A night in the life of….me!!! February 12, 2007
*knock, knock*
Me: Come in Sarah!!!!!
Sarah Beth: Hey, how’d ya know it was me???
Me: Who else knocks on my door at 2am???
Sarah Beth: That’s true….
Me: So Sarah, please tell me you came to tell me that you’re hungry and need me to fix you a snack, or that you’re hot and need to sleep in my room cause it’s cool…..??????
Sarah Beth: Nope…………..guess again……..
Me: Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm, you came to tell me you don’t feel so good so I can say “What do you want me to do?” and you can say “I dunno……..” OR you came in just to tell me goodnight and you love me??”
Sarah Beth: Well, I do love you, but that wasn’t it…..can I sit down??
Me: Oh boy, sit down? I better get comfy……..I feel a long story coming on………
*Sarah Beth climbing on my bed and situating herself between fuzzy pillows*
We go through this routine often….to say the least….*smile*
Sarah Beth: Well, I went downstairs tonight and cleaned up a little bit -
Me: NO!!!!!!!!!!! You are kidding me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Are you serious?????????????????
*Trying to add appropriate drama to the story…..maybe I should work on better timing???*
*Sarah not looking so amused…….*
Sarah Beth: ANYWAY, I went downstairs tonight and cleaned up a little because I played in Dad and Mama’s room and I messed it up and they couldn’t go to bed til I cleaned it up because it was the bed I messed up. So then, I came back upstairs but then Mama called me again cause I forgot something -
Me: What???? For real????? OH………..MY…………………WORD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
*This drama thing wasn’t working well…….she just wasn’t feeling it at all.*
Sarah Beth: SO, as I was saying I went back downstairs and then I came back up and then I was in bed and all the sudden I got this little…………..bitty…………tiny pain in………………..my…………………………side!!!!!!!
*Pausing for effect*
*Waiting for reaction from me………*
Me: *on cue* Tell me you’re joking!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sarah Beth: No, I’m not. *completely serious*
Me: Did you go to the doctor??????????????????????
Sarah Beth: The doctor?????? *arms crossed but starting to smirk………HA it was working, she was cracking….soon she’d laugh, just wait and see………* No, of course I didn’t go to the doctor.
Me: Did you call 911??????????????????????? Please tell me you called an ambulance!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
That did it, she laughed, although she tried to keep a straight face!!!!! *smile*
Sarah Beth: *composure gained* I don’t think so, are you crazy???
Me: Well you cried really, really hard at least…………right????
Sarah Beth: Nope, I didn’t do a thing.
Me: WHAT???????? What DID you do then????????????
Sarah Beth: Nothing, I just sat there.
Me: AND??????????
Sarah Beth: That’s all, that’s all I came to tell you………
Me: WAIT A SECOND!!!!!!!!! Was there a point to all of that????
Sarah Beth: What exactly is a point again??? I sort of forgot………
Me: A purpose……………was there a purpose in you coming in here to tell me that????
Sarah Beth: Nope…..I just felt like coming in here and telling you. Well, goodnight Sis, love you!!!!
*Climbs off my bed and leaves me staring in disbelief.*
15 minutes for that thrilling story………She turned around and saw the look on my face and burst into giggles. Yeah, it was worth it, especially if you’ve heard that giggle of hers!!!!!!!! It’s great!!!!!!! KIDS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! What would we do without kids to keep life exciting????? *smile*
Goodnight Sarah, I love you too………………and goodnight faithful readers!!!!!!!! *smile*
ROFL!!!!!!!!! GREAT story Erin!!!!! WAY to GO Sarah Beth! (She and MY Beth have some striking similarities once in a while) I wish I could have seen that drama…:)
Awww…she’s such cutie pie. And you’re a really sweet big sister. If that had been me and one of my little sisters waking me up at 2 AM…well,let’s just say that the story may have been just a little different ;).
Funny. I bet you were even worse as a child though.
Yeah, I’ve kind of noticed that about our sisters Mel….funny!!!!!!
