In my defense (there is no defense), this last week has been crazy. We had Paul's graduation party yesterday and a party for the Youth Group Mission the day before that (yes, I realize we're the most white anglo-saxon protestant family and existence), and my dad was gone all week. So my mom had us cleaning the house the whole week. Literally, every single day in the whole week.
Which is fine, but when she gets stressed she starts to exude this nervous energy and it's all she ever talks about. Since my dad was gone and I was the one picking her up every day, I feel like I had to bare a lot of it which, in turn, makes ME stressed and anxious.
But I can't really blame her. I was briefly mad at her because she asked me to mow the lawn and I wasn't going to do it right away and then she said something kind of snippy so I went and did it. (I know, I'm thirteen years old.) But being mad at her is stupid too, because she apologized for being so stressed right away. Oh mom.
But, she was a lot happier yesterday. And I got to see a bunch of our old church members from Watertown which was really nice. Including this eighth grade girl(not my sister) and her college-age brother that me, Em, and Paul were always friends with. She's grown up A LOT since I last saw her. She in eighth grade and she sends me Dr. Who flair on facebook. She has also started putting up, how do you say it, SEXY pictures. Nothing too bad yet, but her mom mentioned she started wearing a bikini. I feel like I should try to mentor her. She's really smart and wants to be a marine biologist (and nerdy me and her family talked about Harry Potter for a half and hour because they're all into it), but she's coming down with a bad case of teenager, if you know what I mean.
So I'm going to send her some nerdy youtube stuff (the TimeLord rock stuff from Charlieissocoolike which only Ada knows what that is). I don't know, maybe I'm just being a prude because god knows I was never remotely sexual in high school. Still, she seems a little young to be posting the Crystal-like pouty lips and camera way up high pictures that she does on occasion (okay, they're not quite that bad, I just wanted to mention Crystal).
Anyway, I am going to be a machine of job hunting for the next two weeks because it is no longer acceptable for me to be unemployed. Love you guys! I'm going on my family reunion soon where I will FINALLY be free of the internet enough to actually read something. So I'll post a book review in a couple of weeks.
Just found out my eighth grader friend is anti-Twilight. Excellent!
ReplyDeleteWell, that brings me hope for the future.
ReplyDeleteAlso, job hunting sucks. I feel for you. But I'm also doing some poking around of my own for a more permanent position after my internship ends. Who knows if they'll hire me.
"she's coming down with a bad case of teenager" Perfection. Steal-able. I will try to only do so with your express permission.
Steal away. We should come up with a list of phrases and all use them in our different creative endeavors. It would be a little writing easter egg.
ReplyDeleteAh, yes, the delicate years where you just want to strangle said teenager for being either too slutty, too emo, or just too indifferent/with too much attitude. It would've been nice if I had a mentor in 8th grade--that would've changed me around a lot. But you know, sometimes teenagers are just so goshdarn stubborn that having a mentor won't help in the face of peer pressure and teenageritis.
ReplyDeleteI think Charlieissocoollike will possibly awaken the nerd fangirl in her and it will be powerful enough to dispel the evil teenageritis. Here's to hoping that she wakes up soon!