my aunts cabin is my second favorite vacation spot. i mean it's not the worlds most amazing area or anything i just grew up going there every year. so it's comforting in its familiarity. hahaha you know what freindswald was the first place that i was dubbed onion. sigh. kayake dodgeball didn't go down (yet another sigh), but i managed to get in a few games of carpetball. this game i have been playing since i was three and (now i'm not bragging i'm just proud from my two year oasis from the game) i creamed everyone at least twice in a row before i lost my first game.
one of the greatest suprises while in michigan was when i was going to sleep. at first i was on the bed with krazie but then i moved to the bottom bunk bed. as i climbed into bed and pulled up the quilt that was at my feet i got a huge whiff of grandma lehmans house. in an instant that smell put me at ease and i could relax and fall asleep. my grandma quilted a blanket for me when i was a baby, but my mom won't let me touch it. "not until you get married," is what she tells me. before my mom rearranged everything in our house i used to pull out my blanket whenever i was having a rough day. since it hasn't been used ever it hasn't been washed and still has the smell of her house.
uncle jim (father of the bride): so anya where's your man?
anya (very confused): uhh...i don't have a man.
uncle jim: oh! right right, where is katie's man?
anya: right over there.
uncle jim: and where is your man?
anya: (what??) i --
uncle jim: --oh wait you don't have a man. where is katie's man?
anya: right there, with the red hair.
uncle jim: red hair, oh i see them, hard to miss. hahahaha oh well you should get a man and put your dad out of his misery.
anya (thinking): i think me having a man would put my dad into misery.
one of the weirdest moments was when nathan was meeting all the chappels. it was just so weird to remember that people don't already just know them. i mean they are the chappels.
the cutest moment was when calvin (one of the chappel's babies) had on face goggles and a lifejacket on to go swim. he walked up to his cousins and was all, "hey guys, look at me!!" then he walked up to us and i said, "wow you look awesome" and he responded, "yeah" then he realized he didn't know us and ran away to his parents. oh man those face goggles cracked me up. he was a true crack up.
"i was just starting to relax." -liza (margaret giles) and with that line (with the things that came before it and followed it) i laughed and cried my hardest, longest, loudest laugh ever. yes, i am giggling right now just thinking about it. hahahaHAHAHA. fortuanally my mom was the only one who heard me, i was sure i woke up the whole cabin filled with 16 people but i didn't. which is really good because amia was right next door sleeping with her sleepy parents. hahahahahHAHAHAHAHA. "sorry katie" oh god, someone cut me off. deep breathes, anya. deep breathes.
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