Family Ties
Comments from the plane:
Good: "We should be arriving a few minutes early." Pilot - man, I am tired of flying lately.
Bad: "Lady, will you please take control of your offspring?" Guy in 13A (to the woman in 14A who was letting her child hit him in the head).
Funny: "Excuse me ma'am, there's a gremlin on the side of the plane." - Guy in 13E (the flight attendant didn't think it was funny; I thought it was hilarious. I think he might have been drunk.)
Over the break I've gotten to spend some quality time with my family and two things really stood out for me all of a sudden: 1. My sister is a carbon copy of my mom and 2. I am nothing like either of them. That's not surprising and it's not necessarily a bad thing. My mom and sister live within a mile of each other and see each other day. The like similar things: Plants, CSI, Murder Mystery books, and slide on tennis shoes. They even seem to be able to speak to each other without talking. I haven't successfully kept a plant alive yet and probably neverwill. I'm oversimplifying of course but sometimes when I am at home I feel woefully out of place, almost like a distant cousin in town for a visit. It doesn't help that my biological clock is ticking loudly in my mother's head and she doesn't not understand that marriage and babies are not quite top priority in my life at the moment. My nephew was a very bright spot over the holidays. My family and I played a lot of board games and card games, and I had a good time. Now I am back here, ready to start my final semester of law school...
...And I am dreading it. I barely have any classes this semester. As a matter of fact, one of my classes ends halfway through the semester and I totally lack motivation. I am trying to work up the strength to get my books tomorrow but I will probably have to wait until Sunday. There are more pressing things on the horizon right now, most of which revolve around fun books, naps, movies, and t.v. Slacking is the most important thing in life right now. I have all of my priorities in order.
Good: "We should be arriving a few minutes early." Pilot - man, I am tired of flying lately.
Bad: "Lady, will you please take control of your offspring?" Guy in 13A (to the woman in 14A who was letting her child hit him in the head).
Funny: "Excuse me ma'am, there's a gremlin on the side of the plane." - Guy in 13E (the flight attendant didn't think it was funny; I thought it was hilarious. I think he might have been drunk.)
Over the break I've gotten to spend some quality time with my family and two things really stood out for me all of a sudden: 1. My sister is a carbon copy of my mom and 2. I am nothing like either of them. That's not surprising and it's not necessarily a bad thing. My mom and sister live within a mile of each other and see each other day. The like similar things: Plants, CSI, Murder Mystery books, and slide on tennis shoes. They even seem to be able to speak to each other without talking. I haven't successfully kept a plant alive yet and probably neverwill. I'm oversimplifying of course but sometimes when I am at home I feel woefully out of place, almost like a distant cousin in town for a visit. It doesn't help that my biological clock is ticking loudly in my mother's head and she doesn't not understand that marriage and babies are not quite top priority in my life at the moment. My nephew was a very bright spot over the holidays. My family and I played a lot of board games and card games, and I had a good time. Now I am back here, ready to start my final semester of law school...
...And I am dreading it. I barely have any classes this semester. As a matter of fact, one of my classes ends halfway through the semester and I totally lack motivation. I am trying to work up the strength to get my books tomorrow but I will probably have to wait until Sunday. There are more pressing things on the horizon right now, most of which revolve around fun books, naps, movies, and t.v. Slacking is the most important thing in life right now. I have all of my priorities in order.
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