ghost party

right now I'm frozen on my couch because as I was sitting here doing some online christmas shopping, a very strange thing happened. our ceiling fans have these little buttons that turn them on, and when you turn them on or change the level, they make a little beeping sound. so I was just sitting here searching for gifts when I hear "BEEEEP". I nervously glance upward and see the two ceiling fans above me spinning rapidly. needless to say, I started freaking out. One of them has stopped, which is even odder, but  the other is still going. out of everyone in my family, I have the strongest belief in ghost/supernatural because the weirdest things always happen to me. these things can probably be explained rationally, but maybe not. all I can say is that I hope the fans decide to stay dormant until the rest of my family gets home, but as for now I really have to pee but can't bring myself to get up and walk across the family room to the bathroom.

tomorrow I have my last final (italian, the worsttt class in history) and then I'm FINISHED. when this semester started, I had enough credits to be considered a junior because of the college courses I took in high school. I decided that I would still consider myself a sophomore, but now that this semester's over I'm halfway to being a senior (!!!!) so next semester I will officially call myself a junior. JUNIOR. whether I graduate early is still to be decided, but one thing is for certain,

I AM GETTING OLD.

it's a little unsettling at times, but also quite exciting. alright, now to get to what I really wanted to write this blog about.

a few weekends ago we decorated for christmas at my dad's house. this consisted of us building a fire, dragging out all the stuff from the garage, then putting on a football game and getting distracted for a good 45 minutes. I must say though, the fire that my dad and I built was rather magnificent. 

then we finally managed to sort out all the boxes and start putting some stuff up. if anything represents our family more, it's our way of storing christmas decorations:

yeah... what can I say though, I suppose it's in our blood. we finally managed to pull ourselves off the couch and away from the football game and started unpacking boxes. my sisters, my dad's girlfriend julie, and I set up the tree and put the lights on while my dad "supervised". madelyn and julie put up a million strands of garland, then my dad and I put up the ornaments while everyone else ate some pie. after all of our immensely hard work, the tree looked really nice. we threw up some more decorations, but were kind of burnt out after the tree escapade. I don't have any pictures of the tree, but I do have a picture of a present that one of my little girls put under her christmas tree

it's kind of hard to read, but it says "Teddy". there are at least five presents under their tree with teddy's name on them, this one I think was a blanket, while another was some plastic rhinestone gems that she found. adorable adorable adorable.

nothing ghostly has happened in my house since the fans, so I think it's safe to say I'm going to live and can leave the couch. and start studying italian? nahh

cheers,

lauren