There is no such thing as perfect

I think that all families have a little bit of both, functional and dysfunctional, in them. There is no such thing as a perfect family. When you look at families that the parents have really good jobs, you see them with have materialistic things in their life. But what you might not see is that the parents might always be working. When they get home from work they either continue to work or they are too exhausted from their long day, that they don’t really want to participate in any family time. Then you see the parents that have jobs but don’t get paid as much, they can’t give their kids the luxury life but they can spend more time with them. Then you have some families that are like the ones in the book we are reading. They never stay in one place long enough and they don’t really know how a family functions without moving or having parents who can’t keep a job. 

To me a family wouldn’t be a family without a little dysfunction in their life.

Someday

When I think about envying the lifestyle of someone else, the main things that comes to mind is all the traveling my friends have done and I have only been to 7 states (that includes Minnesota and all of the surrounding states). My parents got a divorce when I was 3, my dad liked to travel and my mom liked to stay home. I was not allowed to go on any vacations that would interfere with school and of course that was the time my dad would travel. All of my friends would tell me about going to Disney Land and how much fun it was and I would never get to tell them my exciting stories about any places I have traveled. When people talk about seeing an ocean and I tell them I haven’t seen one, they give me a look like you are kidding me, who hasn’t seen an ocean! I can’t wait until the day I actually get to see the ocean or go to Disney Land. When I have kids, they will be able to experience these things when they are growing up so they can have the stories to tell their friends.

Facebook

I can’t stand Facebook but at the same time I still have one! It is so nice to be able to stay in contact with friends and family that you don’t get to see. I love looking at all the pictures of their kids growing up and how fast time flies by! But then you always have those people that know how to ruin a good thing. The people who think Facebook is to brag about how many friends you can have or they think that every is their counselor and wants to hear about all of their problems. Some people post pictures of them practically naked and they think they are “hot”! It is also just another way to that people can start drama with people. Even if they are good friends outside of Facebook, it still can create drama between them. Facebook was a really good idea for networking but there are some people who don’t realize what is should actually be used for.  

When I was reading the writing suggestions about writing a blog, I kind of started to laugh. It asks how you would react to your parents asking to be your friend in cyberspace. I actually have my step mom as a friend on Facebook and she shows my dad everything that I post. I don’t mind at all if my parents see what I put on Facebook. This way they can see what I am up to and what I do on my spare time. But if I was one of the people who don’t think/care about what I post I would never let my parents be my friends on there!

The Joys of College

This week we can write about anything we want to. But when I sit here and think about what I want to write about nothing really comes to mind. I don’t really listen to the radio or watch the news unless it’s about the weather. One thing that keeps coming to mind is how overwhelming schools had been and I realize I am definitely not in the swing of things yet. I am a nanny and I work anywhere from 45-50 hours a week and I thought I would be able to stay caught up no problems with school because I could do homework while the baby is sleeping, I guess I was wrong! I do get a good chunk of my homework done while she is sleeping but I still find myself having to hurry home and to start on more homework. But the more I think about it, I just need to get back into the swing of things after being out of school for a couple years. Most classes have a pretty consistent schedule week by week. I just need to spend more time in the beginning of the week to get myself on a consistent schedule. I should start writing in a calendar when things are due and marking them off and not waiting until Sunday to make sure all of my assignments are done. Most of the time, I have my assignments done before Friday night, but I just have this overwhelming feelings that I forgot something. I am really hoping before midterm I will be able to be on schedule and not feel like I am falling behind!

My Loved One

Most of my grandparents are still alive and the ones that aren’t I have never met or was too young to remember.

The person I will talk about is my oldest brother. I don’t have as many memories as I would like to have had with him but there are some that I will never forget! My brother moved to Washington for about a year and it was a really long time to be without him, since I saw him almost every day! I remember the day he came back because it was the BEST surprise anyone could ask for! I was a beautiful spring day and I could finally be outside playing with my friends. I went rollerblading all around town that day. When I arrived home, I took off my rollerblades in the entry way and put them away in the closet. I turned the corner to walk into the living room and there was my big brother sitting on the couch waiting for me. His brown hair was longer then I remembered and he was wearing his favorite Queen shirt. I ran up to him and gave him the biggest hug. He had a present for me, it was a ring, silver with 4 green diamond shapes gems in it. He had one that was just like it and he got me one so we would have matching rings. 

My parents were divorced so I had to go back and forth and I took that ring with me everywhere. As I started to get older, I didn’t wear it as much and one day I went to look for it. I remember walking into my room and going my dresser. I had a jewelry box that had 2 doors the opened up with a pink rose painted on it. I opened the doors to get the ring and it wasn’t in there. I searched my whole room and I couldn’t find it anywhere! To this day I still can’t find the ring but I will always remember what it looked like and know what it means to me.