So, a ton has happened these past few weeks. Like, my list of things to mention is ridiculously long.
I guess I could start by clarifying about what I wrote last Monday. Some of my cousins living in other states came for the 4th of July family reunion (which I haven't been to in forever), some of which I hadn't seen in far too long. I mean, some of them it had only been 2-ish Christmases ago, I think, but two of them I seriously hadn't seen in more like 5 or 6 years. At that point, they didn't even remember me (which I was supposed to expect, considering they hadn't remembered my sis either when she visited them a few months ago) since one of them was maximum 5 years old and the other was just a baby. So that meant I needed to get them to like me.
That included being somewhat a weird extrovert (that's a lot easier to do with little kids), which apparently threw all my cousins off, but I got them to like me! *score*
The saga continued the next day, when we had dinner at my grandma and grandpa's house, as the same people (plus my aunt, uncle, and their dog) from our part of the family were staying there or came over. Another day to get to know my cousins more! (I actually talked more to my littler cousins than the ones that are older... I felt like they were being more shy than usual and I wanted to be cool with my littler ones, so that ended up happening.)
My sister was being a butt and only hanging out with the adults this weekend. I know she's the eldest of all the grandkids, but come on!
Speaking of, she got home late the previous Tuesday! The poor thing was absolutely exhausted from all the airports and air travel, and she was also exhausted from eating pure Chinese food and so much rice to the point of almost being traumatized by the thought of eating any more rice. She also came bearing gifts and stories, though... most of the gifts aren't with her because they apparently lost her luggage and still haven't retuned it after almost two weeks. She is really mad about that.
At this point, she's come and gone for trips or moving that I'm cool with it and act far more flippant than the first time she left the house, but every time we meet back up after she's been gone a while, I realize how nice it is to be with her- how something was missing without her until I she came back. We have a relationship that I just don't have with any of my friends. Ones like with Beka are close to that, but not there. It's mostly just our inside jokes, and singing together, and lots of laughing, but it's just too great.
A day or two later, she and her friend decided to do box braids to each other. And not just with their natural hair, like she did to me a couple years ago- they added in fake hair of both black and red. Since my sis already had blue-green in her hair, she unintentionally made her braids patriotic, but that was perfect for the weekend!
I mentioned themed outfits, right? Since it's actually been quite a while since I actually cared about Independence Day, actually, I no longer had much red, white, and blue shirts or anything. My mom bought each of us a top with stars and stripes and me a pair of pants that were a really cool blue, and for the Fourth of July weekend used those and whatever else we already owned to look patriotic. I may have already mentioned that I like doing stuff like that for the last days of October for Halloween, and the days preceding Christmas, and even the week of Valentine's Day if I have enough pink and red to work with? So, this was fun.
After that small post I sent, we went to go see some fireworks- again, hadn't done that in a few years. And, though I don't usually say words like these, the display was seriously spectacular. My sis and I were just freaking out over how cool it was because the fantasticness of it all!
Okay, I think that just about covers what I'd already mentioned, so now I'm gonna try to go as chronological as I can.
I'm just gonna mention that a few days after my sis came back, I finally finished The Law of Ueki, and OH MY GOSH I'D FORGOTTEN A LOT OF WHAT HAPPENED IN THE END SO IT WAS A HUGE SHOCK ALL OVER AGAIN! About a week later, I finished Soul Eater too, which I'd actually started watching all the way back in Alabama, so... Yeah, that took a while. But I finished!
I had an appointment with a cardiologist- the first time I have ever done that! So scare!- where they did the EKG (that's what it's called, right?) and stuff on me. I got kinda emotional at one point since I was recounting my experiences, ones where I got kinda scared and worried for myself, and I felt ridiculous about crying. I kept being assured that it was perfectly reasonable to be crying, but gragh!
In the end, they seemed pretty sure there wasn't anything really wrong, which I should've been relieved by, but I kinda felt a sneaking suspicion that I was forgetting something. I felt a bad feeling grow in my stomach and my chest. Turned out that was leading up to my chest having the exact pain we came there to find an explanation for the moment we had left and gone in the car. And I realized then that I completely forgot that there was another aspect to the pain- there was a horizontal line somewhere (maybe across my diaphragm?) that would steadily hurt with a bit of sting. What if that was a vital detail? My next appointment is in 6 months! *frustrated and still worried about if there really is something to be concerned about*
K, so remember how I said my sis did box braids? She wanted me to have a similar look, so she gave me some cornrows, but she actually paused when she'd done most of the left side of my part (the smaller side), and we decided that looked cool enough. I guess I should be grateful we actually stopped there because the skin between the rows got a bit burned from the hours out in the sun at the family reunion. I mean, it was just a pink sunburn, but it still wasn't exactly fun.
Mm... Okay, that might have been everything for that week, besides reading some actual books. I've still got a bit left for Armada by Ernest Cline, and I binged the entirety of Rapunzel Untangled by Cindy C. Bennett one Sunday.
