Tori came to stay the night last night. Apparently, Allyson and Mitch went and got tattoos before they came to drop her off. Now Tori says she’s going to get a tattoo when she’s grown up. And Blaine also decided to dye his hair - blue black. Mom wasn’t too pleased about that, but then again I don’t know that she’s ever really pleased.

I guess this year we’re going to Kentucky Kingdom for vacation. It’s also been decided that Mitch isn’t going, which has helped in my decision to go. I wasn’t sure I wanted to at first, but if he isn’t going, then at least there’s one less annoyance to worry about. Last year he sent everyone into a terrible mood.

On Father’s Day there was this show in TV. I’m not really sure what it was called, but it was about vacation places. One of the places was a log cabin, and there was this one room in the place that had saddles, shoes of every size, skiing equipment and a bunch of other stuff for pretty much all seasons of the year. They said that the place could please even the most difficult of critics. Mom and I mused that if Blaine and Trey could go there and be appeased, then that statement would be true. They are both extremely hard to please. I don’t think Trey is going with us to Kentucky Kingdom, though, so again that’s one less person to aggravate.

I guess we’ll see how that goes and see how we all fare. We’re not going until next month. I think we’re going on a Tuesday and Wednesday in hopes that it’ll be less crowded those days.

I feel like I’m starting experience cabin fever. This seems to happen every couple of weeks if I don’t get out of the house too much, and lately I haven’t been out much. Just a meeting for work last Monday, taking my brother to get some clothes from home and out on the front porch. It’s pathetic, and I really shouldn’t let myself get this way, but with the way the weather’s been lately, I really don’t feel like straying too far.

While I was at my mom’s with Blaine, I noticed she was looking through some linoleum for, presumably, the bathroom floor. Her and Bart have been working on the house on Sundays, trying to get things done. I think she’s hoping to move back in with him before her next lease is up. It was one of those really earthly looking designs. I think it would look really nice with one of those vessel sinks I saw on TV. They have some really neat designs, like faucets that come out of the medicine cabinet door.

I always like watched home improvement shows. I guess I think I would be fun to do something like that. I never thought too much about it before. Definitely too late for a career choice, not that I’d want to. I think it’s just more fun in theory than in practice. I doubt I’d have the patience for that line of work. Some people are just too picky to please.

Well, I actually got out of the house today. I’ve felt like such a hermit lately. Of course, it was raining the whole time I was out, so it wasn’t precisely pleasant. I had to go by the bank and deposit the money I got as gifts for graduation. Then I had to go by Dollar General and pick up a few things before I went by and picked up Blaine. He wanted to stay the night here tonight, which is nice since I feel like I haven’t seen him in weeks.

This weather, though, is a real bummer. I’ve been reading a lately, and it’s mostly been books by Sarah Dessen, and all of the books take place in this made up town of Lakeview, and any time there’s a mention of the beach, it kind of depresses me because it’s so dreary here. For some reason I always imagine one of those Outer Banks vacation homes while I’m reading.

Speaking of vacations, I’m not sure if we’re going anywhere this year. My mom mentioned vacation, but with her I’m never actually sure if that invitation extends to me. I feel like I’m imposing if I ask if I’m allowed to go. But then if I don’t, I feel left out of all of the family adventures. Blah. That probably means I just need to get a life and find things for myself to do so I won’t feel left out.