I'm random. and excited. and emotional. and this post proves it.

So I have a power.

a very special power. a power that none of you girls possess. a power that, I'm sorry to say, I didn't realize I have until Monday (I think.) and I'm rather disappointed that none of you told me that I have this power.

I post on Thursday. thursday. thorsday. Thorsday. THORsday. CHRISHEMSWORTHday.

 I now have an excuse to put up a picture of Chris Hemsworth every. single. week. *girl squeal* lets be honest. who wouldn't be excited to have that power?

moving right along.


Laura, I am so, so, so, happy for you and your college decision!! I know we texted back and forth and I freaked out about it, but I wanted to tell you again <3

Mercy, wow. that was a lot more of John Watson than I expected. and this is for you.

I love you. even if you're extremely.... up and down right now and letting the whole neighborhood know that you're not at your finest as of right now.

Rose, HOLY COW I LOVE THE BOOK THIEF SO MUCH!! I FEEL LIKE I'VE BEEN READING FOREVER BUT I'M ONLY 100 PAGES IN AND THAT MEANS I HAVE SO MUCH MORE OF THAT BEAUTIFUL BOOK LEFT TO READ AND I HAVE A CREEPY STALKER CRUSH ON RUDY TOO!!! #twinning
Max has not appeared yet. I will let you know when he does :)

oh, remember that one k-pop song that both Rose and Laura liked? Not Sandy, the other one. Here is the full album. aka the-most-beautiful-CD-I've-ever-listened-to-the-end-no-buts-about-it.

And another Asian-but-not-k-pop song that I adore.

And now. I'm so excited to present to you the next edition to the Ege family ^.^

please excuse my excessively Asian eyes and messy hair.

 She's just so cute and tiny! We don't get to pick her up till April but I'm so excited. I've been spending more time reading online about training puppies and taking care of one then I spend.... surfing Pinterest. It's kinda scary. And as much as Mercy says she hates dogs and that she's not excited and I'm over reacting, just wait. When we go to see them again next Friday... you will die. And I can't wait. Cause then I'll have another person to fangirl about puppies with.

To be honest, I'm surprised that after our amazing week we had (seems like years ago!) there has only been one Plushenko picture up on the blog. *round of applause* I knew we could pull it together and make ourselves appear slightly normal for the internet and all of our poor readers. But seriously, that half week we spent together was probably my favorite of all the visits we've had together. I'm not sure why. Maybe because it was far creepier than any other time (I don't want Shank as my dad!) or because we came up with so many more jokes but also brought back so many old ones. I'm not sure. But here is my little inside joke blurb to make y'all laugh the way I laugh everyday when something reminds me of you girls.

B-cup, peanut butter frosting sandwiches, does he speak English? Jamaican female bobsledding team, do you want to build a snowman? Yo, I'm Dora. Lets go explore some $#*! My baby, my lady, oh won't you BE MY SANDY! I hate you all. Dragging Mercy into the undertableworld. I Dreamed A Dream. Shank the world. <3 Grace


ps- OMG on Sunday, Mercy and I were helping some people set up for this lunch thing at church, so we were putting plastic table cloths on the tables, and so we had to cut it right? but no one could find scissors, so I'm all like "I got this guys" and I run into the kitchen and come back with a knife. *evil grin* so while me and Mercy are laughing evil-y and trying to be really inconspicuous.... I shanked the table cloth!! And it was beautiful. and SO much fun. But then someone found scissors and so we put the knife away and finished the safe way. But Mercy and I were extremely excited.   

I was born in the wrong generation.

It's hump day!

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This week has been insanely strange, and weirdly eventful. Laura decided what school she was going to. Annie has a house. And mom gave me my own copy of the complete works of William Shakespeare. All in all I'd say this week has been pretty great. And not just in my life, you girls, Grace and Mercy not Laura, are getting a puppy. I mean that is pretty wonderful, even if Mercy is a sworn dog hater. Wait a hot second, did I just say something positive for once? Weirdddddddd. Anyway, I'm going to reply to your posts now before I start crying or something.

Laura: I'm so happy you know what school you're going to! It's just so exciting. Not to mention, it's almost guaranteed I'll get my own room next year. I really am proud of you my little утконос.

