Little Bros Bday :)

Today (April 30th) was my little brothers birthday. He turned seven today and he had a really nice happy day. All this past year I have periodically asked him "are you my buddy?" and every time he has replied "only on April 30th".  So today I remembered to ask him if I was his buddy and he said "you know it!" Then he gave me the biggest hug. It was just so sweet I almost wanted to cry :) I had to blog about it because I never want to forget it <3

rant

It's happening again..and again..and again..how do I stop? I'm literally addicted to procrastinating. There needs to be a self help group for this like seriously. There are are too many things I find more important and more interesting than homework. I need to figure out self control. That must be the only way to stop. On a different note, I have been playing the role of mommy a lot more lately. My moms job has gotten so much busier. I was already getting my two younger brothers off the elementary bus every day and she seems to come home later and later every day. She has also had to go on a business trip and she has to go on another one soon. I am finding this so annoying. and frustrating. I don't want to have to babysit my brothers every day. I'm tired of watching them and feeding everyone and doing all the things my mom used to be able to do. She has to work so we can afford everything but I wish she didn't have to work so long. There are so many times when she has to do extra work in the evenings/weekends too. I hate hate hate it. Plus, it's baseball season again, so my dad isn't around as much either. He comes home every day and then its off to baseball practice/game with my brothers. And then, when my mom does have free time, she is at the baseball games and I'm left at home all alone. Eating dinner alone. Cooking dinner alone. Always walking the dog because no one else is ever home long enough to do it. Right now, I just feel depressed, alone, and tired. Very tired.

Memories

On the surface this is an empty glass coke bottle. But to me it's more. A few years ago my mom and I visited the coca cola factory (the museum part) in Atlanta, GA. It was a really interesting experience and it gave me an appreciation for coke that I didn't know I had. At the end they take you in to a big room with all the coca cola products from around the world organized by country. Some of them were delicious and some were disgusting. (If you ever go, do NOT try Beverly from Italy)  Anyway, at the very end of the tour there is a conveyor belt loaded with glass coca cola bottles like the one above, except these were filled with coke. Everyone was invited to take one as a free souvenir. My mom and I both took one. The next day was our last day in Atlanta.
Now we faced a predicament, we wanted to keep the bottles but we couldn't take them into the airport (you can only take certain amounts of liquid in for security reasons) unless we drank the coke. Here was the problem: we had no bottle opener. We were stopped at a McDonald's off the highway in our rental car on our way to the airport with no way to open the bottles. Both of us would have been devastated to just throw the bottles out, so we made do with what we did have. First we tried the car keys, which failed immediately. So we opened the back passenger door, there was a little metal thing sticking out where the door goes. So my mom took the bottle and pushed it against the metal thing as though it was a bottle opener. It worked, but the coke went EVERYWHERE. This was in our rental car may I remind you. We frantically cleaned it up and needless to say, we did not attempt to open the second bottle. We just kept this one and threw the other one away. My mom was so embarrassed, she said I couldn't tell anyone when we got home. We told them anyway.
It was just so ridiculous and hilarious. I would love this glass bottle anyway because it looks cool, but I also love it because it gave me one of my favorite memories of my mom and I. Sentimentality is a wondrous thing. Who knew it would come from a coke bottle?
-Natalie <3

Harry Potter Memes

Two Harry Potter posts in less than a week! (You can read the other one here) I'm not completely addicted I promise!

Anyway, this is just a compilation of my favorite Harry Potter memes :)

 

Well I hope you that enjoyed that! I know I did :) It was fun just looking through all the memes on Google and picking some of my favorites. Let me know if you wanna see more posts like this!

-Natalie

Bad Day

So I'm just having a crappy afternoon. I had my wisdom teeth out on monday so really, I've had a crappy week. I can't eat or go out and do anything and I'm just really, really bored.

My friends went and had a really really nice time in town but I couldn't go because my mouth hurts and I look like a chipmunk with bruises on its face. Yep I have giant bruised cheeks. Here is a picture for your entertainment:

Overall, today is just one of those deyes (comment if you get it) where you don't feel like doing anything and it just sucks. But at least I know it will get better...eventually. Probably not tomorrow, but maybe the next day. Or the next day. Maybe. Anyway venting always makes me feel better so thanks for listening, er...reading...
k'bye
-Natalie