My Other Sister

My cousin and her husband Billy came into town for the weekend and they haven't been here since they moved away in JULY! I had not seen them since we visited them over New Years in Chicago. They were both definitely ready for some Texas sunshine, family time and breakfast tacos. Here is a little rewind from the past as well as the weekend. Enjoy!




My cousin PP and I have been joined at the hip since we were both on this earth. Our moms were pregnant at the same time, I was born March 23rd and she was born May 8th. When we were babies we shared cribs at family gatherings and  we probably stared at each other thinking our family was crazy because they used our birthdays as an excuse to rent a margarita machine.

Now as adults, nothing really has changed. We still do everything together. In college, we even got our wisdom teeth pulled together so we could suffer with each other and my mom could make us one big batch of soup and give us meds at the same hour.

We became extremely close in college and I think it is because we were in different cities. She went on to be a Longhorn and I went to be an Aggie. We always kept up with phone calls, weekend visits and play fights over who went to the best University :).  Some of our favorite things to do are trips to Lockhart for BBQ, shopping at the outlet malls and laying out and getting tan. But I think one of our favorite places on earth is Sunrise Beach, TX! Within 24 hrs of PP's arrival from Chicago, we were heading for the Hill country to the Lake House.

We kinda acted like we did six years ago when we first got the lake house. We rode jet ski's, then rode jet ski's some more, went on the boat, got pulled on the tube by the jet ski, swam, laid out in the sun, got pulled some more on a tube by the boat and OMG, our bodies are pretty pissed off at us right now.
It was just like old times having no care in the world and just being in the moment and enjoying the beauty of everyone around you. At the lake house we laughed, we cried and we got into deep conversations(just like always) talking about our family, what the future holds and so on.

This weekend I felt like she was never going back again and she was here for the summer just like in college. Except we are both real adults now. "Real" meaning we have our careers and our own dreams and unfortunately they don't match up to stay in the same city. It is okay though.  I know it is okay because we can go months without seeing each other and we can pick up right where we left off and it is not weird at all. THAT my friends is when you have found a true friendship. I have no doubt that PP is my other sister. She makes me a better person, she makes me see things in a different light and she has the best dang laugh in the world!


PP and Billy are going back to Chicago today and I am hoping I won't cry saying goodbye. With many friendships that I have it is never goodbye it is "see ya later".  Our tentative plans are for me to go up to Chicago in July and in November for the last TWILIGHT MOVIE! Her husband is pretty pumped about this because it means he will not have to see it :)

P.S. How about them Spurs last night? I think we are seven games away from the championship!