When my alarm started in the morning, I tried to turn off my glasses instead of my clock.
*blink blink*
I mean, it's not like I aimed incorrectly... My glasses and my alarm clock are in totally different places...
Last Monday, after publishing the latest installment of Family History, I realized that, while I've read all the reviews, I hadn't even bothered to look at who followed/favorited, because I assumed it was the same people. Nope! None of the reviewers followed, and none of the followers reviewed. Weird, but I realized I have a bigger audience than I thought- not by much, but still an improvement.
I missed so many hours of school last week, and the week before. School was often delayed two hours, and last Wednesday school was canceled entirely. Is the weather really that terrifying around here? I know that whole Snowpocalypse thing happened last year and they want to avoid that mess happening again, but it's just odd and annoying to me. And it means we accomplish even less during school than usual. The teachers around here often have the habit of not using their class time very efficiently... At least I get to read more at home!
I've started looking at AMVs again. Most recently and specifically, Avatar: the Last Airbender. I don't know why, but that show has been stuck in my head again. And I saw a few that were good. Not as many as for FMA, but still a few. My fave was one for a song called "Hide and Seek" by Imogen Heap. I didn't know what to think of the song at first. I think I recognized the chorus, so had I only ever heard the chorus of "Hide and Seek", or is it just really close to a different, more normal song? I've been trying to learn the lyrics, but it's hard to sing correctly, especially the verses. Boo. *frown* I like that it's weird, unlike anything else I'd heard, interesting, and feels-filled (or at least is for me because of the video), but it's hard to sing! Whyyyuuuh.
Guess what? So, I have these two cousins who we didn't see for years. Like, 4 or 5. (Because they were on the other side of the country- the same side we're currently on.) They wanted to see us, and we wanted to see them, before my sister moves away. And we had wondered what it would be like to visit Nashville...
So, Friday morning (yes, I skipped school; it's my first absence this year! *sob*) both parties headed to Nashville to hang out and explore the city together. It was also an opportunity for my dad to give his brother (my uncle) a few instruments, so our minivan was pretty dang full on the way there.
Oh my gosh, I just love my little cousins so much. They were 5 and 10 (hey! Same as the ones back at Grandma and Grandpa's house! I'd forgotten their ages were so close!) and so pale and blonde. My mom, sister, and I are some of the only members of the family that aren't white as Oreo filling, so I'm guessing it would weird out anyone who saw all 8 of us together to know we were all related.
There's been this really good fanfic I've been reading named A Boy named Ed (did I mention it last week?) where there is a 5-year-old blond named Edmund, and, since the last time I saw my cousin he was literally a baby, is only remembered his name started with an E. He has almost the same name! So it's kinda like an awesome fictional story has suddenly become real. And my own little Edo is just so cute!!! I want to call him Ed, but I don't think it would sound right, especially since with my Utahn accent it sounds more like "Eh." *snicker*
My 10-year-old cousin (I just have always loved her name, and I seriously named one of my old baby dolls after her, so I'll call her Doll), as expected, was weird so see since last time we saw her she was only around 5. Her hair was darker, now more like blonde/very light brown, and now in a little bob. She was obsessed with my and my sister's hair and said she'd always wanted dark, dark brown hair that was really long and has just a hint of curl. My mom said then, "So... You've always wanted to be Latina?" *giggle* She denied that, but it's probably really how she's thinking. I did not expect Doll to say something like that!
Nashville wasn't that bad. I mean, I liked it more than Atlanta, but not by much. It wasn't very impressive. (I wasn't even that impressed by the Batman AT&T building. It was cool, but also just another skyscraper. Maybe at night it's cooler?) We still got to eat some good food and swim in the hotel pool, so s'all good. I don't really plan to come back, though...
OH! But the last thing we did there was go to the Opry Mills mall, and we went into the Lego store. I'd been hoping by now they'd have more Ninjago stuff, but it seemed the section just shrinked even more. I told my uncle that and just looked around at everything else, a little disappointed. A few minutes later, he told me he asked one of the workers if there was more, and apparently there was a bunch of new stuff that just came in and wasn't even on the shelves yet! (Maybe March will have a ton of that stuff because of the new season. Yes!) I looked at a few and saw a set called Titanium Dragon, with the latest version of Zane with his dragon. (Oops, spoiler alert.) I felt I needed to have it. I don't know; I think part of it was desperation to finally have a Zane figure, and so I wouldn't seem too picky and just actually get something. But it really was a cool dragon and Zane. And my thoughts had always been: I most likely wouldn't ever get a really big Lego set for myself, unless it was something spectacular that I knew I'd love a lot. And that dragon was pretty sweet. I'm so willing to build it.
I have to pay at least half of it with my own money, which I don't mind. However, I'll have to wait until we are done moving to start building it. I know we weren't supposed to have more than necessary, but... I really did feel like it was a good idea to buy it. Maybe I'll get to build it with Broranges! (Most likely not, but I can still hope.) Or maybe I'll find a friend super fast at my new school or neighborhood who loves Ninjago or Legos and we could fangirl together.
I'll actually have a way to display my Lego people! Around a flipping dragon! Yay!
Later today, the Young Women and a few other people are coming over for my sister's goodbye party. She's leaving on Tuesday. *tear* I hope she does okay and is a little happier because of the move.
If all goes according to plan, we're gonna have a lot of fondue at the party. *NOM*
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