She didn’t wake me up Charissa, I was reading, but yeah if she had MY story might have been different!!!!!!! lol
KEVIN THOMAS!!!!!!!!!!!! I wish I could disagree with that statement, but I wasn’t really worse, just about the same I guess. However I just asked and Mama says after they beat me every night for a month whenever I’d get up 100 times I started staying in bed and going to sleep like a good child……..so there!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thought so.
haha
love the story, but my goodness what in the world was the reason you were reading at 2 am? If ever I’m awake at that time it’s because Reuben has stuck his head, foot or any other body part in my side or back. That so is annoying.
MELANIE, ERIN, You know perfectly well I’m NEVER up at 2:00 in the morning. How ABSURD. Of course you know I am an early riser and must get to bed by 9:30 EVERY night. Really ya’ll, the IDEA of such a thing! It’s perfectly groundless. Ridiculous, peposterous, unbelievable. I don’t know why you would even think it much less SAY it! I don’t know where you get it all! I’m SHOCKED. That’s it, SHOCKED.
Bethany Mae!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You know very well that you stay up late almost every single night…maybe not until 2am, but LATE and you do NOT go to bed by 9:30pm and you certainly aren’t an early riser!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! For corn’s sake!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Besides, on top of all that I don’t think you and Sarah are similar for that reason………..ask Mel what she meant.
In bed by 9:30pm…………..early riser…………*shaking head*
hum…
How Beth and Sarah Beth are similar??
They are the youngest and littlest, for one thing…
They both can surprise you with hysterical humor…
They both have a tendency to want your UNDIVIDED ATTENTION at the weirdest times…
They both are very sweet and think they are princesses (they really ARE princesses but don’t tell them, though sometimes, the sweet part contradicts the princess part!)
They are both 4th born with the name Beth…
and last but not least…
They like to stay up late, and sleep IN.
How does that sound, Erin? Anything I left out?
Yep, that’s about it except for one more thing……if we let them they might live on chocolate chip cookies and root beer!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! What would they do without us????
They would probably go through life without worrying that their similarities would be spelled out for all the world to see. That’s just one thing they might do……
YES! Wow. They are more similar than even I at first realized!!!
You’re right Erin. I don’t know WHAT they would do without us. It weren’t for us, they wouldn’t ever GET chocolate chip cookies and root beer. So naturally, they would die.
Don’t you love saving lives? I nominate us for the BEST Big Sister Award. Anyone second that motion?
I second that motion!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We are amazing…………wow. They are so lucky!!!!!!!!!
That’s hilarious…
Hey Jordan…..while you’re still breathing…..how ’bout an update dog?
While y’all are fishing for votes you can use this slogan…
“Save a Beth, give a root beer” lilke it?
Would you like him to spend study time or sleep time updating???
And yeah, love the slogan!!!! Are you our campaign manager???? 
No, he’s the VP of Marketing…
And WOW is it ever GREAT to see a comment from Jordan! WOOHOO! We miss you, Bro!!
Come now, CHOCELATE CHIP COOKIES? I think not! It’s totally mac ‘n’ cheese with root beer. DUH!
And I would like to know WHO made that last batch of cookies? ME. That’s who.
All I know is that every time we’re sitting at the dinner table (Ok, not every time, but often…) your Dad wants to know why the cookies are gone how many you had and you usually say something like, “All I had were four!!!” ALL YOU HAD WERE FOUR???????? You are a cookie eater and of course you made the last batch, it’s either you make them or there aren’t any because Amy’s gone and Mel’s been sick!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Humph!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
heh heh heh!!! 
ROFL and coughing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You hit the nail on the head THERE, my dear Swirly!!!
Ok, well what about you and the sunflower seeds Hummmm??
four cookies is nothing, I’ll eat a dozen before I even bother to think about counting.
Oh, and by the way, I am eating sunflower seeds right now while I’m studying at school, I love sunflower seeds!
Erin does too! Whenever she comes over to our house they mysteriously disappear!!
You mean Erin likes sunflower seeds? I didn’t know that.
