10. TSA is quite easy to fool. I smuggled a tube of that “oh-so-dangerous” lip gloss from Christmas through security in my pocket. HA! Quart-sized bag, my ass!

9. Playing “name that animal” gets a little old after being woken up by something howling outside my window every morning at 6. One day it was turkeys… one day a coyote… never did figure it out the last morning. I SWEAR it was a bear!

8. It doesn’t matter where or when… you cannot enter a Wal-Mart without being assaulted by the sounds of a screaming child. through. the. whole. store.

7. When my sister doesn’t bring the kids, I actually get treated like a human and get to sleep in a REAL BED! Not a fold-up couch contraption, not a cot, not a blow up thingy… a real bed! *feels special*

6. I got caught up on the latest issue of Betty & Veronica’s Double Digest. I was desperate for reading material… but I have always loved Archie comics. For those of you who care… there’s a new girl in town and you get to vote on who you think her boyfriend should be online! ROFL

5. I learned that a “little hike” to my uncle actually means a 6 mile trek up Mount Martha. Never again.

4. My family has horrible taste in television shows. Seriously… I’m going to gouge my eyes out with a rusty spoon the next time I’m subjected to a conversation about Dancing with the Stars.

3. I’m becoming more and more like my dad… it’s scary. At least it’s not my mom, though! LOL

2. Chicago has the worst travel weather in the world. It doesn’t matter what time of year… you will always be stuck in an airport waiting for a storm system to pass. Always.

1. I got to check out my burial plot in the family cemetary… can’t think of a better way to spend the afternoon. I’m thinking a little Hello Kitty motif on the headstone might be fitting. “Here lies Snarky Kitten… get off me.”