Barack the Vote

Here I am, the hour is winding down to the time when I must get in my rental car and return to IUP after less than 24 hours in H-town. So heartbreaking.

However, I did vote. Obviously for Obama. YAY. Had dinner at my parents' favorite diner last night after I got in. Then watched some Little People, Big World with Kahlua (the sister dog and "my" dog since I favor her the most) asleep in my arms. Headed up to bed with the little mongrel, and after she finally settled down across my legs, fell asleep. Got up at 7am to put her out when I heard Jon putting out Sammie (the brother dog and everyone else's favorite) and ended up staying up reading in bed while Jon messed around on my computer and we watched funny videos and downloaded songs.

I must say tho, the most memorable part of the morning was when Jon began picking up the pennies he found on my floor, and looked at me with his face all contorted in concentration. Then slowly, he said to me, "Where should I throw these?"

"Why do you have to throw them at all?"

"I wanna see how far I can throw them..."

And with that, he leaves my room and I can hear him climbing out onto the roof behind our house, then he shouts, "Kristen! Go to your front window and watch. I'm gonna try to throw the pennies over the house and out to the road!! You tell me if I make it!!"

"Yeah! Because I'll be able to see a penny fly by my window and hit the road..."

But to humor him, I went to my window. A bit later, I hear him ask if I saw the penny. To which, I say no. And he seemed pretty bummed about it because he threw about 4 and I didn't see any.

Now I realize to everyone else, this seems like such a dumb story and not funny in the slightest. But you see, I've been away from my family and my younger brother for so long, that I just have to laugh at the dumb silly things they do. At one point in the morning, Jon was SURE that this bottle of juice he's had in his room for months would "explode" if he dropped it from the roof to the driveway. And after forcing me to get out of bed to come watch him throw this bottle of fermented juice to the ground, only to have it remain intact...too funny. I haven't laughed that hard in a while.

I guess I'm just saying, don't let the little things go unnoticed. Because sooner or later, you won't have the opportunity to laugh at them. I can't even begin to explain how much I want these last two weeks to fly by so I can start my summer here at home, in H-town, with my family.

Simply can't wait.