My Invisible Friends (Imaginary But Real) 3

Happy Birthday Twins!

April 30

This morning, Lucy and I woke up watching Veggie Tales, and laughing at it. I'm 17 and Lucy just turned 19 and here we were watching VEGGIE TALES!

We went to see Sheri, and Lucy and Lizzie sat by us at the bar, so they could meet Sheri. At a table near us were Madeline, Demarrah, Jadyn, Joanna (in a baby seat in the booth), and Maddix, the new girl. Maddix was being so rude and Lucy told her she was a B.

I talked to Sheri and she gave me a beautiful picture she colored that says, "trust your heart". The picture was really detailed. Since Sheri likes to color, I should get her a coloring book next time which should be in a couple weeks.

Whenever Sheri got up, Erica would sit across from me until Sheri came back. Erica likes Sheri, too, so I'm glad she got to meet her today. I gave Sheri the gifts I got her (nail polish, chocolates, and a bracelet Madeline picked out). I told her Madeline picked out the bracelet and Sheri said Madeline did a good job. She really liked the bracelet. I also told Sheri about how it was the twins' birthday today and that's why they had come, and how there were about 20-something of us at Red Lobster (I have a lot of imaginary friends ok), and that some of them were sitting around us and she looked where they were sitting and she said she didn't remember a party of 20 coming in. She's funny.

I got mad when my mom came in because I could tell she wasn't quite herself, like she just might've had a drink that made her uptight. She wasn't really uptight but I could just tell she wasn't with it. I wanted her to leave. Sheri said hi to her and I knew Sheri couldn't tell that my mom had drank but that's only because she doesn't know her as well as I do and she can't really tell when my mom is drinking. But I can tell by the littlest things.

I talked to Sheri some more and she gave me a pretty bracelet (real pearls) with a heart. She also now has one of my senior pictures. My mom went out for 20 minutes to let them cook her to-go order and I was upset because I would have to drive home, and I couldn't drive with her intoxicated even though it wasn't much. I don't trust her to shut up when I'm driving if she has had a drink.

I came back in to get my stuff to leave and Sheri could tell I was mad about something and I said I didn't want to leave, and I left out the part where my mom had drank. I started to cry in the car because I was too nervous to drive with her. Finally she got out and I threw my sunglasses at her, upsetting her. She drove away and I thought she was about to leave me there, and I went back inside. Then I saw my mom had brought the car around to the front and was getting out and coming back in, too, and I wasn't happy. She talked to Sheri and I talked to Sheri and finally told her I thought she had drank something. I wished my mom would just leave me there with Sheri because I did not want to go home with her. Sheri did tell me just to let my mom drive. So I did. Why does my mom have to be so difficult and make life hard?

Well, I just hope Lucy and Lizzie had fun at Red Lobster on their 19th birthday. It seems like it's always someone's 19th birthday when we go to Red Lobster. Last time it was Joy's birthday.

Xoxo~ M