The day after the Fourth was when I began going to summer school. On the first day, I made the goal to complete at least 3 assignments a day, and pretty much haven't managed to get any more than that... I'd planned to do more assignments over the weekend, but that just didn't happen... *sweatdrop*
Anyway! Financial Lit wasn't quite as bad as I expected. I thought it was going to be as frustrating as Government, but no. And I'm actually learning things even though I'm basically going as fast as I can. That's good, right?
I think I'll end up doing a few more assignments the week after this week, even though I won't be able to actually turn them in... I'd just rather leave the smallest amount of work for this class that I can by the time school actually starts.
We saw Finding Dory, and it was awesome! One of the most worthy sequels in existence! I usually don't bother with sequels because they rarely live up to the original, but this movie certainly did. I hope that's how it is for "Visiting Homeland" to "Family History". My friend tells me yes, but it never got popular... like, at all... *sweatdrop*
I've been going through all the songs on Paramore's YouTube channel, trying to find more that I like. Most of them I don't get as moved by as the ones from the album I originally listened to (brand new eyes) since that one basically contained most of the songs I'd ever heard from them and liked. But there's still some of their stuff from other years that I like too! It seems it's mainly the ones that they had a little later that I like more than their earlier songs?
We went to the hot springs with my aunt. I think I still prefer normal pools, though if normal pool water was a bit warmer (not crazy hot, just warm) that would be awesome. While there, I got the guts to tell my sis about the dream-demon story. I was so embarrassed because I feel like the idea's one of many that sounds really stupid if you say it out loud. Her reaction seemed to confirm that it sounded stupid, since I just got one sentence out and she was already suggesting that maybe instead of dream-demon with an additional power, the main character just has that additional teleportation power, but that power includes being able to teleport into the dream-verse. I understood her point about it seeming too complicated and Superman-y if it was two separate powers. It luckily meant only minimal changes for what I have written, so that was cool, but that moment didn't really boost my confidence in being able to come up with my own original, good ideas...
I'm pretty sure I've made it evident that I have a lot to stress over lately, and another thing was piled on. My mom got a call from one of her sisters that the doctors think Abuelita might have cancer... and at an advanced stage, too. I think they said uterine or cervical or something? I'm not quite sure since I've only been told in Spanish. They're still checking it out and haven't made a 100% official diagnosis, but it's still a little scary. It's not often I see my mom cry like that.
I did actually want to go to Mexico over the summer if I wasn't too busy, but I was too scared to go without my sister. Now, though, all three of us, especially my mom, need to go see Abuelita.
I will admit, though, that for once I feel like I can actually help at least a little. Just a few days before I had an assignment where I had to come up with financial goals, and when I asked my sis what sort of things she'd put, one was about having the money for plane tickets to see family, whether that meant family in Mexico or us if we were in another state like before. There, I made the goal that I'd try to have enough money to pay my own ticket for Mexico the next time we were going to visit.
And so, that immediately came up as we realized we needed to figure out how to have tickets and fast, and I immediately offered up all my savings to the cause. I counted how much money I have, and it turned out to be almost $200, so that wouldn't be close to enough for all three of us, especially on short notice, but it'd certainly make a dent, right? No matter the other possible plans I had- make a Ruby cosplay dress, for example- this is so much more important, and I'm glad I'd been hesitant to spend this money before.
Depending on how the situation turns out to be, it could be that my mom stays with Abuelita for months, which means we need to have a plan for how we'll survive without her once school starts. Looks like my sis is gonna get her license as soon as possible and I'm gonna switch out my Chemistry class for a Physics class that's later. I'd been hoping to do chem then physics, but it wouldn't make things any easier to also have to worry about getting to such an early class.
We were able to use our Hot Cash for Hot Topic, and so we went all out and used them all up. To my pleasant surprise, they still kept intact all the other markdowns and sales already happening to many items in the store, so we got a pretty decent amount of stuff. My sis and I got two dresses each (so four in total), plus I got a Black Butler shirt (finally! An action-y design instead of those weird chibis! I wish it was brighter and not so faded, though) and two hair bows. I actually wore one of the new dresses to a Latin dance party later that night. I danced with my sis, 3 guys (one of them actually knowing how to dance!), and Elenita's older sister, who we didn't know would be there!
I thought it was a funny coincidence that I actually heard two Paramore songs play while trying clothes on at Hot Topic that I had listened to a few days earlier and hadn't heard before that.
Actually nearing the end of the post! Craziness!
I finally posted "Food Fight", weeks after I'd originally wrote the first draft. It went through two rounds of beta-ing, the first being pretty embarrassing for me to read because it felt like my writing was a bit inadequate considering it needed to be improved so much... I'm just hoping I'll remember that I need to use more descriptions in the future...
Liz and I fixed up our 3rd chapter of QQ before it is betaed and finished the 6th yesterday, which meant I delayed the fast prayer... a lot... But I hope it still counts, anyway. *nervous chuckle and sweatdrop*
Scaehime was the first to review "Food Fight", and she commented about my AN that she had once submitted some of her fanfic work to get into a Creative Writing program and got in, so... would that mean it's less necessary to write original pieces?
Finally done typing... I think I need a nap.
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