Limpy: Your post was wonderful. Ans you're not limpy anymore? Weird. Not that I care, I'm still calling you Limpy. AND I'M LISTENING TO MIDNIGHT MEMORIES! I LOVE IT SO MUCH! I JUST ASDFGHJKL;'

Grace: Your post from a week and a half ago-ish was beautiful. And, DO YOU LOVE THE BOOK THIEF? I KNOW YOU DO. HAS MAX COME IN YET? I just can't.

(ALERT ALERT WEE OO WEE OO! ROSE IS ABOUT TO FREAK OUT ABOUT WORLD WAR 2 SO PREPARE YOURSELVES TO SKIM THE NEXT PARAGRAPH!)

On the subject of depressing Holocaust novels, I just finished this wonderful French novel called Sarah's Key. It had just about everything I love: World War 2, Journalists, and an incredible soul wrenching plot. It was lovely. In a horribly morbid, depressing, fantastic way. Anyway, while I was reading this book I realized that next year is the 70th anniversary of the end of the war. And since I have a slightly disturbing fascination with the 2nd World War, I found this terribly exciting. I mean almost 70 years ago all the concentration camps where liberated! Almost 70 years ago millions of families were reunited with their relatives who where serving over seas. Almost 70 years ago Hitler died. About 70 years ago my grandparents met.

I should have been born in the 1930's. I can't believe I'm stuck in this generation. I have the perfect hair for pin curls. I would have looked fantastic in high wasted skirts. I could have been alive for the Beatles. I could have been alive for James Taylor. I could have been alive before the death of chivalry. I could have been a could have been perfect teacher before the education system went south. I could have been alive for Ronald Reagan's presidency. I could have voted for Eisenhower. I WOULD HAVE BEEN A TEENAGER IN THE 1940'S! I HATE THIS TRIP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Okay, I need to to stop lest I further my existential crisis. Anyway, I miss you guys so much! Chimmy, I mean, P.F. Chang misses you too. WE NEED TO SEE YOU SOON OR I WILL DIE. DO YOU WANT ME TO DIE? And Sandy is stuck in my head.And Shank was at the closing ceremonies and I almost died. And Beijing 2008. And the isle runner. And the nuns. And YOO HOO BIG SUMMER BLOWOUT!

Okay, I'm done. Grace, I'm looking forward to your post tomorrow! -Rosie.

Lord have Mercy on my rough and rowdy ways.

Okay, so the title of this post has absolutely NOTHING to do with what I'm posting about.

I just decided I want to make all my post titles be song lyrics with the word Mercy in it, since that's my name, and I've realized LOTS of songs have the word Mercy in it.

I feel special.

Plus, y'all know how much I loooove music!

Anyway, that title is from The Head and The Heart's song 'Down In The Valley' (one of my favorites by them) and so yeah. That's all.

ANYWAY, SO LAURA I LOVED YOUR POST AND I AM SO HAPPY FOR YOU AND YOUR CHOICE (Grace: it's so choice.) AND I LITERALLY JUST WANT TO JUMP AROUND IN EXCITEMENT FOR YOU EXCEPT I HAVE A BROKEN FOOT LIKE DANG YOU FIFTH METATARSAL.

I really am soo happy for you though!

This morning I created new lyrics to Love Is An Open Door that might've involved the word Plushenko, but really, y'all don't need to be concerned... heh heh. 

 I honestly don't know what to post about.

I'M ALMOST OFF CRUTCHES GUYS! YAY!

I'm going to invade y'all with my Tumblr! 

WEOOO WEOOOO

the bottom ones are 5 Seconds Of Summer. They are absolutely amazing. APRIL 1ST EVERYONE! That's when the EP comes out! Pr-ordered- DONE AND DONE.

Can I just. I CANT EVEN

WE'RE GETTING A PUPPY GUYS! In April. A golden retriever. But I am totally NOT excited. Pfft. Not me.

I wish my hair looked like this

im so hungry

<3<3

BAAAAAAAABBBBBBBYYYYYYYYYY

I just love Tumblr. It's like the greatest. 

Okay. I'm going to talk about John Hamish Watson

 Yes. You.

