Fun with the Sisters

Emily & Amber made their way back from serving (volunteering) at Louhelen late Thursday night...i.e. Friday morning at 12:45am.  They had driven up separately because Amber needed to give a ride to a friend who couldn't come until the day after Emily needed to be there (complicated, I know).  Amber's phone was apparently on its way to dying as she left, so after she figured out the directions she turned it off (to have some battery left just-in-case).  What complicated matters was the fact that I needed to switch cars with her since my car died and I was stuck driving my mom's gas-guzzling mini van.  Since we both drive Honda Civics, it made sense for me to take the car that gets the same gas mileage - especially since Amber isn't doing a ton of driving around and she lives in a smaller city...plus mom & dad pay for her gas.

Since I couldn't get ahold of Amber and hadn't heard from her in many hours, I didn't know if I should wait up for her or if she had forgotten and that would just be a waste of my time.  Emily was on her way by 11pm and her ETA was 12:45am.  Kyle was up playing video games so I decided I could stay up past my normal bedtime and let Em spend the night.  I'm a pretty awesome big sister. ;)  When Emily arrived, we still hadn't heard from Amber (who had left soon after Emily) so we decided to go to sleep.  Emily texted Amber saying that she had arrived safely at my apartment.  Sweet dreams to all.

One of my favorite parts of being an aunt:
creative mail.

The next morning, I wake up to a missed call from a private number (my parents) at 1:36am.  And then Emily gets a call from Amber around 9am.  Apparently Amber had pulled by our apartment to see if we were awake, but since the lights were off she went home.  Knowing what time she arrived at our parents house, we have determined that she must have pulled by literally right when we turned off the lights.  Crazy!  And then when she got home, she realized the car Emily drove wasn't there...which made her semi-freak out...and of course my phone was on silent so I didn't answer, and Emily must have been really tired because she slept through Amber's call.  :)  Fun times!

I must be super boring.
Emily fell asleep in the middle of the day.

Friday was spent doing a lot of relaxing.  We convinced Amber to come visit us (no food at the 'rents place) but it took her 3 hours to finally get out of the house.  Love that girl.  :)  She was supposed to go to Columbus for the day to visit the art museum for one of her summer classes.  Emily & I determined that she should be able to come to the Toledo Museum of Art because it was closer to home and she's supposed to go twice this summer.  Amber emailed her prof to get it 'approved' but we went there without even knowing if it was approved or not.  :)  Since Emily needed to continue applying to jobs and Kyle had another manly play date playing Forza with friends, Amber and I ventured into the hot, sticky world beyond my apartment together.  The Toledo Museum of Art is open til 10pm on Fridays (how awesome is that?!), and when we left at 8:15pm, it was 102 degrees outside.  Yikes!

Amber pondering the meaning of Anselm Kiefer's painting
"Athanor"

As we walked out the doors of the museum at 9:55pm, my glasses fogged up!  That is how cool cold it was in the museum and how sweltering hot it was outside.  Ridiculous!  On our way home we stopped by Redbox to pick out a movie for the four of us to watch.  21 Jump Street was on our "list of movies to watch this summer" and Amber said she wanted to see it, so our selection was made quite easily.  [The movie was funny, but if you don't like cursing - this isn't the film for you.  I thought it was hilarious!]

Friends Around the World

When we got home, Kyle was still playing video games so Emily, Amber, & I played Friends Around the World.  Amber brought this from home and it was a game we really liked to play as kids.  I liked it mostly for the cool characters on the cards, but now that I'm older I appreciate its moral value.  In the middle of playing, I declared "I call this game for our kids!"  And I'm glad I did so, because I can't find it online.  Such a good game!  Aristoplay/UNICEF should re-release it!

Getting cozy before watching 21 Jump Street.

Kyle making us some delicious homemade kettle corn.

After a fun night with my sisters & Kyle, I'm looking forward to what today may bring.  Amber has to do homework and Emily needs to apply to jobs, but hopefully we can have some more fun together!