It occurs to me that since I started this little blog, that my cast of characters has changed drastically. Sure, the sis is still there and so is the LB, but I've included a few others (or will include a few others) as well. Since about half of the new characters have the same name as someone else, and the people that I work with can't even keep everybody straight, I'm going to include this little brief cast synopsis complete with nicknames so you can keep everybody straight.
Me: Well, if you haven't figured out by now, I'm a little insane, sarcastic and surly. I'm annoyed by people and love flipping the script on people who try to make my life harder (chiefly the list included my credit card company, my cell phone carrier, and anyone else who may happen to cross my path on that certain day.). I have a dog that I'm nuts over and I find some kind of perverse fulfillment out of running long distances. Oh yeah! I also love margaritas!
The Sis/Bean/Andrea 1: Ok, obviously this is my sis. She is my PIC (Partner in Crime). Before I went to college, we were polar opposite and didn't appreciate each other. Upon my graduating college we both realized that we each had "goodness" in us (I'm using that term loosely. Not that we actually have the kind of God-fearing Tim-Tebow kind of goodness in us, just that we both saw things in each other that we liked) and became not only friends but best friends. She is my bestest and despite marrying a 6'8 giant Danish man and moving to Denmark, we still talk frequently. I also get to have really awesome European vacations now!
The LB/Kevin: LB short of The Little Brother, a moniker he abhors because he is "no longer little." At 6'1, maybe he has a point, but that's not the case. Andrea and I both changed his diapers growing up (and mom would then have to rechange his diapers because our 5- and 3-year-old fingers weren't quite as dexterous as we thought they were) and old habits die hard. He'll never be my "big" brother for the obvious reason such as I was born five years ahead of him. It doesn't matter that he's married and has a mortgage. He's still the little brother. When he makes me an aunt, he'll still be the LB. The LB and I share a love of IU or Indiana University, the college we're both alums from and also a passion for tho damned Yankees. Both the Sis, the LB, and I can talk in movie quotes. It tends to drive a lot of people insane.
Mom: The poor unfortunate woman who birthed me and now lives in sin (Sorry mom, but it had to be said). What can be said about her? Really, the question is what can't be said about her? She's had to deal with my immaturity and shenanigans. Flying marshmallows and burn outs in the grocery store don't seem to bother that thick skin. She expects the unexpected from me. And when the unexpected happens, she ducks her head and rounds a different aisle. Her goal in life is to get me to grow up. I think my goal in life is keep my mom young. So far, I think I'm winning.
Charlie/Chuck/Dr. Homer Noodleman: Charlie is my mother's other half. He's the one that lives in sin with her. Despite being a business owner, Chuck has a juvenile streak in him as well. Call the house and he answers by saying "Crime scene" and then proceeds to act like he's some kind of overseeing detective shouting cop lingo in any way that he can. If it's after 5p.m. Charlie can normally be found holding a glass of Jack Daniels and water - his drink - and coming up with ideas of sheer genius despite their depravity. The Mummy was the creation of Mom and Charlie.
Andrea 2/Dos/the Stepsister: Ok, I know my mom is living in sin, but try explaining to people how Charlie's daughter(s) are related to you. Yeah. Saying she's my stepsister just expedites the process and saves me the weird looks from my rambling description. She is still in college, used to work at a movie theatre, and now works as a hostess. We think she'll graduate this fall. We know that she isn't in much of a hurry to graduate. Anyway, it's not like there are actually jobs out there waiting for her, right Mr. President (ba-dum bump!). Sorry, sorry, I know I don't get political but it couldn't be helped. She is also my roommate at the residence that we have to come to reference as Animal House (because of the 7 boys that lived there prior to us). Like my real sibs, Dos likes the dives that we liked to inhabit.
Jenny 1/The Stepsister: I'm not repeating how she's related to me. If you need that, look at the first three sentences that describe Andrea 2. Jenny is a hairdresser at a local beauty shop in town. She lives at her mom's house, but can often be found at Mom and Charlie's if she knows that Andrea, Dos, or I will be there. She often likes to get involved in my juvenile schemes.
Andrea 3/the Sister-in-Law/Tres: Yeah, Kevin for real married a girl named Andrea. You would've thought after living and dealing with my sister that the name would've been a turn-off but apparently it wasn't. Which is good because Tres can't be any farther from being my sister. She's a manager at a store in the mall and we all totally love it because she gets us presents from the store for birthday and Christmas (and the store has awesome IU gear). She has broadened my brother's trash-TV habits by introducing him to Teen Mom and Jersey Shore. She loves Italian food and I can often count on her to come to lunch with me at Olive Garden, a place I love when I'm needing to carb-load for long runs on Saturdays.
Hans: This is my sister's husband. At first, he was my nemesis. He was tall and awkward and didn't talk to me. I wasn't happy with him for a number of reasons that mainly stemmed back to the first night we were all together. He and Andrea went to find privacy and I couldn't find her. She wouldn't answer her cell phone. Not because he didn't tell her to answer it, but because she can be a complete douche sometimes and she didn't want to answer it. Anyway, it was a big hurdle to cross, gaining my trust because I knew ultimately he would take her away (and he totally did. Bastard.). But he's a great guy who puts up with the many faces of Andrea and gives me free room and board when I visit them. His family is also aces (But not quite as cool as mine).
Jenny 2/Jenny that I Run With/RJ: RJ is a girl from my journalism classes. We knew each other, were Facebook acquaintances, but that was about it. Then I started running. Jenny had been running about a year longer (technically, she ran in high school, but dropped it in college), and we met at a the half-marathon in April. We kept in touch, ran on a team of four for a 12-hour relay (yes, twelve hours of four people switching up running), and then we decided to run a marathon (I'm thinking this was over margaritas). Having accomplished that, we are now looking to become marathon maniacs by running three marathons in 90 days (I know this decision was made over margaritas). Just watch, the next wise decision will be to run a triathlon of some sort (I'm drawing the line at a full-fledged iron man or swimming the English Channel).
I'm sure that a few more people will make appearances during the lifespan of this blog, but at this current moment in time, these are the people matter most to my stories (not in my life, because everyone matters equally in my life). Anyway, this was just a little clarification to help you out when you read these stories and become utterly confused when you see the word Tres used and wonder why someone is called "Three" in Spanish.
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