I had a wonderful thanksgiving. Yay Thanksgiving! haha
I wasn't going to do anything. Just catch up on homework and pretend it wasn't a holiday. But then on Wednesday I was sitting on my couch and I suddenly thought, I should spend thanksgiving with my family. I can't go to Parsons, so I will go to Taylorsville and see the former stepmother I haven't seen in 2 and a half years. I was nervous. WAY nervous! My hands were shaking and I could barely type on my phone. Daniel and Jason came and got me, and then I stayed with Angie and siblings. We went to Idaho for Thanksgiving Dinner with my Grandpa Frank and it was fun. :) His wife's grand kids are an interesting bunch.I'm not technically related to any of them, and I think I'm grateful for that. hahaThen we went back and I'm very sad to say that those wonderful boys who were supposed to take me back to my apartment were rating from slightly tipsy to smelling like a hobo. So stayed another night. I ended up staying until Sunday, and it was a really fun time. My phone died Thursday night though so I had no communication with anybody, not even facebook because they don't have internet. An interesting thing, because I feel like I am constantly on a computer. I do all my homework on the computer, I work on computers, I LIVE on the computer. SO it was good to have a break.
It also felt good to catch up. Aaron has a girlfriend, which honestly never even crossed my mind when I wondered about him and where he is now. Aurora is almost changeless except for an 11 month relationship that ended in him cheating on her. Jaccob is quickly becoming not a little boy anymore, but he is still the sweetest little guy with the biggest blue eyes. Shaun is still Shaun, playful and joking. Isaac is still a little crazy, but an older crazy, if that makes sense. haha Angie had a baby just 13 days before I got there. Her name is Serenity, and she is so beautiful. Aaron and Aurora are like best friends now. In a big family there is always the 'big kids' who help the parents and have more freedoms and responsibilities. Aaron and Aurora are the big kids now that the old big kids are out of the house. I took them to see Harry Potter on Saturday. It was good, but now I want to see the next half. =p
Then on Sunday the most strange and wonderful thing happened. Angie took me to church. To the LDS church. And she loves the missionaries, and she is besties with the bishop, and all these people support her. I was in awe. This is what the Parsons Branch could never do for her. Accept her. I realized that was all she needed. She hasn't quit smoking, and she hasn't decided to get baptized, but she goes to church! There is a sad side though. She can't afford to stay in Utah, so she needs to go back to Parsons, and I fear that all the progress that has been made will disappear. I haven't been very happy with the things I have heard about my Parsons Branch. I'm severely disappointed in them. To think that these Provo snobs have more acceptence of people than my family in Parsons, when Parsons is SO MUCH more diverse than here? Not everyone here are snobs, the people I work with for instance are amazing people. Basicaly a lot of people in Parsons have stopped going to church because they don't feel welcome, they don't feel like they are wanted there.That is so absurd that I could cry. People who I never thought would be effected by something like that have stopped going to church. This worries me very much. So I'm scared for the progress that my family has made.
In other news, I am masochistic and I watched Dear John last night even though I know it makes me ball my eyes out every time. I don't know why that is one of my favorite movies, but it is. Maybe it's because I'm just a hopeless romantic. The soundtrack is really good too though. really quite excellent. The song of the blog is from that excellent soundtrack. I recommend it. Unless you are feeling sad, because then it may make you cry. But if you're like me, then sometimes you need an excuse to cry, like I did last night, and so I watched that movie knowing that I would ball like a baby. sigh.
hahahaha I love myself sometimes. =]
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