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I realize it's been a while...

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...but I'm back, baby! Ok, so I never actually left...I was just too lazy to write (which makes me SAD, because I like it. ^^). So, I'm beginning to think this might be a longer post. Fasten your seatbelts, and away....we......GOOOOOOO! Ok, so, the last time I updated you was...oh, I dunno...2 weeks ago (it really seemed a lot longer in my head)? So, you're thinking, not much has happened since then. BUT you're wrong. Ha! I have beat the system. Because my last blog ( Ode to a Dick. ) was pretty much just an AIM conversation I had with a really idiotic guy, I'll update you on everything that's happened since the post BEFORE that one, which waaaaaas...(disregarding the 'Hi MiniMunch' post...) in October. OCTOBER! Let's review, shall we? October was ok. I threw a Halloween party at my apartment, and some people came which is always nice. November, not much happened, to be honest. The Christmas markets opened the weekend of my birthday, (I'M 18!!!!!...

Family

I don't know why, but I was reading through some random woman's blog just now and she was talking about how her family gets together for the kids' birthdays and all of a sudden, it just struck me how much I miss that about my family. My family, for those of you who don't know, is pretty big. We've got the grandparents. They had four kids. Oldest and only son had five children, plus his wife. My mom is second oldest, has two children and her husband. Her younger sister has a husband and four children, and the youngest has four children and a husband, also. Not to mention the boyfriends and husbands of the grandkids. Or their children. But back to the point. We're a fairly large family and even though we're so big, we all try and get together once a month to celebrate the birthdays together. I miss that, a lot. I guess the best song for this blog entry would be 'Big Yellow Taxi' by Counting Crows. You don't know what you got till it's gone. I...