Home sweet home

I had a great visit home. The flight was good. When I got off the plane and started walking towards Nick Kali waited like 3 minutes and then jumped out and yelled "Happy birthday Jessie". I had to explain to her that it was her birthday. She is so funny! We got to hang out with people I haven't seen in a while. We went to the mall of LA and I was in awe at how nice it is now. I miss that mall. It just feels like home. :) I spent many'a days in there. I have figured out that I got my compulsive shopping habits from my mother who does not thinks twice about dropping hundreds of dollars in one trip. I thought I was bad, but come to find out, she's worse. Kali is a sucker too. I took her "birthday shopping" not knowing that mom had already gotten an obscene amount of themed bday decorations. Well Kali made me re-buy EVERYTHING. I was so pissed when we got back home and her only response was "I forgot". We had fun though. She is growing up way to fast. I also got to see her at Karate. She got in trouble for going off into space and staring at me through the window which was funny. While I was sitting there it was nothing but soccer moms. I don't think I want to be like them. All they did was bitch and whine about how bisy they are and they had their noses buried in their planners as they sat and gulped their starbucks coffees. Who wants to be like that? I wanted to ask them if they had ANYTHING better to do, which I doubt they did. I went to walkons Thursday night to hang out with Nick's co-workers. It was a good time until we got out tab. $93 what the hell? I didn;t even drink!!!! I was so pissed at that point. I should have asked them to give me a print out of the reciept but I didnt. We then went to the funny bone because a friend of mine had "free tickets". When we got there they said that they had given out all of them. We were thinking, why would you give out free tickets if you cant honor them. I was pissed again. And the show SUCKED. It was this old guy who looked like Hannibal ector. He freaked me out and no one on stage was actually hypnotized. They were laughing. I also had to buy a 6 dollar diet coke. I spent Friday in Torbert... Need I say more. It was pretty boring and uneventful. I did get to see my brother and sister-in-law's new house. It made me jealous and I got antsy about what kind of house we will have. We ate boiled crabs that were of the chiz-ain. Saturday was the party. It was really fun. I think dad was happy that we kind of surprised him after he had to work all day. Kali had fun. Sara is kinda bad. She is cute though. Me Jo and Jude took Kali to the mall earlier that day. It was fun. I brought her to Libby Lu and of course she had a ball getting her hair and nails done. The child has some sick obsession with fake hair. I don;t get it. The party did not get awkward this year until the end which makes me laugh. Kali's doctor brought her kids, her husband and her mother to the party two hours late. When they drove up Kali yelled, YOUR LATE! As if it were not obvious enough. It was so funny! We had a little water balloon fight which was fun and Nick burned some hamburgers, he tried! Saturday night I had the brilliant idea of going out to eat. We all went to Outback. Everything was fine until the check came and mom paid for everyone which pissed me off. I would not have gone if I would have known she would pull that shit. I was really angry. I just worry about them. I feel like dad works so hard and for what? Mom just blows money. I went outside because I was mad and Kali sat with me. She asked what was wrong and why we were fighting which really broke my heart. I feel bad because I don't think she understands that when we fight it doesn't mean we don't like each other. We went home and dad was drunk. He was cracking everyone up. He had to write a letter to his insurance company basically to state that he did not hurt himself on the job. He was very candid in it. He was "positioning his leg to wipe his but after a bowel movement". He is so funny it kills me. He had everyone rolling. It reminded me why I like being home. I guess every family is a little crazy at times but deep, sometimes DEEP down we always love each other. Mom cooked us all breakfast on Sunday before Nick and I left. Mom cried, felt bad. The drive home was not bad at all. We got home in about 10 1/2 hours. We played games and did trivia on my crackphone the whole way. We also finally came to the conclusion on what we will name a daughter (if we have one).... Blair. We are thinking Estelle for a middle name or Noel. Whatdayathink? When we got to my friends house to pick up my car the tire was flat. Nick spent all day today fixing everything wrong with my car that has built up since he has been gone. He cooked a really nice dinner tonight and cleaned the whole house... what a sweetie! Work sucked today because I had so much shit piled up to do. I am depressed right now because I hear football. It makes me a little nauseous! I hate the shit!!!!! I am ready for labor day!
Jennifer found out today she is having a boy!!!! The Crosbie curse is broken, no longer can we say we have "all girls". YAY, I am excited for Jenn and can now start to buy boy stuff :).

To the outside world we all grow old. But not to brothers and sisters. We know each other as we always were. We know each other's hearts. We share private family jokes. We remember family feuds and secrets, family griefs and joys. We live outside the touch of time.
-Clara Ortega