Working The Field

I'll have to abridge my previous post. I do actually have another nickname...only Mare-Mare calls me "Metro", because I would probably sock anyone else who tried.

Mare-Mare is a bit of a tough-rebel-nerd. Instead of going into the family business like the rest of us, she works at Best Buy fixing techy things. Went to lunch with her today (I ditched a date...shhh!). Maybe it's because I haven't had the chance to spend a lot of time with Mary since I got back from my mission, maybe it's because I admire her initiative, or maybe it's because she has money and I don't. We went to N-N-Out.

We had a good time, mostly complaining about stuff like dating, parents, jerks and people who just don't understand. It's nice to be around someone who won't try to make me feel guilty every time I say what's on my mind.

I even was able to invite her to church. Then we got in an argument (probably more an argument on my side then it should have been). She used the same argument's I had used against my parents, against church attendance. (Touche, Mare-Mare...Touche)

I wish she could see, I wish I could make her understand that church is about more then just looking right. I guess I'm not the best example of that for her.

"Metro, maybe it's because I don't need a magazine to tell me what I should want in life."

Right, she says that...but if our situations were reversed, she would totally be working the field.

Parents and Prodigals

Seriously? How could they not see this coming?

Lets do a run-down of the children shall we?

         1) Firstborn: John

Nickname: John (There isn't one. It's a  boring name, not much you can do about that.)

        2) Runner Up: Elijah

Nickname: Eli (a freaking awesome name for a prophet, high priest and judge in the Bible.)

       3) Third Place: Mary

Nickname: Mare-Mare (OK I'm actually the only one who calls her that.)


Now with the problem children....

Catherine
Nickname (BESTOWED UPON HER BY HER PROGENITORS): "Kitty". OK, it's not horrible I guess. It just kind of sounds like a prostitute from an old west movie.

Lydia
Nickname: "Litty"

The last two are inseparable. So whenever mom or dad calls out "Kitty" they usually have to call for "Litty" too. I usually wake up in the morning to a chime of "Kitty-Litty".

Now I'm not a parent, and I'm really not that into baby names, but parents who name their children after something a cat poops on should face legal retribution.

The worst part is how everyone treats them. If you came to visit and didn't know I had two teenage sisters, you would swear she was talking to two cats who just happen to live at our house.
And then you'd see how my mom and dad literally (joke ha!) treat them like cats, spoiling them, instead of teaching them to be ladies.

Is it any wonder they're turning out that way now?