Short, but sweet.

I think I might actually believe in Global Warming (am I really saying this??)...this winter has been so entirely warm here in NC. The people getting dumped on by snow in Alaska may disagree, but...it's all relative.

Anyway. I finished reading/discussing/analyzing Agamemnon by Aeschylus in lit. Greek literature has a common theme: All problems are caused by women and all disagreements are over women. Not exactly true in real life, but somewhat accurate. :) I'm starting to actually get into Greek tragedies though. I may even like them more than Shakespearean tragedies. They seem to have better reasons for killing/poisoning people in Greek tragedies . 

We're most likely finding another home for the horse, btw. He's too big for our midget family, and stepped on Mom's foot and tried to kick her. We're going to try to find a pony or smaller horse to free-lease. I think it would be a better match. 

Sorry this is so short! I'll try to write more later.

Update on life. :)

We now have a horse. Correction: We're actually free leasing it for a year, to see if horses are for us without making any kind of purchase. The 2 youngest kids have been praying every night for a "baby brother, sister and horse." The horse was an answer to one of the prayers! He's TN walker. As many of you know, I am not an animal person. You could say I am indifferent towards animals. I was scarred for life after my beloved pet chickens being massacred by dogs, bears, coons and more, the death of baby goats, an evil hamster that bit fingers and my kitten that disappeared, a demented pet oppossum...ect. ect. At a young age, I decided animals die too much and are too temperamental, and decided it was stupid to become attached. Now, I just don't want any extra responsibilities and greatly prefer spending time with people WHO CAN ACTUALLY TALK. I'll post a picture of the horse soon. If any of you have any name suggestions, we'd appreciate it! Just leave a comment or send me an email. Dad's suggestion: "We can name him Nebuchadnezzar, since he wandered around in the fields and ate grass for seven years!" It takes us FOREVER to name animals. What usually happens is about 5 of us finally agree on a name, then the stubborn two still call it whatever they wanted, which results in an animal with 3 names.

Besides the new animal, nothing much has happened. We're as busy as ever with life and school. I started chemistry back again. Every year after Christmas break, I never cease to wonder how information can leave my mind so quickly. I look at my math book and think, "Hmm...a bell is faintly ringing in my mind...I know I've seen this somewhere, I remember going through some kind of torture that resembled these equations..." I'm counting on the fact that once you learn something, you may temporarily forget it, but it comes back quickly.

Today was a bad day for me brain-wise. I think I was partly delirious because I was so excited to see the sun??!! I went to get a Debit card at the bank, and the lady asked me what my name was and I said, 'Chloe." "Is that spelled Cloe?" I replied, "Yep." Mom had to tell me how my name was really spelled. Then the bank lady asked me my date of birth and I just looked blank for a minute, "Umm....ahh..." Also, in chemistry, I kept blanking out and writing all these random element names down that had nothing to do with the questions. "Whats the formula for potassium nitrate?" I'd start writing, MgF3 and my teacher looked over, "Why are you writing Magnesuim floride?" "Umm...ahh...oh yeah. I don't know." It was really odd.

Goodnight!

Happy New Year.

Whoa. I haven't written since LAST YEAR!

Happy 2012, everyone. I hope your new year is wonderful.

Speaking of wonderful, that's an adjective to describe my Christmas. We had a lovely day, together as a family eating good food,opening presents, listening to Christmas music and taking a walk. Then, in the evening our good friends the Stephens came over and watched, It's a Wonderful Life. I'm really psyched, 'cause I GOT SKI'S FOR CHRISTMAS! Very excited about that.

Last Friday, everyone (minus Dad ): headed down to TN to visit family and see some friends It was a very nice time together. On New Years Eve, we watched the ball drop on TV, 

which is very overrated and ridiculous in my opinion. A couple 

minutes before, Will exclaimed, "When do we get to see the BOMB drop?"

Poor guy, thought a bomb was gonna drop from the sky and explode.  Next,  we tried to make as much noise as we could at midnight with those little squawker birthday-party things my Aunt bought, and old ladies pulled back their curtains and glared at us. Then I ran around the block and called people on my phone to wish them a Happy New Year. Next, I got lost in the neighborhood...smelled a skunk in the bushes and ran around trying to find my aunts house...and people were looking at me like I escaped from a mental hospital...Finally I found the house and Emma and I watched a western and dreamed of mules and six shooters and Apaches all night. New Years Day we went to the city of Chattanooga, walked across the TN river and ate delicious ice-cream. Monday was our first, real mall experience. The only mall I'd ever really been to was our mall which is so small you can stand in the middle and see all the stores. Also, it's always quiet and empty and we always see a lot of people we know there. This mall wasn't really huge compared to most, but there were at least 20,000,000 people in there. AND, it got a bloody nose in the middle of the man hallway-area...which was really embarrassing. 

Anyway, upon our arrival home, we were met with weather in the teens, high winds and a few inches of snow. I can't wait to go tear up the slopes. 

School is starting up tomorrow, Christmas break was divine. I seriously tried to convince Mom I had learned enough this semester in school to last for life. Which is practically true. 

Arrivederci, yall.