March 11

Is this weekend over yet?

The local Family was completely tired out by Friday. Therefore, I spent yesterday with my books trying to write an eight page midterm (4 questions, 2 pages each) while Mom and the Twins played outside and the Maternal Grandparents spent the afternoon shopping in Memphis. We all, including StepDad, attended a fundraiser dinner and auction for the Baptist Youth Group missions. This pretty much translates into bad dinner and odd auctioning. How odd? The homemade foodstuff when for very large amounts (40 eggrolls for $100+), gift certificates sold for higher amounts than they were worth ($30 for a $25 dinner), and everything else went for dirt ($2000 boat sold for $300). And some stuff is just confusing. For example, there were some animal prints whose frame job alone was easily over $150. In the silent auction they sold for $70. In the live auction similar prints when for $10.

Around 2050, Mom picked me up to watch the Twins sleep while she and StepDad finished the auction. An hour later, after the girls are in bed fast asleep, they come in with the animal prints from the live auction among other things like a boat. We did not end up with the salsa, 4 a month for a year, as they stopped bidding at $150. Crazy.

Anyways, we all had lunch with the StepPaternal Grandmother today. Mom and I hung the prints up in the Younger Twin’s room. Safari goes well with French Impressionist style murals. The Maternal Grandmother finally bought and hung curtains for my room. I personally did not care if the windows had them or not, however, it was bothering her. I told her whatever she bought would be fine. So long as there was no floral and some blue in it. Now, I have blue and beige stripped curtains. Works for everyone.

I still have 2 pages for the midterm. Better get back to that.