Samantha - Plans and Summer days :(

Hey guys, Samantha here. I thought I'd do a post about how the rest of the summer is going to go. Melanthe should be getting back within a couple of days - like I said before, she had very bad cell reception there, so she doesn't call often.

 Anyway, Lilyana's best friend Ani's birthday is next weekend, so we're going to the party. That's going to be fun! I love a good party. She's the youngest of us though; we're all thirteen already. Melanthe is the oldest, her birthday is in November. Rebecca's is in February, Lily's is in March, and mine is in may. My friend Andrea also has a birthday in May, so we often have a double birthday party. Maddi's birthday is in June. So its always fun to have a summer party. I'm not quite sure what I'm getting her yet, though. Oh well, I have time.

On August twenty-seventh, there is the annual Little Miss Sunshine pageant! We're all competing in it. I love pageants, and so does Melanthe. Rebecca tolerates them, and so does Lily. The only problem is that Rebecca wins a lot, which I find annoying, Sure, she may be prettier then me, but I have the better personality, and I am SO more talented. Thats what counts, right? And after coming FORTH in Little Miss Springtime to Rebecca's first and Maddi's third, I swear I will win this one!

We're still having trouble selling the house, so I have no clue when we'll actually move. Oh well, the later the better. And like I said, we'll have to have a house meeting when Mellie gets back.

As you know, Lilyana got back yesterday. She's a bit shell-shocked about what happened with her father, and she was really sad about leaving. I've only met my uncle a couple times, but he's a nice guy. If he's going to remarry, I'm sure he'll pick somebody nice. At least, I hope so, for Lily's sake. Lily thinks that he's hiding something else from her, but I'm not sure what she thinks it could be. I wouldn't know if he is or not, having not seen him or talked to him, but Lilyana has good instincts. I g=feel bad for her, I really do. She's kinda mopey at the moment. And Rebecca is so not helping. She keeps making all these cryptic comments, and giving advice that seems to scare Lily. What does she know, anyway? Well, actually, I don't know what the heck the deal is with her parents. Her dad sounded like a real piece of work on the phone, so maybe she does know what she's talking about. To some extent. But still, she's really upsetting Lilyana, and thats not fair or nice. Really, she has to be more empathetic sometimes, or nobody will like her. If anybody ever did, which I doubt. Well, she gets along OK with Lily, but Lily is friends with anybody, she's so nice. I just don't know what her problem is. Speaking of Rebecca, she's been in quite a mood ever since she got home from camp. Firstly, she's not as mopey, and she's smiling a bit more. She seems very...happyish. But she's also gotten more reckless; talking back to my mom all the time, and being mean to the rest of us, sassy comments and mean insults said in a jokey tone that really hurts. When she's home, that is. She's at the studio a lot, or up on the roof, or who knows where, getting home late and ignoring my parents when they ask where she is. She's freaking me out, actually, but I'm just being stupid. She's just being Rebecca. Oh god, I hope thats all this is, because I must be crazy to think like this about her. I'm the one with the problem, not Rebecca. But I still worry.

Samantha

Lilyana - Our Room

Hey guys. I thought that since we're moving, you'd like to see pictures of our room as it is now.

Our room is kind of divided into two parts - Samantha's and mine, and Melanthe's and Rebecca's.

This is Samantha and I's bedroom area.YOu can see our desk, our bunk-bed - I'm top, she's bottom - our reading area, the vanity table  - Everything! How do you like it? Thats our cat Nessarose on top of the closet, and my dog Paris near the vanity table.

Thats Rebecca's and Melanthe's part of the room. (Taken from my top bunk!) Melanthe has the top bed, Rebecca is down below. The black chest of shelves is Rebecca's. Maybe you can see the pink roses in the upper corner. 

Thats Samantha's bed. You can tell she has WAY to many stuffed animals. She'll probably have to sort them before we move. Like I said, she's the only one of us to have an american girl doll. i wish I had one. I'd probably get Josefina or Cecile. 

Thats my bed. You can see my favorite 'I Love Horses!" sign. I got it when i was five. There's also a trophy I won last year, and the bracelet Samantha gave me for my birthday the year I was in the play 'Ballet Shoes.', which is also one of my favorite books. You can see it has a little pair of ballet shoes on it. I made my blanket myself, on my sewing machine. I really do love to sew.

Thats Melanthe's bed. She also has tons of stuffed animals! She got the seal at Ogunquit, where her family has a beach house. I've never been, but I'd like to. Mellie says we can all go down in August. Thats Melanthe's flute on the bed, under her AG magazine. 

Thats Rebecca's bed. Very dark and neat, with her stuffed toys. The bit of poster you see is of New York City.

Thats Rebecca and Melanthe's desk. Its very neat, with a pretty single rose. You can also see Rebecca's guitar, and her dance trunk. The purse above it is Melanthe's, not Rebecca's. I really love those shelves, don't you? They're built into the wall, so unfortunately we'll have to leave them when we move. The lobster and lighthouse are also Mellie's, again from Ogunquit.

Thats Samantha and I's desk. Its not as neat, or as pretty. Honestly, we need a new one. Those our the carrots we're growing, our attempt to Be Organic.

Thats our reading area. The gray dog is Samantha's; Smoky. You can see we have tons of pictures on the wall there, as well as tons of books. Thats Samantha's pink hat, she got it for her birthday from her friend Nellie, who lives in NYC. Thats the trophy Samantha won two years ago at the Little Miss Springtime Pageant. 

Thats the vanity table, and Samantha's shelves. You can see we have tons of jewelry! Its kind of a mess, I know. Thats my favourite game on Samantha's shelf; Apples To Apples. I think its really fun! i love choosing the card, and guessing who put it in. The trick is really to put what you think the OTHER person would choose, not what YOU would choose.

Those are our mice; Bellatrix, Dark Shadow, Sunrise, and Glitter. You can probably guess whose is whose just by the names. I'm in constant fear Nessarose will eat one of them!

Thats for looking at all these. Its going to be really sad to leave this room behind. Its also going to be really hard to pack. Hmm......Gotta go make a Packing Plan!

-Lilyana