Day 18- Reunions :)

Hey all!

    So, it's true what they say about siblings, when you're living under the same roof, you will likely be at each others throats most of the time, however, as you all grow and mature and go off to college/move out of the house, when they come back, you will be SO much closer!

   Today, I saw my sister for the first time since we left Wheaton over a month ago(woah, has it really been that long?), and it was awesome. I was so, SO excited to see her, even though she DOES drive me nuts sometimes. Though we may not be super close and buddy buddy like a lot of sisters are, we love each other, we support each other, and we ARE sisters, and that's enough.

   Leaving Wheaton, I was SO excited to finally have my own room for the first time in 5 years, but when I got here, it was very lonely indeed. Our old house was only 3 bedrooms and a master for 5 kids and 2 parents, and now we ALL have our own rooms, which we're not used to, and we tend to spend a whole lot of time in other people's rooms, just to be there :) I described it to my friend as, it's kind of like a college dorm room, there are people constantly coming and going, and it's not unlikely to go to sleep and wake up with another person sleeping next to you...that happened like the entire first WEEK. Anyways, I do love having my own room, but again, it's just weird, none of us have ever had our own rooms, and especially for the two younger boys who are basically joined at the hip, it is really weird to be ALONE in your room. If you come from a big family, you probably understand what I'm talking about, you always have someone to be with, and when you don't, you don't really know what to do with yourself. Combine that with the fact that we have just moved to a small town and know very few people, my brothers have basically become my best friends.

   It was so weird for me though, to be the ONLY girl, the OLDEST, and the one EVERYONE comes to with their problems if Mom's not around, so I was very happy and relieved to see my sister today, I know she's not staying here very long, but I am so excited that I have someone to do sister things with, and someone that's older than me to be the "responsible adult", because I hate being that....
<3 Always,
Rose