on vacation

ok, so i'm at my mom's, SUPPOSEDLY on vacation, but it's turning into more of the same, plus having to baby-sit my younger siblings. my sister's 11, and my brother's 13, so they can pretty well keep themselves out of trouble, right? well, not so much. my sister seems to think it's cute or funny or something to act all helpless and obnoxious, so that's what she does. then my brother is all KINDS of moody all the time and refuses to do his school work. he claims it's b/c he doesn't like school, but he KNOWS that this is just gonna land him in summer school - WHAT GIVES?!?!?!?! i SO don't get it. i've asked him to explain it to me, but he can't. oh well. anyways, so my mom's enjoying the visit, she gets to play w/ trevor and she's spending her 2nd night at the firehouse since i've been here. i know she misses getting to do that, it's her only real outlet. . . but she can't very well leave the 2 kids home alone over-night, you know? i remember her trying to do that when i was abut 16 or so and i FREAKED OUT at about 10 or 11 that night. i called my grandma and asked her to come spend the night w/ us. . . i was totally capable of doing it myself, but i never had before, so i thought about it too much. oh well.

so it's been nice to not have to cook and clean for the most part, and i'm enjoying that. i help out here and there, but only b/c i feel like it, not b/c i have to, you know? well, that and taking care of trevor. he and i have been sick alot since we've been here, hence why it's taken me 2 weeks to write. we got here the evening of 3/14 (2 fridays ago). . . well, the next night, i hired a baby-sitter for trevor and went out w/ my mom. we ended up having to come home early b/c i wasn't feeling well. i ended up puking my guts out all weekend. sad day! anyways, i was mostly better after a day or 2, but trevor had these nasty, blow-out diapers for about a week. i was doing his laundry every other day b/c he went through so many clothes! funny thing is though, he'd poop and get it all the way up to his armpits (no, i'm not kidding, i SO wish i was!), and he didn't care. but 2 drops of pee that stayed in the diaper? MUST be changed IMMEDIATELY!!!!! that was interesting. so then, after he went back to normal for a day or 2, he and i both got this nasty cold that i'm not sure isn't the flu. we're both hacking up a lung, running fevers, congested, sneezing, and i dunno about him, but i just generally feel rotten - totally wiped out, headache, my sinuses hurt, my throat hurts, and i haven't been sleeping well even though i can barely keep my eyes open. oh yeah, and he was wheezing tonight, poor kid. i'm glad i thought to bring his nebulizer w/ me, or we'd have been headed to the er. . . he hasn't been eating solids at ALL, and while i've been feeling ok in that regard, my appetite is DEFINATELY not what it normally is. . . i'm starting to feel a little better, which is good, since we're flying to utah on tuesday, but i know i'm not completely out of the woods yet. i just hope that we're both ok for the flight, i hate flying when i'm sick, it makes everything feel a thousand time worse!

other than that, things are going well. i've been able to see a bunch of my friends, and go to alot of the restaurants i miss. everyone's been going gaga over trevor and his crazy hair, and i'm dancing again! yay! rehearsals aren't quite as brutal as i'd imagined they'd be, but i'm still sore. it feels good to get back into it, even if it's only for this short while. i'm excited for the show coming up in a couple weeks, i just hope i can remember my dances!

since my mom doesn't have cable, i've rediscovered books since i've been here. i blew through twilight, new moon, and eclipse in the first 4 days (and it only took that long b/c i couldn't find a copy of eclipse for a day and a half), and now i've moved on to others. i've read 4 or 5 more, i've lost count, as well as realized i've already read a few that i thought i hadn't (and while they were good, they weren't worth rereading), and i've got a few more to work on. i'll have to hit the library again soon though, i'm running low! i'm reading about a book a day, sometimes more, depending on how long it is. i'm super antsy about the 4th book from the twlight series coming out in august. . . i've already pre-ordered my copy so that i can read it as soon as possible. i'm way excited about it, i can't wait! oh, and the MOVIE, wow, i just can't even TELL you how excited i am for THAT! anyways, yeah, that's mostly what i've been up to, since my brother and sister monopolize the computer all day (they're on spring break till monday), and there's basically no tv here. . .

anyways, that's about it. . . i'm headed to utah for a week on tuesday, then i'll be back here for a week. i was lucky enough to get a bunch of conference tickets, so i'm WAY excited about that, as well as getting to see friends and family in utah. then when i get back to maryland, it's stage rehearsals and the show, then out to dinner w/ the fam to celebrate my birthday and my mom's birthday, then it's back to south carolina. i'm having a good time visiting people and all, but i miss the warm weather, my nice, big bed, and my dvr. . . it'll be good to get home, although i'm REALLY not looking forward to the drive. . . ugh. . . i'm hoping it'll be a shorter drive home than it was to get up here (10 hours to get here, as opposed to 7-8 hours when it's just me). . . either way, i'll get there eventually, right? anyways, i need to go get some sleep, and i PROBABLY won't get the chance to post again while i'm away (but i'll try!), so yeah, check back in a couple weeks! :)