evening activities

   It’s spring break! This means two things: 1) I’m home! And 2) only six weeks left of school when I go back! Exciting.

   Yesterday, my parents abandoned me and my sister at home for bigger and better Monday night activities, so it was up to us to entertain ourselves. We did the following:

1. Rented Water for Elephants and The Help from the RedBox at Walgreens. I can’t believe they uppped the price on us! $1.20 now? Come ooon.

2. Watched Water for Elephants. It’s rather nice watching a movie downstairs without anyone caring if we talk during it. Usually my dad pauses the show every seven minutes so us women can discuss the current events taking place. Last night, we paused it any time and for any duration we desired or simply talked over it. T’was the life.

3. For all of you who have actually seen Water for Elephants, you know that part when August comes running at Marlena with the bull hook?! Sibling and I lost our shit. We were screaming and yelling and pointing and flailing due to the intensity, which only made our 6 year old black lab run around the house howling and barking at our sudden hysteria. It was quite the scene, I can only imagine.

4. Sang “Take Me Out to the Ball Game”. Actually, I sang it whereas the sibling merely attempted. This was her version:

Take me out the ball game! Take me out to the game!

Buy me some peanuts and Apple Jacks,

I don’t care if I ever go back!

‘Cuz it’s woop, woop, woop for the ball game,

Buy me some peanuts and Apple Jacks,

I don’t care if I EVER GO BACK!!!

Yeah…

5. Made brownies. My home-home has an unlimited supply of Betty Crocker’s fudge brownie mix so we couldn’t help but whip up a batch. On a side note, I can’t believe they take a half hour to bake! I don’t know about you, but when I cave in to making a boxed dessert, it’s because I want it NOW. Not in a half hour, but now.

6. Got scared by the UPS man. Seriously, you know you live in the middle of nowhere when the UPS dude shows up at your door at 9:00pm. Poor guy. Should’ve given him a brownie but they weren’t done yet. See? Trouble for all.

   So all in all, a fairly eventful Monday evening. And probably pretty unique. Ah, home.