Yep, I love ‘em!!!!!!!!!!!! I like them on my salad and I put like a bazillion on there!!!! They all make fun of me cuz I just have this thing for seeds in my salad…..and by themselves too!!!!! But not like the ones you eat Dave, I like them shelled and not salted!!
Now Erin, we put seeds in our salad too. What you eat is salad on your seeds!
Erin, the whole fun of eating sunflower seeds is cracking them open and spitting them (which I happen to be doing right now while I am trying to do homework)
Yall should feel sorry for me because I have done nothing but study all day and right now I have absolutely no idea what is going on. I am just flipping through this 600 page and book and trying to figure out something - at least I have sunflower seeds to eat right now.
OH DEAR! I DO feel sorry for you. NO FUN!
I feel sorry for you David…sorta……..ok well…..not really. But I do like your kind of sunflower seeds better than Erin’s.
And hey. 4 cookies isn’t that bad. Espescially if they’re small. Have at it Beth. As it’s been mentioned before….Amy is gone and Mel’s sick, so who else is going to eat them?
They aren’t small. They’re pretty big.
I feel sorry for you David. I know what it’s like…mostly.
BUT…it’s WORTH IT! (that’s what I keep telling myself…)
I’m glad someone feels sorry for me, (thanks Beth) It kinda makes me feel better. If anyone wants to help, I’m trying to figure at what temperature water will boil in a 20cm diameter pot, with a .55kg lid, and at 98kPa. Don’t feel bad if you can’t figure it out because I can’t either.
Hey Melanie,
I’m glad you feel sorry for me also:)
JIMMINY CRICKETS!!!!
Nope, I’m not gunna try to figure THAT one out!
Is JIMMINY CRICKETS the answer? I’m glad you told me, I would have NEVER figured that out.
Well I’d tell you the answer if you told us what kind of temperature you wanted it in. Celsius, fahrenheit or kelvin degrees
Big cookies small cookies….whatever…it’s only 4
I just sent you an email David. How about Celsius, Kevin?
Just figure it out however you can and I’ll change it to what I need, But I do think K or C would be easiest since I am in SI units.
Oh My Goodness!! Melanie! that is almost the exact kind of problems I am doing! Where did you find that? I mean it looks like it might be the actual solutions manual to my book!!! You are SO cool! Thank You
Ok…..uh…..let me think here.
Alright, got it. 20cm plus .55kg minus 98kPa equals (-97.45). Inverted is +(97.45). So we’ll just round that up to 100o celsius ok?
Well…let’s call it familiarity with Google.
I hope it helps…though the part about it being the solutions manual is kind of scary.
Just commenting.
BUT..While I am at it…
Being the littlest in my family too, I side with Beth and Sarah. Eat cookies and wake up sisters to your hearts’ content girls!!!!!!!!!! Little sisters are the bestestestestestest
As for the seeds conversation - there is a time and place for nearly everything. I like them in my salad too - only not the motherload. The kind in the shell is great too - only pay attention to where you spit them
As for Sarah being a late-nighter - Appears Erin and Josh have trained her
Must run in the family
Ok - that concludes my comment
LOL!!!!! I have I told you lately that I love you peoples????????????????? Cause I DO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks for making me laugh tonight!!!!!!!! I think I’ll go eat some seeds………..or a cookie……….or four……or four cookies AND seeds!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 
How about grinding up the seeds into flour and turning THAT into COOKIES!!!!
Thanks, Sarah! I’m glad we have you on our side! Little Sisters UNITE!
Hey Erin, You left out the root beer!
That’s an interesting idea Perky!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Oh and lil sisters are GREAT, but what would you be today without a very awesomest big sister????????? 
We’d all be big sisters
We don’t have any…….I brought a bottle to you REMEMBER??????????? Fulfilling my big sister duties…..keeping you stocked up on root beer!!!! Why?? Because I love you little sis!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Who made the big sisters awsome? That’s what I want to know! The Little sisters! We totally train the older sisters with, Patience, Endurance, Gentleness, ect.
I wouldn’t know
AWWWWWWWW! I love you TOO! I have truely enjoyed that big bottle! It has really come in handy!
