Awaiting a Reply

My mother sent an email to the contractor guy or something about moving out of the house before they are sure that we are being foreclosed, and we haven't gotten an email back. That's why it is still twenty percent of a chance we won't go. If they okay our move, it will move to a ten percent chance that we won't go. That ten percent chance depends on my mother making a random decision during the summer about not going. So we will probably go if they okay it.

Alex Howard is such a goof! When I told people about it he complained and said, "No! Move it down to seventy percent sure!" I love that kid! Haha!

Falls City

BREAKING NEWS: The Thurston-Williams family will be moving this summer. At least, we are eighty percent sure. Almost ninety.

See, our house is in the middle of being foreclosed. There is still a possibility that we won't be foreclosed but it isn't a big one. Jim's (my step dad) mother is having trouble paying for her house and could get into that area soon, too. So Jim had the wonderful idea of moving over there to live with her so we could help her with her money stuff, and basically we would be paying half and she would pay the other half.

I'm not going to lie and say I don't think it's a good idea. While I was excited to go to Central, I think it would be sort of nice to go somewhere different for a change. Meet new people. Get new friends.

Then there is all the stuff for church. I won't be going to Monmouth wards anymore. I'll be going to a Dallas ward. However, I'm not so pessimistic about that because there are two stake dances each month AND girls camp AND stake conferences AND EFY (if I ever get to go) AND... other things. So I will still see you guys plenty. Don't get me wrong, I will miss my friends from church and from school. I just know that it won't be the end of everything. It's not like I'll be moving to Japan and facebook will be our only source of communication (although, it will still be the main one).

The Three Types of Kids to Babysit

In my experiences, I've decided that there are three types of kids that you have the possibility of coming upon while babysitting.

First, the kids that want absolutely nothing to do with you. They go on about their business as if they were home alone and completely ignore you. This is nice if you are babysitting for a short amount of time or you don't need them. This is bad if you are babysitting for a very long time and you have nothing to do to fill in the time. They are usually the kids that cry when their parents or former supervisor leaves and end up getting into a lot of trouble for doing things you told them not to do. This is a good group of kids for you if you if you have things to entertain yourself with.

Second, the kids that want EVERYTHING to do with you. You can't get them off of your leg for the life of you. This is nice occasionaly, on a good day. This is bad if you really hate babysitting. They are usually the kids that make a lot of messes and don't like to sit and watch movies. They make a lot of noise and like you to do everything with them. However, they usually tire out after a while and take a nap. That's always a good thing. This is a good group of kids for you if you really enjoy being with kids.

Third, my personal favorite, the kids right in between. They like you a lot and don't mind their parents leaving. It's as if their friend is over playing with them. They hardly notice their parents are gone. They don't mind sitting to watch a movie while you go on about doing your own personal things. They usually listen to you when you say to quiet down. This is a good group of kids for you if you are just looking for a way to earn money and do it in a nicely spent way.

A perfect example to me of the third group, is the Bacio girls. I happen to be with them right now. Julia is sleeping, Talia is playing with toys and singing, and Lucia is watching Shrek. Throughout the time I'm with them, they like me to interact with them, but they don't mind it when I get on the computer or want to clean or something. I like to be with these girls, because I feel like it's a good way to practice bring a mother and to earn the money I need.

Being able to interact with these three different groups of kids is a perfect way to determine your mothering style to me. You decide how to deal and interact with each group, and you will already know how to understand your children because each one could be from a different group.

I'll be here at Jill's house watching these girls until abour 5 or 6. We'll have lots of fun. When Julia wakes up I will take them to the park. After that I will probably quiet them all down and make them a snack and clean the kitchen again.

The Play HACKED

It did. It truly did.

However, it wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. I forgot a line here and there, but I don't think it was too noticeable.

I hope Kimberly was loud enough for the audience to hear, because her acting was terrific!

