Stuff You!
So big question of the day? How many of you woke up Thursday morning to realize that the entire gene pool was in your house? I did. I drove out to my parents Wednesday night for some pizza and wii. (My brother just bought it and we all had to turn an innocent game into a 5 hour competition.)
Background on my family… There are 3 of us (dad, brother, and I) 4 if you count my fiance, that are 100% type A personalities. In fact, we are ruthless, unempathetic, uncompassionate, aggressive people. So one lil game can be turned into something that should be featured on Reality Tv. We all love each other, but when the competition starts, it is fierce. At one point, my brother even threw a tennis ball at my fiance while boxing to throw him off balance and loose the game. We have no boundaries we won’t cross. My fiance retaliated by tripping my brother during tennis game (yes..evil) but that’s how he won the game!
My mom however is about as kind and compassionate as humans can be. How we were all bred to be man eaters and she teaches Sunday school is beyond me. So, while we shouted vulgarities during Wii Sports, she brought us little veggie trays and cakes and pizzas.
I spent Wednesday night at their house. Thursday, I woke up and really realized that family is the only thing in the world one should be thankful for. I am doing my comp paper on The Great Gatsby (If any of you have ideas let me know) and I am going off of how corrupt the characters become as they chase the American dream, my conclusion was that no matter what they all gained materialistically, they all wanted family or love in the end.
Fitting novel for life right now.
All of us type A personalities tripping each other and shouting vulgarities to win Wii, all of us going to work or school and taking out the competition to climb to the top (not a bad trait), all of us constantly in motion to pursue that ever elusive dream. And you know what? When it came time to sit around the table and say what we were thankful of, we all said, “Family”. It wasn’t the expensive Wii game, it wasn’t that there was so much food I am now a size 8, it wasn’t the big house mommy and daddy moved into… it wasn’t our pool, it wasn’t my ring…It was that Thursday morning I woke up with my best friends. All four of them. (Mom, dad, brother, and Fiance).
I want all of you to try something new this week… If your a type A personality like me, calm down just for an ounce of time and tell somebody that they made a difference in your life. If your a type b, stay your beautiful self.