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So, I had super fun yesterday, more or less. I had volunteered to drive my baby sister, Cait, into Charlotte North Carolina for her to catch her plan to fly to Arizona again. I always get jealous when she takes these trips to visit her friend Kristin. I wish I had a friend that moved away and I could go visit them and see the world.
The first trip, Cait saw the Grand Canyon, and some other things that she was excited about. I don't remember, because I was just awed by her pictures. The second trip, they went tubing on the Salt river, and visited Tombstone. I really would've killed to have gone with her that time. This time, she's 21, and is going to visit some musicians winery, but it's so close to Cochise stronghold that they'll be doing that too. After this trip, she will have seen "everything" in Arizona that is worth seeing, I think.
When we were little Caitlyn and I did NOT get along. She was (and still is) bulldog stubborn, and very selfish. I resented her for coming in and destroying our peace and taking all of our mothers attention. You almost literally couldn't even put us in the same room. Of course, Mom used to say that God gave her Caitlyn so she couldn't say how perfect her kids were anymore. Anna and I never fought, past "Will you stop reading and play with me?" whining on Anna's part.
When Cait was 10, and I was 17, (Anna would've been 15) we all three took a Christmas shopping trip to the mall. Afterward, we stopped by my mom's work and showed her what we'd gotten. She whispered to Anna "How were they?"
"Oh! They didn't fight at all."
"AT ALL?" My mom was astounded. It wasn't until that moment that I'd realized we hadn't fought. Not even one disagreement.
We fought once or twice after that, but not really ever as badly as before. I went to college and had to work, too. She found responsibility and hard work at the barn. Which probably means the reason we never fought was because we were never around each other, like, at all.
Unfortunately, due to the age difference, we still didn't have any common ground. I was only casually interested in horses, and she could care less about literature or video games. She doesn't cook, I don't go to bars and drink. She loves concerts, I'd rather stay away from the crowd. Anna and I go to the museum every week, and Cait's only been once.
But she's funny. She's got the Monroe sense of humor, and a sharper wit than mine. Even though what I've seen of her in the past month or two has been family gatherings and three hour road trips (she went to Arizona this summer, and I picked her up in Asheville North Carolina), I have fun. It's kind of an amazing turn around for me.
She's going to be an RN, and will graduate this spring. She's hoping to get an externship for two months, ending in July. After that she wants to take a road trip to New Mexico. She wants to see White Sands and Roswell. I told her I'd go, too, if I could see Carlsbad Caverns and Pueblo Bonito, and I'm sure there's be other things we would find to be interested in. Anna wants to go, but her interests lie more along the... er.... stupid. I have no desire to see the worlds largest ball of twine, or the Cadillac farm.
The only problem is timing. I may have to go back to school in mid-August, I'm unsure of when the teachers go back to school, so we might not have a week off together. But, gosh. I've had such a wanderlust this past few years, this would be a dream come true.
The first trip, Cait saw the Grand Canyon, and some other things that she was excited about. I don't remember, because I was just awed by her pictures. The second trip, they went tubing on the Salt river, and visited Tombstone. I really would've killed to have gone with her that time. This time, she's 21, and is going to visit some musicians winery, but it's so close to Cochise stronghold that they'll be doing that too. After this trip, she will have seen "everything" in Arizona that is worth seeing, I think.
When we were little Caitlyn and I did NOT get along. She was (and still is) bulldog stubborn, and very selfish. I resented her for coming in and destroying our peace and taking all of our mothers attention. You almost literally couldn't even put us in the same room. Of course, Mom used to say that God gave her Caitlyn so she couldn't say how perfect her kids were anymore. Anna and I never fought, past "Will you stop reading and play with me?" whining on Anna's part.
When Cait was 10, and I was 17, (Anna would've been 15) we all three took a Christmas shopping trip to the mall. Afterward, we stopped by my mom's work and showed her what we'd gotten. She whispered to Anna "How were they?"
"Oh! They didn't fight at all."
"AT ALL?" My mom was astounded. It wasn't until that moment that I'd realized we hadn't fought. Not even one disagreement.
We fought once or twice after that, but not really ever as badly as before. I went to college and had to work, too. She found responsibility and hard work at the barn. Which probably means the reason we never fought was because we were never around each other, like, at all.
Unfortunately, due to the age difference, we still didn't have any common ground. I was only casually interested in horses, and she could care less about literature or video games. She doesn't cook, I don't go to bars and drink. She loves concerts, I'd rather stay away from the crowd. Anna and I go to the museum every week, and Cait's only been once.
But she's funny. She's got the Monroe sense of humor, and a sharper wit than mine. Even though what I've seen of her in the past month or two has been family gatherings and three hour road trips (she went to Arizona this summer, and I picked her up in Asheville North Carolina), I have fun. It's kind of an amazing turn around for me.
She's going to be an RN, and will graduate this spring. She's hoping to get an externship for two months, ending in July. After that she wants to take a road trip to New Mexico. She wants to see White Sands and Roswell. I told her I'd go, too, if I could see Carlsbad Caverns and Pueblo Bonito, and I'm sure there's be other things we would find to be interested in. Anna wants to go, but her interests lie more along the... er.... stupid. I have no desire to see the worlds largest ball of twine, or the Cadillac farm.
The only problem is timing. I may have to go back to school in mid-August, I'm unsure of when the teachers go back to school, so we might not have a week off together. But, gosh. I've had such a wanderlust this past few years, this would be a dream come true.