a/n: Well this is going to be an insanely long author's note on a short update. So I am updating twice. I'm sorry this is off, update dates are no longer matching up with the calendar. I'm really sorry about that. I got so busy over the holiday, and I'll be staying pretty busy. Because of this, and the fact that I don't want to skip any of those 6 days, just ignore the update date and go by the date she 'writes' in. I didn't want to do it like this, but I think it'll work better and be more consistent with my inconsistent update schedule. I'll be having a busy week and them I'm leaving for a camp type thing and its just going to be really crazy.

I turned off guest reviews, but I'll be turning them back on shortly. I'm sorry about that, I just got tired of deleting the hate ones. But I've more or less come to terms with the fact that I'd rather spend time spreading love than deleting hate, so if I get anymore hate, oh well.

Enjoy your lives all, hope you've had a blessed fourth if you're here in the good old US of A, I know I really did. Good food, love time with my amazing family, good old church Sunday with Grandma, and lots of fireworks. Here's two entries!

Gracie's Journal 7/3/29

Mom's drunk. Not that drunk. Just drunk enough that she's slurring words. Not drunk enough to be hung over tomorrow. Because believe me, she's going to want to remember tomorrow and not have a killer headache.

But before the drinking began, I gave Mom her present.

It was a gold chained anklet, with Deeks written in Dad's handwriting. Had it made at the mall. It reminded me of the anklet she'd shown me just a few days ago. I knew she'd love it. Which, she did. I swear she teared up just a little. I know she's just as excited as I am to become a Deeks.

Hetty has been staring at me and interrogating me.

She was all, "So how is Mr. Brooks? Is he accompanying you to the wedding?"

And I was all, "Clayton? Um, he's good. Yeah, he's coming."

And she started giving me this talk about times that provoke 'special feelings' and whatnot. I was utterly confused and I just didn't know what she was talking about and I was already pretty tired, so I just kind of nodded along.

But it just made me really wonder what she was getting at.

She left quite early, and Grandma didn't stay long either. Nell didn't get very drunk, but she and Mom stayed up talking, and I just didn't feel comfortable in the situation. I retreated to my bedroom.

Using to power of the internet I looked up hairstyles for tomorrow but nothing interested me. So I moved on to the local dog shelter website, hoping I'd find a dog that I'd want and fall in love with and then convince Mom and Dad to adopt.

I found like 7 I wanted. Which, wasn't going to work.

So I got off of there, and began packing for my extravaganza of rotating houses for the next 6 days. How fun.

I'm so bored. Can it just be tomorrow already!?

-Gracie