Day 14 - A picture of someone you could never imagine your life without.

Wow, this is a hard thing to think about. I have been very close to a few people for a couple of years that I know I couldn't live without. Sometimes, I don't talk to these people for days but eventually, we shoot a text and see how each other is doing. It's great to be in Aggieland with friends that I can count on. It's also great to be only 2 hours away from home so seeing my parents is nice during a busy semester. Especially this summer, they'll have to come up if they would like to see Shelby and I because we're bogged down with school. I'm also very busy with shadowing Physical Therapists, volunteering for various organizations, riding horses, and starting on the 20th, coaching volleyball.

I thought about it and I knew who I wanted to say for this day's topic. But after our spiff at lunch today, it made me think a little more about our relationship. If you haven't guessed who it is, it's Shelby.

Yes. The 18-month younger sister who lives with me but bosses me around is the person I couldn't live without. We interact with each other every day whether we talk or not. She does NOT like to talk to anyone in the morning. She's my best friend and enemy sometimes. I love her very much but....ooh, she can make me very angry. We go to lunch and dinner together. Sometimes she is bad about leaving her food out at night. Never takes out the garage to the street. She never wants to go work out with me but she does go on her own. She's intellectual in her specific areas of expertise and so am I. She's just like my parents - anal about cleaning and organization. I've come to terms with it and I have been doing better this summer. She motivates me to increase my lexicon = vocabulary, which I need to start working on for the GRE next summer. She doesn't necessarily care for my cooking. When I state that I want to make cookies, she gets mad and says, "I WAS going to make cookies!" So I give in and let her do it because I'm a people pleaser. That is why I have a hard time not raising my voice or arguing with her because she is very independent and hard-headed. I can't disagree with her about that because I can be the same way but I just gotta love her.

I'm not trying to harp on my sister. We have good and bad days. We can't help that we fight because we live together. At some point this summer, we will need a break from each other. But I can say that one day, it's going to be hard if we live more than 2 hours apart.