I was supposed to volunteer on Monday, but made up a lie about feeling sick so I wouldn't have to go in. I wasn't feeling it that day. I went on to do nothing. I spend A TON of time on the internet doing nothing. I trolled Eat Your Kimchi's blog some more. It was fun, BUT, also educational! I realized that they have a fantastic relationship, and they are someone I would like to model my future relationship on.
Oh! I forgot that I got called in to work on Monday, so I didn't completely waste my time, I worked for 6hours! But I got so bored, because Mondays are absolutely slow, that I bought two books from Barnes and Noble to read: The Assassin's Curse by Cassandra Rose Clarke. This book was fantastic! I loved her world, it's always lovely to read a book with a new spin on magic and fantasy. I love when it's done well! She also wrote the romantic tension between the main characters well, leaving the readers wanting more!
The second book started out slow, but ended up being pretty good as well; The Unnaturalists by Tiffany Trent. Her world is completely foreign, but still similar enough to work. She has some really dark themes that actually reflect modern practices. The story itself was pretty cool. It was a good week in reading.
When I did volunteer, on Thursday, we went to a client's house that made us delicious noms. I need to learn to make all the different types of food that I get to eat all the time! I want to know how to make all the delicious noms before I leave this city!
My younger sister #1 got upset at younger sister #2, because #2, who is at uni, apparently doesn't communicate with her, a la my older sister. It was a kinda awkward and emotional talk, because she was upset that she was the one initiating communication with #2, as well as with my older sister, when neither of the two initiated communication with her....sound a little familiar? Yeah. Awkward because she then decided she wasn't going to communicate with either of them unless they talked to her first, and made an active attempt to be better at communicating. She also commanded me not to tell them to talk to her, because she wanted them to actually want to communicate with her, not because they felt they were being forced to, because we are all sisters, after all! This is basically the feelings I'd had towards my older sister. It was so odd to see it be repeated in #1. It was also awkward because #2 actually communicates with me, kind of. We send each other random texts constantly. But #1 wants #2 to actually talk to her, like, about her day and stuff, not the random stuff she sends me. So there's the problem they have of two different communication styles, and neither wanting to cooperate with each other. #2 is actually trying to talk with her more often now, because she realized she had been non-communicative with her, but #1 is being prideful, and only giving short, one-answer replies to the texts #2 sends. We'll see how it goes.
That's all blah and blah. However, I kind of came to a realization after this incident, that #1 and I are in a peculiar situation, in that we are at home, while our other two sisters are not. We're starved of friends and activities that can demand our attention, and so we want attention from our sisters. Perhaps if we were away form home, we'd also be less communicative, because we'd have more to demand our attention. #1 and I have also spend the longest time at home. #2 and my older sister have been in and out of the house for 4 and 6 years, respectively. So they're pretty independent, and don't feel the pressure of constantly staying in touch as much. My father asks me where I'm going and why every time I leave the house. I have a 9pm curfew. I have to ask before I go to people's houses. I know #1 feels more family pressure to stay in touch than my older sister, because she actually does try to stay in contact and keep us up-to-date about her activities, because she realized how horribly it went when my older sister didn't do that, but she still doesn't feel it as much as us. So, I think, once we've been out of the house for longer as well, we'll start getting used to talking to our sisters less often. I dunno. Life. And growing up. It's all very scary, and worrisome!
And then I worked Friday, Saturday, and today. So that was pretty much all that happened this last week.
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