#21

There are eight members in my family--not counting Ugali (the dog) but only because we do not know her birthday. All of our birthdays fall in different months, and then my parent's anniversary is in a totally different month as well. It's really pretty cool. It literally has some great holiday that means something to us every month! =D Although August has 2 amazing holidays, seeing as how that is Em's month AND it is also the month that has the momentous National Mustard Day. Oh yeah, baby, oh yeah. Beast that is. ^_^

We kick of the year with Mike's birthday. He's the baby of the family even though he is growing up SO fast. He just turned 6, lost his first tooth... I'm freaking out. He's getting SO big! Next up is our Valentine baby. Gracie turned 9 this year. She got 2 pet gerbils. I cannot believe how mature she is becoming. May is when my parents will be celebrating... 27? years of marriage. Mummy's birthstone of pearl has her born in the month of June. Exactly 1 month later, to the day, Isabelle will be turning... Oh my word!!! 11! Holy shiitake. As I mentioned above, we celebrate both National Mustard Day and my darling sister's 14th birthday. October my little brother--Or not so little as the case may be--turns 16. Have I said "HOLY SHIITAKE MUSHROOMS!!!" yet? Well if not... HOLY SHIITAKE MUSHROOMS!!! December brings yet another year for my father who is already "older than dirt".

Now because I am sure that you're hanging on my ever word and you were counting and paying attention and the like, you noticed that I neglected to mention my own birthday. To be honest, there is a reason for that. I am not particularly excited to be celebrating the fact that I've made it to 17 without dying, injuring myself, and all that good stuff. I'm kinda... Almost dreading it. I'm scared! I feel like I am some sorta fail at life because I'm just about 17 years old and I don't have a job, I don't have a license or even a permit... Oi. I've never read the Bible all the way through. I haven't really done that much with my life yet. I know so many people who are even younger than I am and have done so much more with their lives.


But then I got to thinking. Yes, I haven't done any of those things yet, but I'm getting there. I'm doing things at my pace and that is okay. Yes, I feel a little bit guilty about how long it has takken me because there were some things I had told myself I would do and didn't... There were some plans I'd been making... But God can still work with me, work through me. He still loves me as I am.

So I'm still a little bit... ugh about my birthday. I am excited only because I know that I FINALLY get to see the awesome and thoughtful b-day cards my little siblings created for me and it means I get the 5 awesome CDs I picked out for myself. =P I'm still not sure what I want to "do" for my birthday, cause I'm not sure that I really want to celebrate my 17th birthday by going to the library. I did that for my "sweet sixteen", ya know! Hehehe. Oh!!! I just had a thought! I can go to Coldstone and have ICE CREAM!!! Cause you know that ice cream is the most tastiest food on the entire planet. ^-^