10 Day Meme: Day Six... & Sketchy Sketchy!

First, sketchy sketchy!

My brother would say, "You didn't make your cheeks chubby enough!"  To which I would say, "... Mooomm!!"

Doing just a really simple background for this site, with a self portrait drawing on one side and... I haven't decided on what for the other side. My alter-ego maybe. No freaking idea. I'm not horribly creative at times!

Anyways, just a sketch right now!

In other news... I had a fantastic day--my hubby had the day off and I got some much needed lovin's... Which means I've had no time to get much of anything done. For once, though, I honestly don't care. I deserved today!

But, in an effort to actually get this meme thing done:

Day Six

Five people who mean a lot to me.

To be perfectly honest, I gave this one a lot of thought. I tend to over-think a lot of things, so this isn't exactly any special occasion, but I seriously had the hardest time coming up with just five people.

There's two reasons for that: number one is that, as distant as I am with the world at the moment, I don't have a lot of close friends--and those friends I have, as much as they mean to me, are not so close that I put them on a pedestal above anyone else. Maybe that sounds a bit harsh to the people who consider themselves close to me, but, it's just who I am.

Which leads to my second point: I honestly care about everyone. I have a hard time distancing myself emotionally from a fake character on television, so not caring about the well being of the person crossing the street is incredibly hard. I'm not the type of person that values one life more than another, because I think everyone is amazing in their own way--people I don't know just haven't gotten a chance to show me how great they are, yet.

I think I spread my love a little bit too easily, but it's one of the defining qualities about myself I would never change. And, because of that, I can't really go out of my way to say that anyone I might name is actually all that more important to me than someone else.

That being said... The first five people that pop into my head:

1. My husband, Shawn - He understands the way I tick on a level few people have ever reached, and despite all he knows he still loves me. He's strong-willed, courageous, and--despite his inability to really empathize with me--he's emotionally stable enough to counter my mood swings. I loves him.

2. My parents - So it's two people, but I don't care. They too have their faults, but they made me who I am, and I thank them for it.

3. My BFF, Josh - And I'm not just saying that because he might read this later. He's been my friend, my boyfriend, my ex, my estranged friend, my cohort, and everything in between, and yet we somehow are still tighter than jeans on an emo kid.

4. My sisters - Okay, I don't mean to discount my brother or anything--of all the people in my family, he had the most impact on my interests growing up, and we have the most in common--but over the last few years, as all three of us have finally become adults, my bond with them has gotten a lot stronger and there isn't a day that goes by that I didn't wish I lived closer to them.

5. My mother-in-law - To be honest, we aren't super close--yet--but I couldn't have asked for a more understanding, more loving, more hilarious, more smart person to have as my surrogate mom. She's going to make a fantastic grandma! I only wish I had the courage to make her a bigger part of my life.

Okay... That's all for now. I just got off an hour-long conversation on Skype with my sister, so all opportunity to get anything else done tonight is shot to hell, but... Whatever. That's what tomorrow is for. :)

Cheerio!