Thankful Rant

This is going to be a rant, I guess, so I thought I'd have to give you some advance warning.

When I see my mom's family interacting with eachother I feel strangely thankful. Thankful for my sister especially. And I'm sure if you read this Heidi, you'll be rolling your eyes like mad, but I adore you.
I guess all families have something, something slightly off, but my mom and her sister haven't spoken in about ten years, and the rest of the family keep choosing sides and I really find it hard to describe how strange, strained and tense the whole thing is. I really can't find the adjectives here.
And today my cousin got confirmed, and who goes and who doesn't and who's invited and who's not seems to be a big deal. I won't comment on that, not sure I even have an opinion. Shutting the fuck up and keeping your head down seems a good idea in these things, so I'll try to follow that advice, going with my father's pacifist ways.
And the talkingtalkingtalking that goes on, hashing over things that happened yesterday and years ago again and again seems to not help, more like making sure no one forgets what everyone did. It works like egging folks on, it seems.
So today I was using My Chemical Romance in my cube to block it out. Thank you so much, guys. As you see, I have my methods.
I don't feel I have much to do with the whole thing though, I feel on the outside of it, and I admit I do like it here. It's a lot hotter than you'd think. I'm not in contact with everyone though, but that's how it is.
So, the moral is I'm thankful for my family, including my stepsister. Sure, we'll never be that close because I rarely see her, but we're pretty likeminded, from the big things down to the small fact that Robert Pattinson is "scruffy". So... Yeah.

Anyway, this next week is going to be a slow one for me work-wise, but that's fine, I do have packing and laundry and stuff to do before I leave for Canada on Friday. Not long to go now!

Love you all! Sorry for the rant!

J.