Wow. Did you even hear something from one of your parents that really kind of shocked you? Something you think they never even noticed? My Mom is forever harping on me to go out and meet new people or make some friends (and I’m getting there, honest!) And last night I mentioned going to [New York] City on our vacation next month when we all go up for my cousin’s wedding. She said “Well, we have so many people to see and so many people want to see your sister and [brother-in-law] and we may not have the time.” She saw my face, walked over and said “You really got the short end of the stick all the way around. I’m sorry, Jame.” Needless to say I was sort of shocked.

I grew up in Jersey but at the young tween age I was moved (against my will, really) to Florida. By my senior year I was finally starting to accept things and enjoy life. I had a few friends – and then my sister moved down that year and moved across the coast (to where I am now). My parents decided that they wanted to move closer to her and started looking for a house over here. I was doing everything to see if I could afford to live by myself. A hundred-fifty dollars a week wasn’t going to cut it and so I had to uproot myself yet again and move with them and I lost all of those friends (I talk to some of them still – and while they all get to hang out I had to start over…again). So while my sister has these friends that go back from the time she was five – I have friends that maybe go back to the time I was fourteen if I’m lucky. To have one of my parents acknowlegde that they didn’t consider me when we moved really kind of made my anger-level on that aspect get better (at least a little bit). It’s because of those things in my life I decided a long time ago that once I had children I would do everything in my power to keep them in the same school and area their entire lives. While sometimes it can be enriching to move around and learn about different cultures, I think that as a child the stability of knowing where you’re home is, where you fit in is more beneficial than being cultural-savvy.

So, I went to the Halloween party the other night dressed as Abby from NCIS, my lab coat from CVS really came in handy (no I didn’t turn it in when I quit) (photo behind the cut)

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