I’m really worried about my best friend, Nikki. Things are just really bad with her right now at home, and I wish there was something more that I could do. I just feel so crappy not being able to do anything that could really help.

I’ve been rereading one of the stories I wrote earlier this year, and it kind of made me think about my dad. Mostly because the main characters relationship with her dad is similar to the one I have with my dad, and by that I mean it’s nearly nonexistent. My dad has so many issues that I don’t even know where to start. He has a drinking problem, for one, and I don’t even know if he’s ever actually gone to any drug rehabs and stayed. I guess I can’t understand how he can just destroy his own life the way he does.

I guess this is related to thinking about Nikki, because just like I feel helpless when it comes to knowing what to do to help make things better for her, I feel the same way about my dad. I guess I wish I could just fix things and make them better, but I know I can’t. It’s just aggravating, and I wish I knew what to say or do.

I just put up a new theme. I decided to go back to using themes again because I still liked the last one I made, but I wanted to use the new one I made too. If you can’t see it, click on “Masterpiece” on the sidebar. I also added a few other things to the sidebar - the Recent Entries and Categories. I had to look around a bit to find a Category Cloud plugin that wasn’t overly complicated and actually worked.

You might also notice the big Hanson banner above this entry. Hanson is having a contest and will write a song for the fan that generates the most traffic, so if you don’t mind, please just click on the banner. I doubt I’ll win because I never win anything, but I figured I might as well give it a shot. If you haven’t already guessed, Hanson is my favorite band. Yes, really, and, yes, they’re still around. Their new album is out on July 24th, and speaking of which, I really need to preorder the album because I want the digital download. I already have the Japanese import of the album, but the US version has some new songs and comes with a DVD.

Nikki is coming to visit in 18 days. I’m so freakin’ excited. I can’t even explain. It’s been over a year since she last came to visit, and that was just for a weekend. This time it’s for 17 days. I can’t wait because I know it’s going to be tons of fun. Now I just need to figure out some stuff for us to do.

I felt so confused all day yesterday. For some reason it just felt like Monday. Maybe it was because we had Tori. Either way, I just felt totally confused all day long. Not to mention, I was tired. I slept late again today, but that was because I stayed up late watching a movie on TV. Of course it was one of those movies that was probably four hours long and was on either really late or really early, so there was really no good time to watch. So annoying. I was all set to go to bed too, but then I started watching. Oh well. I have some laundry I need to do today, and some other random stuff. I was thinking about sorting through my scrapbooking stuff again and trying to put it into some sort of order since Nikki and I are planning to work on a scrapbook while she’s here. I’m so excited. I can’t wait for July.

I’m so excited. My best friend, Nikki is coming to visit in July. She’s coming on the 10th and going home on the 27th. I can’t wait because it’s been over a year since she last visited. While she’s here, we’re going to Holiday World with the rest of my family. It’s going to be so much fun. I keep wish that time would pass quicker!