One Of Seven

You gotta love her

My dear sister Kristi has this certain way about her that just.....well it just....I don't know! Sometimes it makes you just stare at her, wondering if she is feeling okay. Other times it makes you want to get as far away as possible, it makes you want to cry and it makes you want to laugh hysterically. I'm sure most of you people who are around her allot know what I'm talking about.

Just the other day Kati, Kristi, Kelsey and I went out to eat at Anthony's on the Marina. We wanted to just hang out and talk about whatever. Well, as you know Anthony's is a pretty nice restaurant. (Dan picked it out for us, thanks Dan:) It's not a place like McDonald's or DQ. Try telling Kristi that.
Throughout the meal she and I would make little jokes about each other, all in fun of course. I had just said something really funny about her to Kati when she get's this look in her eyes, grabs her water and says "Kimi, I'm going to baptize you!" I need to mention that Anthony's was packed; I mean there wasn't one empty table in the whole place. Kati and I just stare at Kristi in shock as she starts to stand up with her water raised high.
"Kristi!" Kati whispers, "Everyone is looking at you, put the glass down!"

"Oh, uh, hi!" Kristi says to the people with their mouths open.

She quickly sits down with her hands folded, ready to be a normal, mature 22 year old. It doesn't last. One of the waiters, while cleaning off the table next to ours, knocks over a chair. He picks it up and continues to clean the table.

"Hey look you guys, he didn’t put that chair back in very straight, maybe I should help him."
It was obvious he heard her.

And finally, when we were in the parking lot, where there were many other people. Kristi opens her trunk, gives an annoyed sigh and says
"Oh, come now, you get out of my trunk, you know better than that, don't let me catch you hiding in there again!"

I wish you could have seen her. Hands on her hips, an annoyed look on face scolding the inside of her trunk when there was nothing there.

So yeah, that's Kristi for ya. Ain't she great?

posted by Kristi @ 5:22 PM 19 comments

Goodbyes the Saddest Word I'll Ever Hear.....

My sister Karin is gone as of 8:20 Monday morning. I can't believe she is really in Pensacola FL; I miss her so much already. The morning when we said goodbye I was sorta numb, I didn't want to start crying in front of her which would then make her cry and set of a chain reaction for the rest of the family. So I gave her a brave smile and a big hug. Now she is gone. I can cry all I want to. I don't feel like doing anything right now. I keep trying to remind myself how fast the time went by when Kati left for college. But that was when I was twelve and then sixteen when she graduated. By the time Karin is done at PCC I'll be 22, 23 if she goes for her Masters Degree. That's a crazy thought and it seems like it will be forever. In three months she'll be home for Christmas, I can survive 3 months (I think) If I'm not around during the holidays you all know why, I'm going to be spending every spare moment with my sister(s). Of course they will probably want to do other stuff so maybe you guys will see me around:)

posted by Kristi @ 7:30 PM 6 comments