Katharine+Eveleth

__How many things do you have to tolerate?__ Do you have to tolerate your friends? Or your pets? Or your own brothers? I have to tolerate all of those things. They can be so annoying at times! But I’m still alive, so I guess I’m doing pretty good!

__One of the things I have to tolerate, as I said above, is my friends.__  My best friend can’t hold sugar without killing someone, like the time we were at lunch. She had just eaten, and she had a cookie or something, and she was incredibly hyper. She kept on scooting towards me, and I kept scooting away, because I knew she was going to do something. I was right. I wasn’t paying attention, and I scooted one more time, and suddenly, I was on the floor. She did it again. Another thing about my friends that I have to tolerate is them interrupting me in mid-sentence. The do it all the time! It’s so aggravating! Like a time when we were at lunch again, we were talking about annoying siblings. So, I started talking about how the day before, my brother threw dish soap in my hair. About three words into the story, the girl across from me cuts me off and starts talking about boys! And she’s not the only one who’s done that! All of my friends, at one time or another, has interrupted me in mid-sentence. Then, there’s the plain just annoying me.  They like to poke me while we’re in class, just to see if I’ll yell in the middle of class. At least they’re not as bad as my pets.

__The animals that live in my house are insane.__ My dog never listens. One time, when my mom got stuck in our driveway because she turned to quickly, Daisy, our dog, tried to run over to the neighbors’ house. My brother called her name five times, before he had to go over and drag her home. My bird lives next to the T.V. My bird also loves to sing. We’ll be in the middle of a show, and Pookey, my bird, will hear another bird somewhere, and just start trying to talk to it! He can be loud when he wants to be. We have to pause the T.V. and wait for him to stop. Finally, there’s Ruby, my cat. Ruby is in heat. When she’s in heat, she likes to purr, and she has a big engine. She sounds like a Tribble off of Star Trek! You could be watching T.V. when you suddenly hear an engine start. Then you’ll discover that the engine is right in front of the couch. Look down, and there’s Ruby, purring away, like she doesn’t have a care in the world. Unfortunately for me, neither my friends nor my pets can compare to my brothers.

__My brothers are huge bullies.__ To me. They love everyone else. Really, it’s only one of my brothers now, the other is at college. Anyway, my brothers tease me constantly. They tease me about my friends, about my grades, and defiantly about my hair color, which is blonde. They never stop. Another thing they do is they yell at me all the time. I could be watching T.V., and suddenly I’m getting yelled at for putting my shoes next to his. Do you understand that, because that really happened, and it still confuses me. The worst one of all is probably the never listening to me, however. They could be looking for a new way to do something, and I’ll have an idea, and they’ll completely ignore me. Then, an hour later, they’ll be using my idea, and won’t even thank me for thinking it up! They can be such peeves at times!

__I have to tolerate so much.__ I have to tolerate my friends being insane. Plus, my pets are basicly incompetent. Additionally, to tie it off, my brothers are bullies to me! I’m lucky I’m not dead!