A lot of people told me that it was odd that I switched parts with Catherine, and I told them that I thought so too. xD

I was really angry that Kasey didn't get to do her part. See, Allison and Kasey had to share the part of Titania. When Swartzendruber rewrote the play to fit the 45 minutes, Kasey basically only got to have like 12 lines in the whole play during about three pages. But Allison whined and complained about Kasey being the one to wake up when Allison was the one who fell asleep. So then Kasey ended up only getting like.. one page of things to say. If that wasn't enough, the bell rang RIGHT before Kasey was supposed to come on the stage. So Kasey ended up not getting to do ANYTHING. Kasey even memorized all of the lines (even the ones that Allison said) and Allison didn't really. I mean, honestly, I think if Allison was able to use the "I fell asleep so I should wake up so we don't confuse the audience" excuse, then Kimberly and I could have used the "The boys loved me and now they love Kimberly so it should be us on stage so we don't confuse the audience" excuse. Only we didn't. Because we realized that wouldn't have been fair to Catherine and Chloe, who had already been told that they would have half the part. Swartzendruber should not have changed the part for Allison. It was unfair to Kasey. And if she'd done it for me and Kimberly, it would have been unfair to Catherine and Chloee. And vice versa. I was very disappointed by that.

In other happy moments, the play was better than I thought it would be. The costumes were better and the makeup was better than we thought it would be. And they still weren't even that good. I wore my promotion dress as my costume, only my little shawl thing fell off when I laid down, so I was like.. lifting it up in my sleep I guess. Haha!

I would like to spend the night at Alexis's house tonight and see my Sarah's. Hurray!

Play Tomorrow

A Midsummer Night's Dream is going on tomorrow in the Talmadge Middle School cafeteria at 8:15 AM. It's going to hack. If you want to come and you can come, go ahead. I have this sneaking suspicion that my dad will be recording it and I ask that he put it on facebook... if he reads this. Haha.

I have almost all of my lines memorized. What I mean, is that I have memorized them all, but with short glances at the paper. Now I just need to get rid of those short glances. After that, I'm going to memorize the next lines for Hermia just in case Catherine doesn't show up. And if Grant doesn't show up, then I am TOTALLY going to be Demetrius! I love playing him! It's so fun, especially with Kimberly.

Who Likes Who

It cracks me up that at school I cannot be nice to people without at least one person saying quietly to me, "Do you like them?"

One: Of course I like them.

Two: Oh, you mean in that way. No, I don't like them as anything more as a friend.

Three: Even if I did, so what? Do we have to make who we have crushes on the school's biggest gossip topic?

It annoys me all the time.

Then there are the times where I am sitting alone at my desk, nobody sitting next to me. It's quiet and I am able to draw on the back of my paper without people talking to me. There is always that one person that ruins it by walking over and saying something like, "I'm bored" or "Why are you so sad?" And once you tell them you aren't sad, they still continue to pester you about it.

One: Find someone else to entertain you for the time being. I'm on a lunch break.

Two: There is a difference between being sad and being in a peaceful silence.

Three: Even if I was sad, why should I tell you my reasons?

And then this person, who is the same person who told others not to pester you about things while you were sad because sometimes you just don't want to talk about it, is pestering you about why you were sad.

Can someone say hypocrite?

Not that I'm any better. xD

It was a good day. Nothing bad happened and nothing good happened. Oh yeah, I got a solo. It wasn't the one I wanted and I don't really even do well on it. But whatever. Ms. Wright is the director, not me.

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Yeah, everyone reading this that knows me knows that that last sentence was a really hard thing for me to type. Haha.

Eeeeeeeeeeugene

I might miss Young Women's today if my mother decides to go to Eugene. She will take me with her if she does go. I hope I don't miss out on anything too fun.

I haven't been going to mutual or sacrament meeting for a few weeks now, but do not worry my minion of friends! It's not that I'm slowly falling away or anything. I had a reason every time. I wasn't just being lazy. Like, this last Sunday I was in Eugene. Last Tuesday I couldn't get a ride from where I was, however I probably could have gotten somebody to come but I didn't think of that at the time. That Sunday I was feeling sick. And there are more Sundays and Tuesdays before that, but I can't remember what I was doing that far back. I have my mother's memory. Haha!

Leif keeps going around calling people a moho because Eden got accepted at Mount Holyoke College, which is called MoHo for short. When my mother went to Grants Pass for the weekend, she remembered that I wanted a new sweatshirt, and she had this brilliant idea to get me one that's light blue. I love the color. It makes my eyes pop. But what I didn't realize until I got to school was that this sweatshirt just happened to be a MoHo sweatshirt! So now I am apparently officially a moho.