Hicky On Your Arm

I figured out the best way to get packages in the mail is to move really far away. I received a package from my sister, Beth. In the package was the cds for my computer, my sunglasses, stationary sets, a blue pokka dot head band, and a note. In the note she said she missed me in a "I-want-to-give-you-a-hicky-on-your-arm-sort of way." It's one of those moments where you just shake you head because you can't really explain it.

To explain the "hicky-on-your-arm comment, goes back to when I was 13. My daddy was taking my sister, Rebecca, and me to camp, like he did almost every summer. And like most summers we got there early. So while we were waiting for the camp director to get there, Rebecca decided that she wanted to suck on my cheek. Yes, I know it sounds weird but she had done it a lot on my arm before then and nothing had happened and I was 12 and didn't know what a hicky was and even if I had said no then she would have just done it anyways. And yes, it is weird. Well this time she gave me a hicky, on my cheek, right before camp started. So through the whole camp they called me 'hicky girl'. Needless to say neither one of sisters has ever been allowed to suck on any of my body parts since, despite much trying.

So as you can tell my sisters and I are really close, which can mean that we don't get mad at each other very often but when we do it can be pretty bad. My aunt usually fuses at us whenever our entire family goes out, "people will think that you're a couple if you hold hands like that!" If people can't tell that we're related, then they can't see that we're holding hands. So if someone tells you they miss you in a "hicky-on-your-arm-sort of way" take it as a compliment.

* I also got a package from my dad this week that said "Sorry I tried to put grits in here but they kept spilling and looking like anthrax pellets. Two things came to mind when I read it: 1) Ha! That's pretty funny, even for daddy. 2) How does he know what anthrax pellets look like?