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Just letting you know that I had written this to one of my cousins and I was going to write an entry on this subject any, so I cut and pasted the email, and there was some editing as well. (Plus, is some of this doesn't make sense, keep in mind I left some of my last entries open for editing further on those subjects.)


Sarah, is actually behaving now. She seems to not be as abbrasive towards anyone at home, barely. I guess it takes two smack-downs with her to get her to see that she needed to quit. I greatly welcome this. I can treat her nice and at least lie to myself that my behavior towards her is appreciated. I'm even telling her sometimes that I love her before I go to sleep at night, b/c she's actually being mature. I guess, she's just realizing that in order to get on my good side is to just be nice, and I'll treat her nice in return. Even when I'm upset I don't quite blow up at her. I'm just relieved that she is better, I'm still cautious as to how long it will last, but until then, I could use this cease-fire.

Katie, my sister, your cousin, is doing fine, she's being herself. We seem to be having a small phone dispute which will blow over. I'm pretty much getting into her head that "When Katie calls, just answer that call, let me talk to see whats wrong and I'll give it back ASAP. 2 minutes, tops." I'm going to stick true with it. However, she's being resentful towards me even when she's done talking with Jake and I need to take it from her. She gives me these snide (and what she thinks is witty) remarks. Other than that, no problem.

Katie, my girlfriend, is doing fine too. Her cold is long over. And pretty much everything is going good if not better between us. We've worked some more things out. And, I've seemed to have taken a much more dominant role in the relationship. Which, what I wanted was an EQUAL relationship between us both, but its seems that she just can't have one, period. If its not equal she thinks that she has to take the dominant role and so she's not too happy and gets stress out and gets angry, its funny b/c she's told me her whole life she's always wanted to take dominant roles and when she feels that she needs to take a dominant role, even though what I was striving for was equality. So, now it seems that she's given the helm over to me. So I guess, theres some change but we're happy, as wierd as it sounds......

The whole hurricane shebang came and went. I wanted to go, instincts told me to leave, however, just about 2 friends of mine and their parents, and thats all that I know, had evacuated. I keep telling my grandparents and parents to pack up and leave. Now, I know that my grandparents could'nt really do anything, however my dad just waved it off. I kept calling and telling him about the updates not looking good and looking even worse and he just ignored me and soon didn't even bother to answer the phone. So, I went to Dallas, with my two friends, Eric and Xin (pronounced Shin) and Eric's parents. I tell you though, I'm glad I left. The trip was long (at one point it was 12 miles in 12 HOURS!!!), and we nearly ran out of gas, but got directions from a police officer where some gas could be and found it. We were about 100 feet behind the bus that caught on fire so we had to take a detour through the surrounding countryside to get into the city. Andrew, I swear I'm going to live in Dallas some time in my life. The country side is just a beautiful as Uncle Allans' and Aunt Debbies's ranch in Kentucky! Ever since then, its like the trip was one big needed vacation from everything. We went to Eric's Fathers's Cousin's Son's House (They're Indian, so they keep track of their HUGE families!!!) that was living in Dallas. We rested for a night, got to love the Dallas weather, which is tons better than Houston's!! Plus, enjoyed how different the neighbor hoods are built. They have their drive ways in the back, not the front. The next day, we visited Eric's sister, who is a student at University of Texas in Dallas, AND we visited Katie's brother, who is also a student over there. He was surprised and a little shocked to see me, but he was happy. And later that day we left to go back home (it was Sunday), the trip going back was actually enjoyable and we told stories to each other. And laughed till we got home. The whole thing was one educational, its was like a toned down version of how adventureres on a quest learn something while traveling and become just a little more enlightened about life and your apsect on how you see things. Its funny how things come at you from the side and how you can learn to appreciate it, I guess thats one of the joys to living.

Mom and Dad, seem to be getting better too, some fighting here and there. My dad is now trying to be a dad, remember: trying, as well as my mom. And I guess, as long as they are taking their meds, if they're happier, then I'm happier. Some close friends are also going to come down from San Antonio and we're going to go to Astroworld before it dies. (Yes, its closing, after what I think 30 years it being open). I'm going to enjoy it as much as possible. Plus, I recently got my 2nd degree black belt. YAY!! I tested infront of my Sensei's Sensei. And he seemed impressed. So, all in all, life is easing off me a little, which I'm glad.