I may not always agree with my parents, but I absolutely love them.

Easter is a time for family. I might be a dork, but I don't mind spending time with my family. When I am home, I go with my mom to visit my grandma. I go to the movies with my parents. I like shopping with my mom. I go to church with my parents. I go to old lady fundraisers with my aunt. I listen to my dad and his siblings telling stories about their childhood. Maybe it's just because I'm not very social and I don't have a ton of good friends (don't get me wrong, the ones I do have are very high-quality friends), but why would I want to leave the shelter that I have with my parents? I know they won't be around forever, and I think it's worthwhile to get to know them as people who had lives before I was born and are still finding themselves just as I am finding myself. I know that I need to become an independent person eventually, and I'm glad I made the decision to go away to school, because I can't imagine how stifled I would have been living at home. I really have come far in the past few years, and every time I think about it I am shocked that in just over a year, I will officially be looking for a real, grown-up job. I feel like there is some kind of disconnect when I come home for the weekend, and I revert back to my most boring self, not accomplishing anything, wasting days away sleeping in and staying up late watching crap on TV or youtube videos or reading books or random stuff online (my dad just strolls past my door on the way to his room and says "Tara Lynn, doin' homework" in a proud-father voice. Uggh, it's so easy to fake smartness. I'm not even trying.) I can never even seem to go through all the junk cluttering my room when I am home for summer or spring break. I was supposed to be productive this weekend. I have like 4 major things I have to get done by Monday, and it's like now that I am at home, I am not even worried about anything. I just eat PopTarts and ice cream and strawberries all day. Tomorrow night is gonna suck.

Today I saw "Water for Elephants" with my parents. It was really good! I didn't really know what to expect, but Robert Pattinson is so much better when he's not in Twilight. I liked seeing him interact with the elephant! And Reese Witherspoon is always good. And I like trains, ever since I read Atlas Shrugged. Speaking of which, that movie is apparently in theaters now, but I haven't seen any ads for it so I don't think it's very big, or maybe it's just not very good, but of course it won't be good compared to the book, but I want to see it anyways.