How are you?

Dear Laura, Mercy, Rose and whoever else might be reading this, 

Laura, I enjoyed your post. It was red and cheery and short and it wasn't whimsical, thoughtful, or long like usual and I appreciate that. Mercy, I was very excited about the snow as well though I didn't get as much of a snow day as you did which was rather depressing as all my public/private schooled friends texted me about all the fun things they were doing. 

Rose, reading your post made me so upset. Just ask Mercy. That list made me so annoyed just reading through it. Please don't ever do that again. 

Last night, after Mercy and I had read your post Rose, I was complaining about how none of you left anything for me to go off of and Mercy replied: "it's not our job to give you something to write about." which at the moment was annoying and I probably said something mean back but now as I'm trying to think of something to write about it realized that she was right and that it's not your job. It would be nice, but it is not your duty. Neither to me, your country or your heart. (How weird would that be?) This blog is letters to each other right? So what is the number one question asked in letters? How are you? Usually the answer is 'I'm good, how are you?' but that's an annoying and stupid answer. It's not even grammatically correct. How are you gurls doing? And I won't take 'I'mgoodhowareyou?' for an answer. It's rushed, automatic, and stupid. I'm doing alright, some of my friends are having dramatic, emotional issues that I get to listen to and though I appreciate that they come and talk to me about it, it does get a little tiring and stressful. But I try and push it to the back of my mind when I can and focus on what's happening in the here and now. I do the advent calendar with Lydia on the computer, I play "12 days of Christmas" far to loud and sing at the top of my lungs with Ethan and Lydia and I've been trying to enjoy this season. Though I've found myself on Tumblr wayyyyy to much, I have been happier this week than what I was last time I posted. And I'm super excited for this weekend. We're going to see The Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug tomorrow and then we're having a girls afternoon going shopping for Christmas dresses and out to lunch with a friend while Ethan is at a birthday party sleepover and then on Saturday we're making abundant amounts of cookies for the neighbors and on Sunday is the youth group semi-formal Christmas party. We all get to dress up and hangout and do a white elephant gift swap and the girls look elegant and the boys look dapper and it's so much fun.  

So now I want you to tell me, how are you doing? What are you excited or not excited for? What is happening in your life that is putting you in the Christmas spirit or what are things that are sucking your Christmas spirit right down the drain (besides a dementor)? Rose, you're not allowed to answer that question about having your spirit sucked out. 

For dinner I'm making Alton Browns Mac and chess which I heard from the Backus mother is very fantastic and I'm excited. So I shall end this post so I can watch Ellen and then make dinner. <3 Grace

Ps- sorry for the shortness but that's all I got for today.