It Was 1989- My Thoughts Were Short, My Hair Was Long.

Caught somewhere between a boy and man.
She was seventeen and she was far from in between.
It was summertime in northern Michigan.

Love that song.
All Night Long by Kid Rock.
Anyway.
I'm here.
The past few days have been pretty good overall.
I don't remember Friday.
Saturday I went to a cookout with about 200 or so of my family members.
That was fun surprisingly.
AND CARLY WAS THERE!
I was excited to see her!
I hadn't seen her since school ended.
She was telling me something that Dr. Honeyslice said about me.
It was really sweet.
I was sooooo happy.
Anyway.
Then yesterday was Daddy's birthday.
We had a cookout for him.
The four of us.
And that sounds pitiful, I know.
But it was super fun.
Daddy said it was one of his best birthdays ever.
He was so excited and happy.
After we ate, Daddy and I walked to try to settle our food, and to get some exercise.
That was cool.
I hadn't seen him in a while long enough to really talk, and that walk was like making up for a couple of missed weeks.
Then he left.
We came on back down the road to the other house.
Then did nothing.
I stayed up late and talked to Twin.
Then Shane came over when he got done working on this video thing.
We talked for a few hours.
By the time I went to sleep, it was well after 5, and I woke up at 9.
That was 3 hours and a few minutes of sleep.
I've functioned plenty of times on fewer.
Anyway.
The power had gone out and came back on while I was snoozing away.
Shane slept until about 11:30.
Then we all sat here and did nothing until this evening.
We went out to IHOP to eat after we ran to the dollar store.
It.
Was.
Delish.
Love IHOP.
Then we chilled again.
I read in my new favorite book.
Shane worked on editing this video.
Mama watched TV and played on the computer.
Josh was on the computer.
I called Daddy.
The usual.
And we're still just chillin out.
Well I'm burning up right now.
Sweating horribly.
THAT REMINDS ME.
Yesterday when we cooked for daddy.
That. House. Was. So. Hot. It. Should. Have. Been. Illegal.
Seriously.
I swear it was at least 115 degrees in there.
I'm totally serious, no exaggeration.
It was in the 90's outside and walking out there was like turning on the air condition.
Literally.
I felt like I was in the sweat shop or something.
Ugh.
Oh well.
Daddy was happy, and I'll wipe sweat for the rest of my life if it means that I'll see him smile.
Same goes for Mama.
And Josh.
And Jesse.
And Shane.
And some others.
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Haha.
But the past few days have been good.
On the outside.
I'm still struggling on the inside.
I need to go talk to Shane about my current struggles.
I think I will.
He always knows what to do.

By the way, I know I mentioned my favorite book that I've been reading.
DEAR.
JOHN.
I LOVE IT LIKE NO ONE WOULD EVER BELIEVE!!!
Haha.
It's great.
I'm just getting to the big part now.
The saddest part.
But the entire book has been epically depressing, yet romantic, loving, and upbeat at the same time.
Haha.
Wow.
That sounds like my current range of emotions.
Crazy.
Anyway.
Tomorrow I have to go shopping with Daddy.
Looking forward to it :]
I love shopping period, and he's easy to shop with.
Yay.
So now I'm gonna go talk to Shane.
And try not to have a mental breakdown in the process.

SHABBA!