Bathrooms, Frog Mail, Shootouts, Sobbing, and Nose Bleeds
Hello all ! I have quite a few stories for you. The first one just happened this morning. As you all know, we have 12 members in our family. It is way harder than you know to get EVERYONE a shower in the morning. Especially since some members of our family *cough cough MARCUS cough cough* like to take hour long showers, leaving everyone waiting in line. It’s terrible and a HUGE problem. We had this problem solved for about two weeks because Rio and I put together a bathroom chart, but… SOMEONE *cough cough MARCUS cough cough* tore it down so he could take his long showers whenever he wanted. Crazy, right ? I know. So, we all had a family meeting this morning (maybe bribing the boys with brownies a little) and figured out a whole cool new chart ! I don’t want to explain it ALL, but it’s really cool, and I think it’ll work. Rio thought of some of it, and I thought of some of it ! I’m so excited for tomorrow morning. Next on the agenda to talk about, frog mail. I made up some thing where I told the boys that instead of frogs croaking angrily at each other, they left little signs on each other’s lilypads. Before you say anything, I can explain. I am woken up at 2 or 3 am every morning by some brother of mine screaming at one another. So I decided to tell a little fiblet ( 
) Beth and I made a little mailbox thing that looks like a frog, and if there are any problems my brothers need to get out, they address a little letter to the brother they’re mad at. Every hour, I look at the mail and deliver it. I’m PRAYING this works ! Now for the shootout… well I was staying at the beachhouse with Caleb and his family for a week this summer and suddenly at 3 am, at the IHOP across the street, we hear what sounds like fireworks. We were all woken up, but this was the weekend after 4th of July so we thought it was some crazy kids shooting off fireworks. About 5 minutes later, we heard something that sounded like gun shots, not fireworks anymore. Caleb grabbed me from the other bed and pushed me under his bed with him. We were terrified. Caleb’s dad called the cops, they came, and there were many smashed windows in the cars. They had terrible aim, thank goodness. No one was hurt, but that morning we went back to Virginia. Next, the sobbing, well, Rio already wrote a lot about this, but we had a goodbye party for my good friend Marissa. I miss her ALREADY. Rio and I held hands and sobbed at the airport. People may have looked at us like freaks, but this was our way of saying goodbye after the HUGE party we went wayyyy over the top with. Last but not least, last night, there was a knock at the door when I was boxing with Zack, which means of course, I was in….workout clothes. I answered the door and YOU KNOW WHO (Hayden) was crying at the door pleading me to be with him. Since he signed up for all my classes at the Sports Plex, I’ve been working him as hard as I can, hoping he would drop out, but all he’s done is lost 10 pounds. Last night, I was FED UP. I yelled at him and pushed him onto our gravel driveway, telling him to leave me alone. He cried for a few minutes, and then stopped. A few minutes later, he was sobbing. Literally crying harder than I was at the airport. Out of my panic instinct, I sprinted out to find Caleb punching him on the gravel. I freaked out, broke them up, and brought them both inside. I got Hayden an ice pack, and realized I’ve only tried a mean approach with him. As I gave him the ice pack, I held his hand and let him down gently, telling him that there is a girl out there who is his soulmate, and that he’s wasting time with me, a girl who will never love him. He nodded, thanked me, and left. I then yelled at Caleb for being so mean to him, even if he is a stalker, and we are in a fight at the moment. He stormed out angrily and, well, I’m gonna let him be mad at me. I did the right thing, I know. Well, I hope you enjoyed my JUICY DRAMA .
Love From,
Allena <3
