The Family Reunion

Okay. I told you I'd tell you about it so I will. It started off okay, I guess. We needed name tags because no one knew anyone. Me and Madeleine tried playing marbles in the gravel; we did it at last year's get together. It didn't work this time, mainly because our moms came over and scolded us for cutting ourselves off from the rest of the clan. That didn't bother me or her, and no one else seemed to notice, but we had to join people anyways. So what we did was we found the tree farthest away from the people (I'm just gonna call them people; it's weird to call them family if you've never met any of them) and talked. We kind of had an agreement. I could bore her with greek mythology if she could bore me with medical anatomies and such. We were very open about boring people and didn't care that people didn't care. Anyways, eventually our moms came over AGAIN and scolded us on cutting ourselves off. We called it "Project Anti Social". They called it "Rude". I don't know what the big deal was, because nobody cared one way or the other, except of course for our mothers. So they forced us to join the three legged race. We sucked. Then we hid beneath another tree; closer this time. That way if our moms came over again wondering why we weren't talking to all the strangers, we could say without argument that it wasn't our fault, it was theirs for not coming over to say hi. Only something went wrong in Project Anti Social; people DID come over to say hi. They were three girls, around our age, sisters I think. Their names were Jessica, something or other and what's her face. They came over and I guess that they felt obliged to stay and talk, though we had absolutely NOTHING in common, and I could tell they didn't really enjoy our company. We weren't all that thrilled either. I started off the conversation with a bang, saying "Yes, I am weird. Let's just get that out of the way." They just looked at me like I was crazy. I can't say it's the first time I've scared people off; but that's another story. They made an excuse and went off towards the drink coolers. Madeleine was like "Ha! You scared THEM off!" Only they actually came back. Then Madeleine asked them which fracture in her anatomy book looked the most painful, and they went off to play some lame party game. "Nice," I said to Madeleine. "Hey, if you get to scare them off, so do I," she replied. Then we noticed that their drinks and shoes were left by us. They actually WERE going to come back. And they did. Only they ignored us and looked through each other's iPhones, which was really lame A) because they're sisters, and I think they've looked through each other's iPhones before, B) they came to us, under OUR tree, so if anything, we should be the ones ignoring them, and C) I was the only one without a phone. So then they went off (they really weren't very subtle) but they left their shoes and drinks AGAIN. They typed something on their phones and came back, asking us to say it aloud. A new girl was with them, her name was Zoey. They told me to go away because they were picking on Madeleine first. Then they invited me back over, telling me to say what they had wrote on their iPhone. You don't want to know what it said. Now came the realization I dreaded: I was related to some dumb popular girls. At least, that's what it seemed like to me. They listened to some bad music on their iPhone when Jessica said "Who wants to make up a dance to this song?" Everyone except me and Madeleine joined. So they went off underneath a different tree, and they most certainly weren't making up a dance. We noticed that whenever they saw us looking, they would do some moves. But when they were oblivious of our looking, they were sitting around gossiping. Things went from bad to worse when they disappeared again and suddenly Nathan and his new clone friends attacked them and us. Madeleine finally spoke her mind and suddenly Nathan was all offended. They attacked us on the air mattress, and I'm sorry, but I get mad. Madeleine said, "You shouldn't hurt us. We're family." Nathan2 - that's what I've decided to call him - replied with a dimwitted, "That's why it's OKAY to hurt you." That was when I attacked Nathan. I'm sorry, they were p!ssing me off. Nathan fought back, and so did Nathan2, but really, I've been fighting Nathan since he could walk, so I was well trained. They finally ran away. So that was our absolutely FABULOUS experience at the family reunion. Well really, what do you expect? You don't feel so bad dissing people you've never met, even if they ARE family.