 He's great. He's funny

He's adorable

He knows his sexual orientation 

He understands me

Plus he hangs out with cool people.

I'm only sort of obsessed with the two of them. 

OKAY THAT'S ALL!

I'm a little YOO-HOO and I HATE YOU ALL and HAHAHAH and LETS ANNOY EVERYONE and I'M SO IN LOVE because well

WAIT. Just one more GIF

I think he should become an unofficial member of the 7th/8th/9TH?!-some. Just a suggestion.

OKAY I AM TOTALLY DONE. OKAY? OKAY. (NOT DONE *SOBBING NOW*)

Rose. I am counting on you. 

xoxo, the emotional hawt mess of a gurl (named Mercy)


WAIT! 

*dies*

okay bye for real this time.

I've never been this okay.

And we're back!!

    Has it only been two weeks since Gracie's particularly fantastic pre-Valentine's day post? It feels like a thousand years have passed and so much has happened. What with the Olympics (figure skating is my new obsession) and the Foursomeaversary (agh I cannot even) the days felt like they slowed down. That's at least how I experienced it :)
    Also, something else happened, And I don't know how it did, but I kind of do, and I don't even know where to begin. Actually, I do- Grace and Mercy, I have decided -or at least, a large white envelope that came on Friday did- where I'm going next year.
    I regret to inform you that we won't be neighbors.
    And I won't be carpooling back and forth with Hannah over breaks.
    But, there is a good chance I'll be joining you guys for our annual Lyman's adventure next October.
    Because I am pretty much officially a member of the Sacred Heart University class of 2018.
   

Grace and Mercy, y'all can be happy for me now.

Whereas Rose is so freakin excited to get her own room, since I will be living on campus :D

    Anyway, that was where all this happening began. My reaction went kind of like this:

me and my mom after reading the letter from financial aid.

me alone in my room later (I started sobbing and listening to Taylor Swift like my younger teenage self and it felt goooood)

me for the past three days.

    So, what has been happening has been surreal...I don't even know. I just feel really happy and full like I never have. I love feeling like this, but it scares me, because I know I don't deserve to be this happy. I'm not nice enough or smart enough, but by the grace of God I got what I wanted, and I don't want to keep this to myself because it's too much for me to handle. I've never been this okay. Maybe it's spring fever, maybe it's maturity, or maybe it's me finally getting over myself- I'm at a loss for words. And when I look at what I have to be happy about, I realize that the path of my past was entirely paved by God. He worked everything out -all the pain and self-hate and anxiety, too- to bring me where I am today. Jesus is kind of ruining my life. I used to be so good at holding myself back and telling myself I was good at nothing, but now I'm full of His light and a different understanding of what it means to be happy. And it's nice and all, but I don't want this all to myself. I have to give this away to understand its worth. Thanks a lot, Jesus. I have to get off my butt and hug the world now, or something.
    It's not like I'm relieved because I know exactly where I'll be spending the next four years of my life. I'm relieved because God does. And I wish I could tell my past self that, that all the worrying and self-doubt were for nothing because God was always in control. Once you realize that, it doesn't start happening (it was happening all along). God doesn't need you to notice what He's doing. It's just that once you do, you can live your life to the fullest of your potential- at the feet of the brilliant Creator. Your life was never meant to be yours.
    I am not the best expert on this. I'm cynical and have a dirty mind and can be a bit of a killjoy. But, by the grace of God I am here, I am happy, and I cannot wait to live the next four years and beyond for His glory. I am broken open by His love, and that is all there is to it.
    I like posting again. I like being able to write down my thoughts, and have them understood by the people I like the most. I like anticipating what you all are going to write every week. Mercy, I cannot wait to read your post tomorrow, and you could probably bring up all our private jokes from the Foursomeaversary because I didn't...hang on...
SHANKOLIMPYCHERYLFROZENSPOONINGONICEBEJING2008THEPOSTERMEANGURLSCOOLRUNNINGSROUNDSTORIES
--Laura :)

this one might get gushy

Dear Laura, Rose, and Mercy, 

Tomorrow is Valentines day and although we usually call it 'Singles Awareness Day', I still want to celebrate. 

