It's not a secret that my family and Jake's family are both a little gun-crazed. It was nothing to hear that either my dad or Jake's, or my brother, Jake's brother...had bought another gun. In fact, if Jake and I had more cash on hand than we typically do, we would be buying guns more often than we do. Since Obama was elected, gun sales in the United States have increased by nearly 500%. I would venture to say that a good 200% of those sales are from mine and Jake's dads!!
It's also not a secret that my Jake has never been my dad's favorite person. Since the death of my grandpa a little more than a year ago dad has been nicer to Jake and has finally quit telling me to dump him, but that relationship could have always improved. Well, with my dad's sudden splurging on any kind of firearm that he has ever thought he wanted, it has really given him and Jake some common ground. They actually have a lot in common, but there must just be something about a gun that has some sort of magnetic pull at bonding men together. My dad and Jake have actually called one another and talked on the phone!! (Really, Jake makes me dial and get him on the phone, or Dad makes Mom dial us and get Jake on the phone, and their conversations consist of more "huh?"'s and "What?"'s than actual conversations since they neither one can seem to dial a phone by themselves or hear a damn thing!!) But hey, they are talking and and getting along and firing guns side-by-side rather than at one another so I am anticipating a much smoother holiday season for the Allen family this year!!!
Another thing I am anticipating this holiday season is something that I am not actually going to go into, just in case my any one in my family will read this. I have recently been talking to my cousin and one-time BFF from when I was a kid on myspace and together we have devised a plan for this Christmas that I think is really going to blow some people away this year. I get a twinkle, and a tear, in my eye just thinking about it.
And speaking of myspace...we already know I am obsessed and have been for awhile now. Well, I have recently used it to reconnect with quite a few of my cousins. Amanda being the one I am probably most excited about because our lives are somewhat mirrors of one another's right now and it's so refreshing to be able to talk to someone I know and feel comfortable with who I also know is going through the same crapola that I am. I have also "found" my cousins Jason, Jennifer, and Justin and a handful of people that I worked at Gander Mountain with.
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