Turn Around, Bright Eyes

I miss my baby sister. Hopefully, she's back home by now. She left us at 4:30 this afternoon. I wish she was still here. Regardless of how many times she says she thinks she's worn out her welcome, I hope she knows she absolutely hasn't. She could stay with us forever, and we'd all be as happy as little peas in a pod. Truly.

Anyway, I was sad when she left (of course, I mean, I AM my mother's daughter... and Mom, despite what Haley says about not being a crybaby, ask her sometime about the jumprope act at halftime of the Georgia Southern / Western Carolina game the other night!). But I didn't cry... while she was here! Why must we hide when we're crying? Is that a cultural thing? Do people hide their tears in other societies? And why am I making this such a big deal? I guess if you know my family, you know we're criers anyway (Jon says he thinks it's "criers" and not "cryers", so I'm going with it). With "Tiny Tears" herself at the head (sorry, Dad, but I still kinda think Mom wears the pants... for the rest of you, Dad used to get so irritated when we - he, Uncle Joel, sometimes other cousins, and I - were out somewhere and I made a comment about how we needed to ask Mom if we could do something), how could we not be? (Mom's principal annointed her "Tiny Tears" her first year (or so) of teaching since she has such a tendency to let every little thing go right to her tear ducts.)

Moving right along... since Haley left, I've been compelled to up my Internet time. Must just be the need to feel connected. I've checked out all your blogs... who knew the blog blug, I mean blog bug, was so contagious? If I haven't caught you up lately on the daily must-visit log (sometimes it's not quite every day updating happening at all of these, but... there's just not enough time in the day to be that creative!), here you go (and I HOPE they don't mind the extra advertisement... of course, they're on the Internet already, so I would think they wouldn't...):
- http://unckisses.blogspot.com: My Sister, Favorite Friend
- http://zachsosnoff.blogspot.com: The Z-man; the Toothless (backwards counting) Wonder himself; my godson who, according to his loony mom, "will rule all blogs eventually" (pic forthcoming, Lis... no worries)
- http://futurethoughts04.blogspot.com: The past, present, and future thoughts of Mikey & Jess, fave friends from the Hill
- http://andrewandkathryn.blogspot.com: An update from the Coates' and their cats (and guinea pig)
- http://www.team-tanner.com: Breeen-dane deserves the "precious family of the day" award

And the last one on the list for tonight... http://postsecret.blogspot.com. I ran across this site recently and fell in love with it. It's very me... "diggin' on" other people's secrets. WHY didn't I think of creating this site? I would LOVE this job! Anyway, since I'm so slack... I'm glad this guy thought of it. He posts new "secrets" every week or so (I think the site says it happens on Sundays). They make me laugh out loud, nearly cry, and feel all sorts of emotions in between. I hope you don't think it's terrible... but if you do, it won't stop me... so feel what you must.

And now, without further ado, the godson who will soon take over all blogs: