they grow up so fast
7 Jun 2005 11:22 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jennickelsI finished chapter 14 of "Homecoming" like a good girl. Thos girls on the 70s fanfic site are crazy about this story. Like any good author--I think my own work is crap. But they keep coming back for more. Bless their little hearts. I ended up having Steve confront Hyde about his intentions towards Jackie. It was getting to easy for Hyde. I just decided I want to mix it up a little and I think I will have Donna open up to him about her marriage and confess that she isn't happy with Eric. We'll see what happens from there.
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I thought of an idea for another story tonight. I actually got the idea a few days ago while me and Kelly watched the kids play in the back yard. She was watching Maddie and we invited Amanda from across the street. (That girl always looks so sad and lonely.)
Poor Owen. Five girls and one boy. He didn't seem to notice much but that got us talking about ten years in the future. In ten years Meagan will be turning 15, Hailey will be turning 16 (as will Amanda), Owen and Maddie would be 13 1/2 and Brenna would be 12 1/2. That would be one crazy group of kids. Owen would be all frustrated because all of his friends would want to come over just to check out his sisters and their friends.
I'm not sure I'm looking forward to that stage. Having three kids in a row didn't seem like that big of a deal when they were babies but--3 teenagers. We are going to be in trouble.
Anyway, I was thinking about that today as I watched the kids play in the sprinkler. They have such unique personalities already. So my story idea is to take their budding personalities and transpose them into characters that are teenagers. Like for example:
Meagan's character (called Stacey for now) will be strong willed when she is with certain friends (ie her closest friends) but when she in a group of older girls she falls back and follows whatever they do. She is esentially a sheep. BAAA. She will be self-conscience and shy.
Brenna's character (called Lily) will be a true tom-boy, not putting up with any crap from anyone. She will be strong-willed but also sensitive.
Get the idea. I was hoping to maybe do some character studies for each one. And then maybe come up with some story lines.
These are the characters so far.
the girls: Stacey--15
Lily--13
Taylor--16
Heather--16
Amber--14
Gina--16
Samantha--14
the boys: Jay--14
Nick--16
I think I will have Gina, Heather and Amber be kind of the bitchy, mean girls in school (not saying anything about the original child--this is fiction after all) and have the other have to deal with them.
That is what I have so far.
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Now for the rest of my day--ugh. It was so freaking hot today. Just last week I was putting sweatshirts on the kids and today they were in bathing suits and playing in the water. It got into the 90s and Dad decided to put the air conditioners in. I wasn't going to use them because we won't have them in the apartment and I didn't want to get used to them. (gosh that was a long sentence) But the last few nights I have gone to bed soaking wet from sweating up here in my room. So tonight the AC is on and I am all comfy, sticky with sun block, but comfy.
Yes, you heard me, sunblock. I hate it. I feel so icky but I didn't get burned so that's cool. I would be in a totally different mood right now if I that had happened.
The countdown:
6 days until we move. YIKES. 6 days and I lose my internet. What the hell am I going to do then. I haven't gotten any more packing done because the kids don't let me do anything and I have to get this damn story finished before we move or those chickies will kill me. I think I'll lose my mind sometimes trying to remember everything I have to do.
On that note: I better get my butt in gear. Once again it is almost midnight and I still need to shower (if it wasn't for the nasty sunblock I would just skip it and sleep in my comfy big bed, but YUCK)
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I thought of an idea for another story tonight. I actually got the idea a few days ago while me and Kelly watched the kids play in the back yard. She was watching Maddie and we invited Amanda from across the street. (That girl always looks so sad and lonely.)
Poor Owen. Five girls and one boy. He didn't seem to notice much but that got us talking about ten years in the future. In ten years Meagan will be turning 15, Hailey will be turning 16 (as will Amanda), Owen and Maddie would be 13 1/2 and Brenna would be 12 1/2. That would be one crazy group of kids. Owen would be all frustrated because all of his friends would want to come over just to check out his sisters and their friends.
I'm not sure I'm looking forward to that stage. Having three kids in a row didn't seem like that big of a deal when they were babies but--3 teenagers. We are going to be in trouble.
Anyway, I was thinking about that today as I watched the kids play in the sprinkler. They have such unique personalities already. So my story idea is to take their budding personalities and transpose them into characters that are teenagers. Like for example:
Meagan's character (called Stacey for now) will be strong willed when she is with certain friends (ie her closest friends) but when she in a group of older girls she falls back and follows whatever they do. She is esentially a sheep. BAAA. She will be self-conscience and shy.
Brenna's character (called Lily) will be a true tom-boy, not putting up with any crap from anyone. She will be strong-willed but also sensitive.
Get the idea. I was hoping to maybe do some character studies for each one. And then maybe come up with some story lines.
These are the characters so far.
the girls: Stacey--15
Lily--13
Taylor--16
Heather--16
Amber--14
Gina--16
Samantha--14
the boys: Jay--14
Nick--16
I think I will have Gina, Heather and Amber be kind of the bitchy, mean girls in school (not saying anything about the original child--this is fiction after all) and have the other have to deal with them.
That is what I have so far.
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Now for the rest of my day--ugh. It was so freaking hot today. Just last week I was putting sweatshirts on the kids and today they were in bathing suits and playing in the water. It got into the 90s and Dad decided to put the air conditioners in. I wasn't going to use them because we won't have them in the apartment and I didn't want to get used to them. (gosh that was a long sentence) But the last few nights I have gone to bed soaking wet from sweating up here in my room. So tonight the AC is on and I am all comfy, sticky with sun block, but comfy.
Yes, you heard me, sunblock. I hate it. I feel so icky but I didn't get burned so that's cool. I would be in a totally different mood right now if I that had happened.
The countdown:
6 days until we move. YIKES. 6 days and I lose my internet. What the hell am I going to do then. I haven't gotten any more packing done because the kids don't let me do anything and I have to get this damn story finished before we move or those chickies will kill me. I think I'll lose my mind sometimes trying to remember everything I have to do.
On that note: I better get my butt in gear. Once again it is almost midnight and I still need to shower (if it wasn't for the nasty sunblock I would just skip it and sleep in my comfy big bed, but YUCK)