Ok, fine Perks………..be difficult!!!!!!!!!!!! I hope Catherine doesn’t read this. I gave you a perfect opportunity for you to tell the world how wonderful your big sister is and you completely ignored it!!!!!!!! Humph.
I give up………..why do little sisters think they know everything??????? I’ll never know!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You’re certainly heavenly sand paper, that I’ll agree to!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Speaking of seeds, I just finished my first pack of the evening and I am fixing to start another. The people up here in the lab probably think I weird for spitting seeds in a cup, but oh well, I don’t really care what they think. Besides, half of them spit tobacco up here.
I LOVE MY BIG SISTER SOOOOOOO SOOOOOO SOOOOOOO much! She is my HEROINE!
And she has put up with a LOT from this little sis. Especially when we had to share a bed. I guess I wiggled a lot when I was younger!
Anyways! HAT’s OFF TO ALL BIG SISTERS!!!!!
And hat’s off to all adopted sisters young and old alike
Sandpaper refines
David, I am so proud of you for spitting seeds instead of tobacco AND for spitting in a cup rather than the lap floor!!!!!!!!! Way to go Brother!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ok Perky, you totally redeemed yourself!!!!!!!!
I KNOW what sand paper does Beth!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! But you should leave more of the refining up to God, He does a better job and I don’t get irritated with Him!!!!!!!
Hey, I think it fun sometime ‘help God out’ by being refining sandpaper, we call it heavenly sandpaper at home.
And Erin, of course I don’t spit tobacco, I’m not 21.
Yeah, you definitely have a little too much fun helping God out David, I’ve witnessed that all too often!!!!!!!! lol Katie’s the queen though!!!!!!!
And David O’Neal Humphrey, are you saying, dare I believe that you might be insinuating that when you’re 21 you might spit…..TOBACCO??????????????????????? Heaven’s to Betsy. This requires prayer and fasting!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Tomorrow I will be fasting from 12pm to 12:05pm for you David!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 
All I was saying is that I am not 21 yet so obviosly I don’t chew tobacco…And speaking of heavenly sandpaper when you where little you were way off the charts of sandpaper, you were like a sandblasting machine or a grinder or something.
Ohhhhhhhhhhhh ok, good!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I’ll skip the fasting then because that was going to be a long time to fast!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And yeah, I was pretty heavy sandpaper……..I guess you’re right there Dave……but you’ve forgiven me remember?????
Did I???
I thought so!!!!!!! Did you not?????????? OH DEAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! David, forgive me please?????????????????????? I’ve reformed, we love each other now remember????????
Lets see, Its still a few more weeks till Lords Supper, so I have I while to decide.
David, that’s horrible!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! How do sleep at night??????????????
I don’t know, but I sure don’t have any trouble doing it. When
you get up early its easy to fall asleep at night.
Never mind about the fasting, I think I do need to do that tomorrow after all…………young people these days…..*shaking head*
Goodnight Yall, I am leaving, please do try not to miss me to badly. Thank you Melanie and Beth for sympathizing with me and thank you SOOO much Mel for the help on the homework. Thank you Erin for the heavenly sandpaper you’ve been to me since I was about 7.
Shoot, you leave for ten minutes and look what you miss!
Anytime David……….and I think you were six!!!
I sure hope you’ll forgive me though……..sigh. 
Yep!!!!! A lot!!!!!!!!!!
I miss David….*sniff, sniff, sniff* I tried David, but I couldn’t help it, I miss you!!!!!!!!
Yeah me too. Bye David!! Good Luck!
*sigh* oh well. now what do we do?
Well, I’m having a cheesecake brownie!!!!!!!! It hasn’t been a good night….but maybe cheesecake brownies will help.
Oh - I so want one, Erin! I am sorry you aren’t having a good night!
*hug*
Yeah me too. On both accounts.
Come join me neighbor…..maybe a nice long chat with the cheesecake brownie would help!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks…and thanks for the hug Perky!!!!!!!!!!!!
HAHAHA!
My brother would tell me something like that.
JUST for clarification… I thought the legal age for tobacco was 18. /:0