Love is a really beautiful thing and even if none of us have a significant other (Jaquan, may you rest in peace), we can still celebrate. Valentines day is a day to celebrate all kinds of love. If you think about it, singles who get depressed every February 14th are basically saying "I don't have any love in my life worth celebrating and I can only be happy if I have a boy/girlfriend, fiance, spouse etc." 

Well I think that's dumb.

I think that today on my post I'm just gonna tell y'all how much I love you. 

Laura, I love how snarky you are. I love how you always have the perfect sarcastic comment (even if sometimes it makes me beyond upset 'cause I can never think of a comeback that quickly). I love how smart you are and how you're okay spouting smart facts. I like to do that too, but I unfortunately don't know as many smart facts as you do. I love how you fangirl. And I love what you fangirl about. I like how I can tell you I'm dying cause I listened to British men read poetry and instead of calling me weird, you join in. I like how you know how to have fun but how you can also turn around and lead us in a discussion about how messed up our generation is. I think that we can all agree that you're going places in life and it's really cool to watch.

I don't really get your obsession with the Russian figure skater who has the noodle like hair. Yeah he's talented but I can't get past his hair. Or the rest of his head and face. He does make amazingly creepy faces. I really like the American couple. 

She looks like she's having fun and he looks like he was forced into it. so cute

Mercy, not only are you my sister but you're also one of my best friends. You're my partner in crime and you (sorta) understand me better than anyone else. We have more jokes than I can keep track of and I guess that's why sometimes you say something while laughing really hard and I don't understand and vice versa. You eat with me, you watch Doctor Who with me and I know that you'll start smiling and possibly lift your hands to your face when you listen to this song. 

Ugh. It's k-pop perfection. 

Girly, sometimes you bug the heck out of me and I feel like I'm stuck with the silliest sister of all time. But it's okay. 'Cause I know you feel the same way about me ^.^

Rose, drink disasters for the win. You're my favorite because you're so cute and giggly all the time. Except when you get upset. Then you're like.... I don't even know. The silent hurricane. Maybe that's what we'll call you when you get upset. I also love the way you fangirl because it's so similar to Mercy's fangirling, but it's also different and has a really cuteness to it that I don't see in Mercy's. I just get annoyed with Mercy and her fangirling. And holy crap I love this Harry Potter music that you posted about. I've listened to Harry and the Potter's but they have nothing on these bands. Also, in the House Song by Ministry of Magic, the first Slytherin (she's blonde) is one of the very few bloggers that I like to watch. Just thought I'd tell you. YouTube is a small world after all! I like your outlook on life and it makes me think about things differently. I like how you get obsessed with some geeky things (Physics, the presidents birthdays, and such). 

I am so psyched to spend time with you guys and I know it's gonna be great. We're going to do some awesome things but I can also see us sitting on the couch and just lazily scrolling down Pinterest or watching the Olympics or maybe just talking about something like... killing the polar bears cause we cut down the trees to make paper and how because of that global warming is going to occur and we'll have to sleep on the roof in our underwear #throwback 

This is for Laura aka Severus Snape

This is for Rose aka Sirius

 Mercy. I couldn't find any James Potter valentines cards so this one is for you.

This one too

And I saw this one and I was like a road trip with Mercy, Rose and Laura would be the most amazingly fun thing ever. Whoever learns to drive first is gonna make that happen. Okay good. Glad we agree on this. 

But seriously, I love you all so much and I'm so glad we're friends and maybe someday we'll have boyfriends and won't have to through a party for ourselves but then you get into buying presents and hanging out with them all the time and constantly having to talk to them and that gets annoying (how I know that, I'm not quite sure). For right now, I think our relationship is pretty great and I don't want to to change. Unless it's just getting more awesome. That can definitely happen. 

For any followers who have made it this far, congrats. As Laura mentioned in her post on Monday, we will not be posting next week because Mercy and I are going to be spending the first half of the week at Laura and Rose's house and it kind of defeats the purpose of the blog. But Laura will be back on the 24th with her normal snarky yet beautiful self. Until then, I hope you all have a perfectly beautiful Valentines day and feel loved and show someone that you love them. Even if it's just the little kids you're babysitting (that's what I'll be doing), or your mom or your next door neighbor or your favorite teacher (do kids even go to school on Valentines day?). <3 Grace