Trip to Ontario

So after school ended we went to Ontario. And this is an exciting post completely devoted (as much as I can be) to the thrilling events that happened in Ontario. 1) I got off the plane, met Grandpa at the Ottawa airport and spent another long three or so hours in his muggy, musty old car. We finally came to my grandparents house. Then we ate. Then we slept. 2) I woke up. I occupied myself playing their big loud piano and talking to Stephen and Grandma and Mom on the walkie talkies as I walked aimlessly through Grandma's backyard (yeah, for future reference, there's a forest in her backyard). That didn't always work though, so that sucks. Then we went to the really awesome beach that is right by their house and we swam there. There were waves that were...... not all that big actually, but big enough that they were fun to jump over. I pretended I was beating up Poseidon (greek mythology obsession, hello) so Mom and Grandma were wondering why in the world I was karate chopping the water, hahahaha. Then we went to sleep. 3) Again, I occupied myself playing piano and talking on walkie talkies. We went to this independent store to buy Stephen his birthday presents. I also bought some more marbles there. I collect marbles. Then we did nothing the rest of the day and, you know, spent it in a slump. Then we went to sleep. 4) We wake up and remember that TODAY IS THE DAY THAT AUNTIE BEV, MADELEINE AND NATHAN COME!!!! Madeleine is my cousin and she's really awesome, so yeah. Nathan is also my cousin and.... well, he's in that stage of life where he's basically an obnoxious little boy. Grade two, so yeah. Then Madeleine, him and I began to write our yearly play. This year it was about a witch who needs to go back in time to kill the president so that she can rule the world! So she goes to Dr. Frankenstein's great great great great great great x 10 grand daughter to build her a time machine. So she builds it and then she thinks it's sending her back to 1960, but really it's sending her to the wild west. Then we went swimming and me and Madeleine developed a new branch of karate called Bubble - Fu. Then we went to sleep. 5) Family reunion. That was a blast. Imagine a hundreds of strangers claiming to be related to you, but for all you know, they could be the best friends of your neighbour's dog's brother's owner. And they all expect you to know their name. Like, "Hi, Megan, I'm your great uncle Fred, I saw you when you were about four years old, remember me?" And they're FAMILY so you can't LIE and say "Yes, good to see you again, how's your cat?" But you can't say "No, actually, I don't have the slightest idea who the heck you are," so you just kinda say something like "Oh...... hi." And they go asking my mom how they can make me feel more comfortable, and there goes me and Madeleine's 'Project: Anti - Social'. More stuff about that later. 6)Madeleine leaves! Boohoo! Boo hoo! Nothing else to do, but we go swimming and say good bye to the Eighth Concession, because we'll probably never see it again. Because now Grandma and Grandpa are moving closer to Ottawa which means good bye Midland! Boo hoo! (again). 7) Canada's Wonderland. We're not a ride family, but if we were that would've been heaven. We got Dad a Peanuts shirt...... with Snoopy on it! Yay Snoopy! 8) Back to the family. We go to where my great grandmother is now living (yes, living) in a home. She spoke dutch a lot, so grandma had to translate what all she was saying. She gave me some advice on writing that I will hold onto until my dying days..... because Nanny told me it in HER dying days. Tell you that later. Then we went to Nathan and his little brother Leo's house. Leo is a sweet little four year old. Unfortunately he has Nathan for a brother. We performed our play there and it was FABULOUS. I played the witch, Madeleine played the scientist, Nathan played Frankie (Frankenstein's great x 10 grand son) and Leo played a handy stage hand. Then I went to Madeleine's house to sleep while Mom and Stephen slept at Nathan's house. 9)Everyone comes over to Madeleine's house. Madeleine introduces everyone to the Murdoch Mysteries. She used to be hooked on the Simpsons, but now it's Murdoch. The show's okay, but I like the theme song best. Everyone went to a lame little beach, that really sucked, and then we went back. We had the cousin's birthday! Because the grandparents aren't there for all the cousins' birthdays, every year we celebrate all of them at once and get cake and presents and the works. Then Madeleine found her marbles and we traded and played and won and played. Good times. 10) The day of leaving. I pack and drink coffee while all the adults get organized, and then me and Madeleine play marbles until it's time to go. Then it's Good bye for another year Madeleine. Then we go to Nathan's house and do stuff. Then we get in that muggy musty little car. Now, there are velvet seats in there, and it was like thirty six degrees celsius in there with no air conditioner. So we hop aboard a plane and leave. The End.