, which is my favorite place to eat. I thought that was really nice. I was going to treat myself, but she refused to let me. Guess I can't complain. I didn't lose any money that way. We watched Beauty Shop and Sahara also, they were both good. Though I missed the first hour of Sahara because Michelle's other annoyance is that she talkes constantly through movies. She stresses me out, I swear.
Rich was able to call me. That made my day. He was the first person to call me in the morning. I was happy. We were worried he wouldn't be able to call on my birthday. In fact at the time his phone didn't have signal. They were on a mountain and the guy he was with had just a little signal so he used his phone.
I can't believe he has already been gone for two weeks. It felt slow while they were happening, but really I just stay so busy with Autumn now that time seems to be gone before I know it. I'm glad. I need it to be that way, and I'm thankful for Autumn even when she is being a trouble maker and intentionally getting into things because she thinks she is funny and knows she's cute and that I can't stay mad at her. But that behavior helps the time go on a little quicker without letting me stare at the clock and count the minutes and hours until the next day comes. I think that's going to be such a help during Rich's deployment to Iraq. Plus she's going to be even older which will be more fun. She is already pretty fun since she actually plays now. I can't wait for everyone back in Michigan to be around her again. They're gonna have a blast. I especially can't wait for my Roo to come out in December! We're going to have a girls week! She's gonna come out and we're gonna chill for a few days then we're going to have our own little road trip back to Michigan. Should be fun, and will hopefully take my mind off of Rich leaving.
Ah, I am hungry and should get lunch. Autumn will be up soon and I haven't eaten yet today so I gotta keep up my engergy. She always has so much of her own!
Thank you to everyone who called or emailed me. I felt so loved by all of you yesterday. It really helped my situation.
Peace-Love-Monkeys
xoxo
Wasn't very fabulous though I felt very loved. I recieved a crap load of phone calls from everyone, which was really nice since the past couple years many people have forgotten. Two phone calls which were awesome were that of my uncle who just got out of prison and Lisa Brown. I haven't actually heard my uncles voice in about 4 years- just talked through letters while he was locked up. And then there's Lisa, who I haven't talked to in 5 years. It was so crazy and totally unexpected. It was nice to hear from her. We just kept saying how weird we sounded. She told me I sounded so grown up lol. Makes sense though since the last time we talked, we were 17. So much has happened and changed in our lives. It was cool. I'm glad we've gotten back in touch, and I'm happy that I started it by sending her a birthday card when she had hers back in July. I have been talking to her mom for the past year now but this was the first time we'd actually gotten back in touch. Hopefully we can keep this up again. It's funny because we always said we'd stay in touch when she moved to Southfield. We did well for a while. Then college started and that's when it ended.
Michelle spent the day with me. It was probably the first time since the guys have gone that she didn't totally make me want to kill her. Part of that is probably because I was on the phone most of the day with my friends and family. That helped. Though what did piss me off was her constant talking while I was on the phone. And I don't mean like someone saying a couple things or adding their two cents while you're on the phone, I mean her trying to have her own conversations which do not have anything to do with the subject matter she's hearing me address with the person on the phone. I think the time it most pissed me off was when I was on the phone with my Grandma. I mean come on, she knew it was my grandma because I told her before I talked. Where is the respect? Poor Grandma was trying to say things and kept stopping because Michelle kept interrupting. Finally I yelled at her and literally told her to shut up and that she could talk to me when I was through.
My little cousin Vincent talked to me. He wants to visit me in Texas. He said it would be like a slumber party. I told him that would be fun and we could watch movies and eat popcorn. His main concern? "Do you guys have ice cream down there?" I found that adorable and hillarious. Kids are so great. He made me sad though because he said "I don't understand why you can't be at my birthday party with me?" His birthday is tomorrow. He's going to be 5. I'm sad I am missing it. I love him so much, and I was such a big part of his life when he was born and younger. I babysat him for 8-10 hours every day for several months after I moved home from CMU. I practically raised that kid for a while while my aunt and uncle were both working. It was so hard moving away because I worried that he would forget me. But he hasn't. Even though he only sees me twice a year he always knows who I am and runs up to hug me. So that was a sweet conversation. He's just getting so big.
So yeah. Michelle bought me dinner and a dessert from Applebees, which is my favorite place to eat. I thought that was really nice. I was going to treat myself, but she refused to let me. Guess I can't complain. I didn't lose any money that way. We watched Beauty Shop and Sahara also, they were both good. Though I missed the first hour of Sahara because Michelle's other annoyance is that she talkes constantly through movies. She stresses me out, I swear.
Rich was able to call me. That made my day. He was the first person to call me in the morning. I was happy. We were worried he wouldn't be able to call on my birthday. In fact at the time his phone didn't have signal. They were on a mountain and the guy he was with had just a little signal so he used his phone.
I can't believe he has already been gone for two weeks. It felt slow while they were happening, but really I just stay so busy with Autumn now that time seems to be gone before I know it. I'm glad. I need it to be that way, and I'm thankful for Autumn even when she is being a trouble maker and intentionally getting into things because she thinks she is funny and knows she's cute and that I can't stay mad at her. But that behavior helps the time go on a little quicker without letting me stare at the clock and count the minutes and hours until the next day comes. I think that's going to be such a help during Rich's deployment to Iraq. Plus she's going to be even older which will be more fun. She is already pretty fun since she actually plays now. I can't wait for everyone back in Michigan to be around her again. They're gonna have a blast. I especially can't wait for my Roo to come out in December! We're going to have a girls week! She's gonna come out and we're gonna chill for a few days then we're going to have our own little road trip back to Michigan. Should be fun, and will hopefully take my mind off of Rich leaving.
Ah, I am hungry and should get lunch. Autumn will be up soon and I haven't eaten yet today so I gotta keep up my engergy. She always has so much of her own!
Thank you to everyone who called or emailed me. I felt so loved by all of you yesterday. It really helped my situation.
Peace-Love-Monkeys
xoxo