Conversations with my sister

I love my sister to death! She is my best friend. We have our ups and downs but even though she is almost five years younger than I am, we have a lot of fun together. I was chatting with her today and I was reminded of all the good times we had when I was still in Minneapolis. It made me miss her even more. Thanks to Gtalk, I can still at least chat with her and (bonus!) save conversations so that I can use them for blackmail reasons some day or just post them on my blog :)

My sister, in a nutshell, is a caring, kind, funny person who is also a whole lot of crazy. But that’s the reason I love her so much! Of course, she doesn’t know that I am going to post this, so I don’t know how caring and kind she would be towards me when she sees it or how funny she would find it. Her reaction would be...mostly just crazy, I’m guessing.

Here are a few snippets of our conversations which double as evidence of her hilarity and silliness.

Her: it will get ur sugar level up
and then u will get diabetes
well seeing as both [grandpa] and [grandma] and now mom have it
we have such a high chance of getting it...
oh boy

me: true true
cant fight genes
Her: no u cant
UNTIL I BECOME A FAMOUS GENICIST AND SOLVE THE PROBLEM OF STEM CELL RESEARCH
PERFECT IT AND CLONING
SO THAT THE GOOD GENE WILL NEVER END!
MUHAHAHHAHAHAHHA
and that is how i will take over the world
the end
thank u very much
me: wow
nice
cant wait!
Her: yesh i know
but i will rule the world then
and everyone will have to learn hindi and watch hera pheri at least once a month
me: hahahahahah
Her: and every girl will never again be deprived of the most awesome pairs of shoes
me: yesh!!!!!
nice!!!!!!
please rule the world soon!
Her: and every single day only noodles will be served
me: wowow
Her: :-D
me: i love it!
Her: now who can deny such a nice person the throne?
idk

some jerk off with a fat behind

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Her: so anyway, im actually gonna eat a frozen totinos pizza
cuz we all know those are my favvvv
nummy
im excited!
me: yeah but there  isnt a noodles around here so you should eat some for me
Her: cuz i just talked to ma and she said that was okay
okay i will probs tomorrow
okie?
deal?
OMG
me: ok you better!
Her: OMG OMG OMG OMG
me: and call me when you are eating them
WHAT?!?!?!
Her: U DONT HAVE A NOODLES DOWN SOUTH?????
me: no :(
Her: HOLY JESUS HOW THE FUCK ARE U STILL LIVING?
OMG OMG OMG
IM FREAKING OUT
me: i dont know its really hard
* sniff sniff *
Her: THIS IS A RIDICULE
me: i know!!!!
Her: U SHOULD LEAVE AND FIND A JOB IN A PLACE THAT ACTUALLY HAS GOOD FOOD LIKE A CHIPOTLE AND A NOODLES
REALLY LIKE IN MINNESOTA!
THEY HAVE BOTH RIGHT NEXT TO EACH OTHER
ITS PRETTY AWESOME
U KNOW YOU DONT HAVE TO SUFFER ANY LONGER
me: hahahaha
Her: JUST COME BACK
me: awww
Her: COME JOIN THE DARK SIDE
WE HAVE NOODLES
me: yeah i will be jobless
Her: THATS NOT ALWAYS A BAD THING
....
NOT HAVING A JOB
GOD I WOULD KILL TO BE FREE FROM TEACHING KARATE FOR A WHILE
me: um yeah it is
how will i make money so that i can buy shoes?!?!
Her: YES
THIS IS ALSO TRUE
....
WELL GUESS WE ARE IN A PREDICAMENT
me: yup
Her: SHOES OR NOODLES???
me: well ideally both would be good
Her: HMMMM REALLY THATS NOT A HARD DECISION
U GOTTA CHOOSE NOODLES
me: why are you still typing in all caps?
Her: I DONT KNOW
ITS FUN
AND DRAWS ATTENTION.
AND CUZ IM STILL FREAKING OUT THAT U DONT HAVE NOODLES OVER THERE

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me: yeah
…
so they all [my friends] thought that you were really funny
and they want to hang out with you again sometime
Her: haha
that is so awesome
oooh do any of them have younger brothers???
...
dont tell them i asked that
…

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I know she is going to kill me for posting this, but I can't help it! She is just so cute!

Can I shower now, please?

Even though things are sucky and I hate our apartment and this city in general, I had a great weekend with hubby-to-be. We had no water in our apartment since Friday, so clearly the weekend didn’t start off great. He picked me up from work early because I was feeling really down for some reason. The plan was just to go home and sleep it off. We ordered some pizza and started watching the Jersey Shore. In a way, watching mindless young adults doing senseless things on reality TV lifted our spirits. We began drinking hoping that maybe we would forget about the fact that we live in such a crap-hole of a place.

On Saturday, we decided to make the best of the situation. So we went grocery shopping and loaded up on food so that we could camp out in our apartment for two days. The weather was chilly, and football was on, so that seemed like the best option. That day passed, and we were still slightly depressed and cold, not to mention really gross since neither of us had showered for 4 days. That night, I could barely sleep. Every time I woke up to go to the bathroom I was reminded of how stupid this place is. What kind of apartment complex does not insulate their pipes for the cold? Several maintenance requests were made by us in vain because the only response we got was that they could not do anything about it and the cold weather was not their fault. Great, thanks!

At 2:00 AM I could not take it anymore. I was breaking down. Hubby-to-be woke up and was trying to comfort me. We started exploring other apartments around us and were looking at ways we could get out of our lease. We ended up deciding that with only 6 months left, it wouldn’t be worth it. Then as we lay in bed, awake and our minds racing, we started talking…about nothing, really. Before we knew it, it was 5:00 AM. I love this about hubby-to-be! We can talk and laugh for hours and it never gets boring! We drifted off to sleep again only to wake up at 9:00 AM because of the cold draft coming in through the cheap windows. At this point, I couldn’t take it anymore. I broke down again. I hadn’t showered in 5 days, I was always cold, each one of our bathrooms was stinky, and we couldn’t do the dishes or the laundry. Hubby-to-be calmed me down and suggested we get a hotel room for the day. Best idea he’s ever had! So we packed a suitcase, a DVD player, beer, and said good-bye to our cold, stinky apartment!

We checked into a suite at the Embassy Suites Hotel, featuring 2 32” TVs, an amazing bathroom (with running water!), and best of all free cocktails from 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM! We settled in, showered!, watched football and took a nap. When 5:30 rolled around, we went down to the lounge. Three cocktails later, we were happily buzzed, and had forgotten all about our apartment situation. We had dinner at the restaurant in the hotel and retired to our room after a surprisingly blissful day! Funny how simple things like being able to flush the toilet can make you happy! This morning we woke up at 5:50 AM (the earliest we have woken up in weeks!), happy and ready to start the week. We even ate breakfast! That’s a rare thing for us.

All in all, even though the past few days had their share of depressing moments, disappointments, and misery, in the end, it didn’t seem so bad at all. And I realized that I would rather be in a stinky, cold apartment with hubby-to-be than be without him anywhere. I also realized how lucky we were. We at least had an apartment with heat to shelter us from the cold winds and freezing temperatures albeit without running water. And when we weren’t happy with that, we could at least afford to go to a nice hotel and take a hot shower. In this city, a good number of people are not able to do so and have to endure Mother Nature’s moodiness outside without basic necessities that we take for granted. Today, we go back to our apartment after work and to be honest, I can’t wait!