My Family Portrait (or "A picture's worth 1000 words ... but will 1000 words paint you a good enough picture?")

I went home to visit my family this weekend, and it was very much needed. I hadn't been home since probably June, and they've only come to visit me once since then. My sister and I went to lunch and went shopping, because she loves spending money and I love learning how to be fashionable and then refusing the advice because it's too expensive to be fabulous. I did take a little bit of what she told me, though, and walked away with a cute purse and a few rings. I also got to cook fajitas with my dad and hang out with my mom and aunt.

My sister recently moved back home, and with her came her annoying kitten, Audrey. Now, my parents have had our cat, Tugger, for 13 years, and he is very set in his ways. He likes to lay around on my dad's chair, "make muffins" on my mom's lap, and growl at everyone. Audrey likes chasing Tugger's tail, rolling on her back in front of him, and hissing at everyone that isn't my sister. Tugger hates Audrey, but Audrey LOVES Tugger. I spent the whole weekend trying to make Tugger feel loved, because now that there's a New Cat on the Block, everyone seems to have forgotten about him, and he very much resents that, even though he doesn't like anyone as a general rule.

I bought The Office season 5 last week, watched it all in a matter of days, and then left it with my sister, and now I want it back. I am also wondering why How I Met Your Mother is not out on DVD yet, but I have plenty of other things to watch in the meantime. TV this season is pretty much legendary so far.

I guess it's time for me to go to bed now, so I can function at work tomorrow.