By Allison and Natalie Fitts
Most of you probably don’t know this, but we have another sister. Her name is Sadie. She’s seven years old. She’s awesome. And she’s a dog. Remember, Allison writes in orange and Natalie writes in blue.
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Picture this. It’s Christmas morning ’03. Natalie and I are opening a joint gift. We open it only to find a picture of a puppy. I immediately start crying because I realize what that means. A PUPPY! This sounds like a made-up reaction, but it’s not. I was literally that overjoyed.
I didn’t cry (I don’t show joy with tears), but I was excited as well. I immediately called my best friend to tell her about it. When our family went to pick Sadie up that February, I got to hold her first. That’s probably why she loves me the most. That, and because I put her in my Bitty Baby stroller.
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Doesn’t she look comfy?
She rode on my lap the whole way home, but no matter. I loved Sadie so much when we first got her, but as you can tell from the past tense I used for “love”, we had a brief falling out. In a span of a few months, she not only bit me on the butt, but she also chewed up my favorite shoes. She regained my love with her practical jokes, like grabbing the toilet paper with her teeth and running all around the house.
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That was the cutest thing she’s ever done, and I think everything she does is cute, so that’s saying a lot. Although she might seem simple, she’s quite the diva. If Sadie wants it, Sadie gets it. We’ve created a ranking in our house based on who has the most authority. It is as follows:
1) Mom
2) Sadie
3) Dad
4) Allison
5) Natalie
Yes, I’m at the bottom of the list, meaning Sadie never listens to me.
This lack of authority is obvious when we each take our turns taking her to the bathroom outside. Mom and dad are back inside in a matter of seconds. With me at the reins Sadie takes about 2 minutes to go. With Natalie, she has been known to spend 10+ minutes meandering the yard, eating bugs and rolling in God-knows-what.
It’s true. She just doesn’t respect me, but I still love her anyway. After all, most of the time, she’s the least annoying sister in the house (including myself).
Switching gears, it is time to introduce the subjects of our October Sister Shoutout: Katie and Jane Evans!
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Katie is a senior and Jane is a junior. Both are members of the cross country team, but also take pride in their schooling. Here is a funny, little anecdote written by them:
Well, it depends on what you consider funny but here we go. One morning, Jane and I were getting up for school and beginning our typical morning routines. I stay in bed an extra five minutes while Jane goes into the bathroom and does whatever she does. This particular morning, Jane decided not to turn on the bathroom light, so when I walked in, it was completely dark. All of a sudden, I saw her (not really realizing it was her; it was early, I really couldn’t help it) and started hysterically screaming. In response, Jane started screaming and then crying (sorry if that’s too embarrassing for Jane…). As we went to school, Jane remained mad at me for the entire car ride until we realized how funny and typical the “episode” we had that morning was. If you know Jane and I, that is pretty much the most accurate description of our sisterhood, and I would never trade it for anything.
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Many thanks to the Evans for offering up embarrassing pictures and stories to share with all of us! Also, a special happy birthday to Katie who is 18 today. If you’d like to be featured in a future Sister Shoutout, apply via this link. Until next time, see ya sistas!
