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I have been busy lately. Wednesday night I went up to Sandusky with a friend so she could exchange some of her Christmas gifts. We went to Chili's for dinner...it was yummy. It was a good time. Thursday night I went to John's and watched Old School...his Christmas present to me. It was better than I thought it would be. I'm glad I own it now. Tonight I went to the basketball game with my dad. Every day I've watched the boys....I really don't know how I do this for the entire summer. The boys just don't stop arguing. The only time there is peace is when a movie is on and sometimes when they play Game Cube. I hope they shape up before this coming summer because I'll be watching them again. The older one has gotten very polite, which is sweet. Throughout my extensive babysitting experience I've noticed that little boys get polite when they get to third grade. They begin saying thank you more and realizing that other people have feelings and wants. I cannot wait until the little one gets to third grade....by then I won't be watching them anymore since it will be two years from now and I'll have graduated by then. Tomorrow I'm going to Columbus to spend New Year's Eve with my cousins who live down there. It should be a good time. I'm glad I don't have to be lame here in at home. I'm just not ready to go to a party with the kids I graduated with. I don't know if I ever will be. I just want to move on, which is something I have been pretty successful with. This break is a small hindrance but I'm finding ways to get around the fact that I'm in my hometown by hanging out with people that I didn't graduate with. Anyway break is going well but I miss my friends back at school a lot. I don't really know what else to say so I'm going to bed.

a good time was had by all

i had the boys today. their grandma came and picked us up and took us for a carriage ride at spiegel grove. it was lovely. then we went back to their grandparents' house for a little bit and had hot chocolate and the kids got to play with their grandpa's new slot machine. their grandpa and i talked about the boys a little and he described the boys' personalities to a T...i'm surprised i didn't think of it before. the little one is casanova and the older one is doubting thomas. that is exactly them. i knew from the first time i babysat them that casanova was going to be a ladies man....a cocky, jerky one. last friday he told me that one girl in his class called him cute, hot and sexy...i didn't know what to say...i was shocked by the word sexy. i didn't even know how i should handle it so pretended not to hear. then later he said the word in front of his grandpa...who is a real hardass...and he didn't even do anything! i couldn't believe it. i knew that word at age seven (casanova is 6) but i didn't know the context! oh well. anyway i had a pretty good day with the boys although they were super-wound up after the carriage ride. Tomorrow should be more low-key...hopefully. I cleaned my room up and packed stuff away that was just taking up room. It was good fun. I have a little more cleaning to do to make the room look nice for having company over tomorrow. I'll have time after work to do that. i'm so tired. i need sleep so i don't fall asleep at work again. good night...day 3!

A delightfully worthless day

an uneventful day. I was completely worthless today. I went and got my hair trimmed. I was awakened by the doorbell. It rang a second time and I knew it was time to get up. I answered the door groggily to a nice lady bringing flowers and good wishes to my not present mother. I was confused and started looking for my mom while carrying the flowers as she stood in the doorway then I realized that was rude so I went back to the door still carrying the flowers and listened to her talk. Then she asked if she awakened me and I had to lie and say no because it's rude to say, "why yes you woke me up...shame on you!" I went back to bed after that but I was already too awake so I got up again and showered. I was going to not wash my hair because I was getting my hair cut and they wash my hair there, but then mid-wash I remembered that I wasn't supposed to wash my hair so I just finished and thought oh well. Anyway, after the trim I just sat around and watched Gilmore Girls season one until dinner. After dinner Dad and I went to the video store the redeem his coupon which allowed up to buy 4 movies, priced at $7.99 or less for $12. I got some decent movies. Then we went looking for snow boots with no luck. Then I continued to watch Gilmore Girls until now. That show is amazing. Oh somewhere in there I made plans with a friend for Wednesday. I'm looking forward to it. That was my day. Tomorrow it's back to the grind. The boys will have all of their new toys to show me so I should be entertaining. It's time for bed...early morning. I'm on a roll.

So this is Christmas

Today has been surprisingly pleasant. I thought I was going to have an awful holiday since we didn't have any plans, but, thankfully I was wrong. I've been in my pj's all day. I got an iTunes gift card so I spent my day downloading the songs from the list of songs I want that I have been compiling since I finished off the gift cards from my birthday. Now I get to relax in my room enjoying my new songs! I felt kind of bad because my parents didn't have anything to open today. I didn't realize that I wouldn't be able to find their presents in stores so I had to order them and they're not in yet. They didn't want me to get them anything so I guess they don't mind. I got the things I asked for--it was very nice. My kitty got canned cat food---it's her new love. I haven't seen her this excited about eating since I dropped some chicken from my chicken noodle soup on the floor for her. I cleaned up my room a bit before after dinner. It looks semi-presentable now. Maybe I'll get the rest of it if I'm going to have company later this week. I enjoy alone time. Of course I'm not completely anti-social, but alone time is very relaxing to me. I think this is enough for one day. Hopefully I'll keep this one going...fat chance.